Rabaul Cops - Papa New Guinea

Oct 2007
Robberies, theft, drug abuse and drunkenness from "home brew" would be a challenge to any police force.

But even by PNG standards the Rabaul police are ill equipped - no diesel to run their vehicles, no handcuffs and sometimes no stationery on which to write reports.

Rabaul's business people have had enough. They've enlisted as volunteer reservists, and taken up arms.

Each Friday and Saturday night they don uniforms and collect their weapons for another night patrolling the town.

"In the last six months, we've taken out just about all of the top ten criminals in Rabaul," boasts local businessman, Bruce Alexander. "We've either captured them, or they've run away and that's calmed the situation down a lot."

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[cheekyniquey11]

@matrox tribe based cultures globally share the same issues. PNG is stunning and captivating, ask someone who's actually been and lived there. I guess if you had a brain you'd also know that Aussies were there defending PNG when the Jap's invaded.. The Americans can't even fix their own indigenous population.. and you're supposed to be educated?

[JMGinTHEhauz]

matrox 11 its a beautiful country, your a pathetic mofo

[pandanus1]

white mans system is not made to suit the melanesian way of life. melanesians are natural people who when are thrown into an urban environment have it VERY HARD in many cases to steal to survive and then they lose the melanesian culture and morals in some cases. the funny thing is weed is illegal yet alcohol accepted and studdies show it's alcohol that causes this behaviour while weed makes you think first

[matrox]

Seems like a pathetic country. Probably would have been better if the US had let Japan keep and occupy that country when the Japanese held it in WW2 before being defeated and kicked out.

[08misspiggy]

@laso120 bullshit doco? do you live under a rock? yes rabaul is a beautiful place but the crime activity there is very real too!

[MrFrancis145]

That's a raid.

[SoC976]

I love Rabaul! keep up the good work and keep the steets safe.

[sperspar]

aye wontok

[sebas1354]

these are some of the raskol activiteis that has never been reported so inorder to make Rabaul more Beautiful place, please Journey Man report some more

[niuginimentol]

good bullshit...