Govt agencies urged to work together to curb law issues

By HELEN TARAWA
GOVERNMENT agencies must work together to address law and order issues plus transnational crime.
Director-general of the Office of security coordination and assessment Ian Jinga said it was also needed for managing national security and the establishment of the Joint Forces College.
Jinga opened a five-day workshop for senior officers of the military, police and Correctional Services in Port Moresby.
“We don’t have the luxury of each agency building its own training facility or training arrangements,” he said.
“Economically speaking, we cannot allow them to build their own institution. Let’s integrate everyone and train them.”
The Joint Services College was opened early this year by the top officials of the disciplinary forces.
“The Government established the college because of the urgency for us to establish that institution,” he said.
“This was done without establishing the policy document that articulates why the institution exists.”
He said the first two workshops to discuss the policy were held in Lae. The third is being held this week.
“Right now, we need an executive decision to create that institution to have it up and running. We need to formalise that by way of legislation,” he said.
“That legislation will define the structure of the institution, how it’s going to be run and who would manage it and the source of funding.”