The Pacific Transnational Crime Network (PTCN), established in 2002, provides an inter-connected, proactive criminal intelligence and investigative capability to combat transnational crime in the Pacific.

The PTCN comprises: the Pacific Transnational Crime Coordination Centre (PTCCC) in Samoa; and 28 Transnational Crime Units (TCUs) based in 20 Pacific Island Countries.

The PTCN is overseen and guided by the PICP Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and is supported by the Australian Federal Police, New Zealand Police and the United States Joint Interagency Task Force West.

Contact: ptccc@samoa.ws

Operating under the theme ‘By the Pacific, For the Pacific’ the primary objective of the Pacific Police Training Advisory Group (PPTAG) is to promote the active engagement of Pacific Police in the design, development and delivery of Police training.

The PPTAG facilitates the development of common approaches and standards in training, whilst recognising that each organisation has its own needs.

PPTAG meets biannually to discuss recent progress and developments in training, as well as to highlight the outstanding training needs and challenges that exist across the region.

Contact: IC-PPDPR-Strategic-Partnerships@afp.gov.au

The Cyber Safety Pasifika (CSP) program is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police, representing an opportunity to be truly proactive in preventing cyber-crime by sharing knowledge gained in Australia and globally with our colleagues throughout the Pacific.

The CSP Program is a long standing forum of the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police. Owned and managed by the AFP. The updated CSP Program was re-launched on the 5 May 2017 with the new program aimed at increasing cyber safety awareness of vulnerable communities in the Pacific region and up skilling Pacific Police on Cybercrime Investigations Skills.

The Program delivers various activities to Pacific Police Partners in the areas of:

• Cyber Safety Awareness and Education
• Cybercrime Investigations Skills Training
• Cybercrime Legislation and Policy development

Website: www.cybersafetypasifika.org
Contact: Cyber-Safety-Pasifika@afp.gov.au

Gender and Family Harm is widely recognised as a risk to human security and a potential destabilising factor for communities and societies alike. It remains pervasive across the Pacific, and as it is still considered a sensitive issue in most Pacific cultures, its prevalence often goes underreported.

The PICP Gender and Family Harm strategy is currently in review.

Contact: picp.secretariat@police.govt.nz

The Pacific Island Prevention Policing programme (PIPP) is a four year programme that works with the police services in the Cook Islands, Niue, Kiribati, Tokelau, Tuvalu and Samoa under the overarching theme of prevention.

The overall goal of the programme is to support these police services to have a prevention focussed strategic direction to reduce harm and increase community trust and confidence. The focus is to prevent crime before it happens, and keep communities safe. The programme is led by New Zealand Police.

Contact: picp.secretariat@police.govt.nz

The Pacific Community for Law Enforcement Cooperation (PCLEC) is a regional delivery mechanism that supports capability development in law enforcement priority areas as directed by the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP).

PCLEC’s goal is to become the coordination and capability development mechanism of choice for Pacific Police Organisations and their external partners. PICP has set an 8 year timeframe from 2020 to achieve three critical outcomes:

• That Pacific police lead the design and delivery of operational engagement and the development of capabilities that its member organisations need.
• That external partners deliver their capability development support in coordination with PCLEC to ensure that all support provided is coherent and meets the needs of Pacific police.
• That the PICP and its member Pacific police organisations manage and administer PCLEC.

The AFP has supported the establishment of the PCLEC delivery coordination team which consists of five AFP members, 16 National Coordinators appointed by their Chiefs and four Seconded Pacific Police Officers.

Contact: IC-PCLEC@afp.gov.au

The role of the Pacific Forensic Working Group (PFWG) is to enhance sustainable police forensic capability by identifying and implementing sustainable forensic capacity building activities for the Pacific region.

The PFWG membership consists of forensics representative’s from 16 PICP countries including Australia and New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

The Chair of PFWG is a member of the PICP Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and is currently held by Nauru Police Force. PFWG meets annually to share information on forensic training and knowledge in the Pacific.

Contact: IC-PPDPR-Strategic-Partnerships@afp.gov.au

Women’s Advisory Network Exchange Programme
The PICP WAN Exchange programme offers short-term development opportunities to both sworn and unsworn women from Pacific police services. The programme aims to enhance the careers of women in Pacific policing.

Seconded Pacific Officer Programme
The PICP Secondment programme was established following the 32nd Annual PICP Conference in 2003, where members agreed that the PICP Secretariat would be strengthened and invigorated to meet the objectives of the PICP Strategic Plan by hosting secondments of Pacific police service members.

Due to COVID-19 border closures, there are no secondments or exchanges available.