Thirty-six Gulf locals trained to be reservists

THIRTY-six locals from Gulf are attending a four-week training at Bomana Police College to become reservists.
Provincial police commander Silva Sika said during the opening of the training at Bomana yesterday that the training for the four females and 32 males would be focused on the principles of security and human rights.
He said the training was sponsored by Total, one of the major partners in the development of the Papua LNG project in Gulf.
He said the agreement for the training was signed two years ago between the former provincial police commander, the late Silas Waiyagure and Commissioner Gari Baki.
“Basically, these reservists will be directly working within the Gulf project area to make sure that the safety of the mine and the company staff and properties are guaranteed,” Sika said.
He said the reservists would also assist in regular policing to respond to crimes in their local communities.
“This training facilitated by the Total company is very important to support our policing efforts.”
Sika said the main aim of the training was to give the reservists security training as a foundation so that when the LNG project started operating they would already be prepared to handle with law and order situations that might arise in the project area.