Pacific police chiefs have endorsed the constitution of the Pacific Community of Policing, known as PACPOL, establishing a new framework for regional cooperation. The vote took place on 14 October at the 53rd Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Conference in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Commissioner David Manning of the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary was elected PACPOL’s inaugural chair. Commissioner Matatia Makaili of the Tuvalu Police Service was elected deputy chair.
The establishment of PACPOL follows more than 56 years of regional policing collaboration. It brings together the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police and the Pacific Policing Initiative under one organization.
