- Providing a voice and subject matter advice on law enforcement issues and raising awareness of such issues
- Identifying trends in transnational and other crime and developing strategies to combat these in partnership with the Pacific Transnational Crime Co-ordination Centre and the PICP membership
- Contributing to training initiatives to develop capability in the region
- Promoting information sharing and intelligence to counter transnational crime in the region
- Providing a forum to share “best practice” across jurisdictions
- Interacting and cooperating with agencies and organisations which share common interests.
- Providing up to date strategic and policy advice, ability to assist in evaluation and monitoring
- Advocacy
PICP Strategic Direction 2009 - 2014
PACIFIC ISLAND CHIEFS OF POLICE
Introduction
The Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) is a non-profit organisation made up of police services in the Pacific. The PICP works to enhance and improve policing and communication in the Pacific by promoting and providing a voice on law enforcement issues and raising awareness of such issues with our stakeholders and provide a forum to share information and intelligence to counter transnational crime in the region.
The PICP originally started out as a South Pacific Chiefs of Police Conference (SPCPC) which had its first meeting in 1970 when representatives of seven Pacific Island countries met in Fiji. Over time the quantity of Chiefs/Commissioners attending grew and the organisation changed its name to Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) in 2005 to reflect the PICP was more than just the hosting and arrangement of the conference and had wider pacific regional representation.
The Organisation
Membership is open to National Police services of Pacific Island countries and territories within the region. Currently, there are 21[1] members ranging from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the north, New Zealand in the south, French Polynesia to the east, and the Republic of Palau to the west (at present Fiji is suspended from the PICP). Within member countries and territories, there are more than 75,000 serving police officers.
Administration is the responsibility of the Chairperson and the permanent Secretariat. The Chairperson is the Commissioner or Head of Police of the country which hosted the previous annual conference. The Office of Chairperson is held for one year. New Zealand Police hosts the permanent Secretariat which is responsible for managing day to day business and providing advice and assistance to members on a wide range of matters.
The PICP Secretariat is to support the PICP members and specifically the Chair. The Secretariat is housed in Wellington, New Zealand and is headed by the Executive Director Superintendent Tony Annandale whose position is funded by New Zealand Police. The position of Secretariat Officer is filled by Detective Inspector David Potaka, and this position is funded by NZAID. Federal Agent Nicolle Haigh fills the role of Senior Project Officer and her position is also as a sworn officer and her role is funded by the Australian Federal Police. Project Manager in HIV/AIDS and Human Rights issues is filled by Janine Monahan who is seconded from New Zealand Police and her salary is funded by NZAID and project costs supported by UNAIDS. The Executive Support Officer who provides administration support to the Secretariat is Chris Wilding and her position is also funded by NZAID.
Technology is provided by the New Zealand Police IT system as part of their contribution to the secretariat.
Services
Many activities are conducted via the Secretariat to PICP members, pursuant to the Mission Statement and the PICP Strategic Plan. Annual conferences are held with all member countries attending. From these conferences direction is given to the Secretariat by the members on what activities they wish undertaken in the following year. This conference forms the basis of the Secretariats Business plan.
The following is a condensed list of services the Secretariat offers to the PICP membership and our stakeholders;
