The Fiji Police Force and Medical Services Pacific have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to allow a mutual working relationship between the two parties in terms of health services including counselling and legal support for victims of child abuse, sexual crimes and, gender-based violence for officers.
Acting Commissioner of Police Rusiate Tudravu acknowledged the timely support in terms of counselling considering the environment that officers are currently working in.
Tudravu says this is the right time for them with the current COVID-19 operations and the operations within as well as looking at the criminal landscape not forgetting other different environments that they are working in.
He says they need counselling as this can be of assistance to them in terms of providing quality services to strengthen their service delivery as they have limitations.
The partnership will also strengthen, collaborate, and share resources for the provision of services to at-risk communities and medical care or health information and choices.
Over the years the support from the United Nations Development Programme-Access to Justice Grant Programme funded by the European Union, The Fiji Police Support Programme funded by the New Zealand Government and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has continued to evolve and has enabled Medical Services Pacific to partner with the Force in this initiative.
