The first intake of the Police Recruits 2023 will pass out today (Friday, May 24, 2024) from the National Centre of Excellence, formerly known as the Bomana Police Training College, just outside the city of Port Moresby. The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) anticipates the presence of Prime Minister James Marape today to present awards at the pass-out parade ceremony for the first intake of 223 police recruits. Police recruitment in Papua New Guinea has been an ongoing initiative the Government of Papua New Guinea has put in place since 2022. The main purpose of PNG police recruitment is to increase the police force in the country. The Marape-Rosso government has supported recruitment efforts by the RPNGC to increase police numbers to 10, 000 personnel by the end of the decade, and has been focusing also on upgrading and improving police infrastructures such as police stations, and housing, and boosting logistics support. RPNGC has taken the responsibility to recruit new officers every year, with the next crop of recruits to enter into training in June. Today’s graduation of recruits concludes their nine-month training program before they are posted to police commands around the country. Officer Cadets will attend the parade today before they commence professional placement and leadership training in Australia in the coming days. The pass-out parade is expected to take place at 2 pm today.