PM O'Neill wants Australian Federal Police to be deployed as line officers in PNG's constabulary

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill wants Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers to be deployed as line officers in PNG's constabulary.

 Mr O'Neill, who was in Canberra for a meeting with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott this week  said
“We are willing to engage on the expansion of the AFP program “We will be looking at further development of the training at Bomana, and to get the AFP engaged as line officers in the Papua New Guinea Police.

“At the same time we want to increase the number of Papua New Guinea police officers coming to train in Australia. This could be on a twining arrangement that will enable our people to get exposure and further training in how to manage a more demanding police force that is required in our country.”