Cops undergo human rights training

SIXTEEN Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) senior officers underwent a human rights refresher training to instil better practices among the rank and file, an official says.
International committee of Red Cross policy adviser Helen Amnol said the training was to refresh and remind them of their conduct.
“We reminded them of their duties and obligations as the agents of the law enforcement in their conduct when carrying out duties with respect to human rights in Papua New Guinea,” she said.
“It’s about the international rights human law and international policing standards.”
Amnol said the areas covered were use of force and firearms as police had a wide range of powers that needed to be accompanied with training on principles that governed proper use of those powers.
She said the training was a first in the college in Port Moresby as part of the organisation’s ongoing support to the RPNGC.
Amnol said use of force and violence by police personnel were areas covered in the training.
She said this was fitted in time, given the big events such as elections, census as for the police to take part in.
RPNGC director of training Chief Supt Perou N’dranou said policing in PNG followed similar procedures, practices and principles to other democratic countries with the only need was to apply the rules.