Commander Geoff Turner from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in Canberra is expected to be appointed as Tonga’s new Police Commissioner, with his swearing-in ceremony set for Monday, 12 May. Meanwhile, Police Commissioner Shane McLennan is nearing the end of his 3-year term with Tonga Police, with his Marching Out Parade scheduled for Friday, 9 May.
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Wednesday 30 April 2025
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 1 September 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Police will host the 51st Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Annual Conference in 2024. Tonga Police Commissioner, Shane McLennan was appointed as the Deputy Chair of the PICP at the recent 49th Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) Annual Conference in Nadi, Fiji, 24 – 25 August, 2022.
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Wednesday 5 October 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Prime Minister and his Cabinet struggled to answer hard questions in Parliament yesterday. Members were demanding to know how an American, charged with murder escaped from prison in Neiafu and managed to sail away on his yacht? They also wanted to know when the construction of sports facilities for the 2019 Pacific Games will start? And what is the government's foreign policy on West Papua? From the House, by Pesi Fonua
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Thursday 5 March 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Superintendent Steve Caldwell of the New Zealand Police is expected to become Tonga’s new Police Commissioner before the end of the month, when his contract is finalised.
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Friday 12 December 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Deputy Commissioner of Police, Viliami ‘Unga Fa‘aoa has been made the Acting Commissioner of Police effective from 5 December, following the retirement of Police Commissioner Grant O’Fee.
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Wednesday 3 August 2011
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Minister of Police, Hon. Dr Viliami Latu, said yesterday that he, as Minister of Police, would become Tonga's Acting Police Commissioner, when the Police Commissioner, Chris Kelley vacates his post on Friday, August 5.
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