Top Bureau Officer Gets Second Term With Interpol
A top officer with the Fiji Police Force Intelligence Bureau has secured a three-year secondment term with the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL).
Robert Turaga is the senior research officer at the bureau.
Mr Turaga, from Noco in Rewa, held the post for the past seven years and becomes the second member of the Force to be seconded to INTERPOL.
The first from the Force was Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sosefo Savea, Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro confirmed. ASP Savea held the post for a four-year period.
INTERPOL is an international organisation that facilitates international Police co-operation, which functions as a network of criminal law enforcement agencies from more than 100 of its member countries.
Police Commissioner Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho, in farewelling Mr Turaga, said he welcomed any training opportunity for members of the Force.
“It will open up their minds to a world of new possibilities,” Commissioner Qiliho said.
“Policing is a profession where you can’t afford to have tunnel vision and work in isolation from the rest of the world, so when we get the opportunity to work with one of the world’s biggest Police-affiliated institutions, we couldn’t pass up this chance to send one of our own.”
Mr Turaga acknowledged the Commissioner’s support in his effort to progress his career in the Force. He pledged to use the three-year term with INTERPOL to gain as much knowledge as possible.
“I am extremely grateful to have the backing of the Commissioner of Police after I showed interest in this opportunity that presented itself,” Mr Turaga said.
“With the exposure I’ll have in working in an internationally recognised organisation such as INTERPOL, I am sure to expand my knowledge on information security that will benefit my current work as the senior research officer and the overall outputs of the Fiji Police Force.”
Mr Turaga left the country earlier this week. He will be based at INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon, France.
Source: Fiji Police Force
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