Tonga Police Force

Tonga Police officers join Forensic Grade Data training course

A statement said the training will enable the officers to improve not only their technical capability but in the regions fight against crimes.

Tonga Police said the British High Commission in partnership with Australia purchased the forensic grade data extraction devices in the training under the Tonga-Australia Policing Partnership.

The course was opened by the British High Commissioner Lucy Joyce with the Australia High Commissioner Rachael Moore, at the Tonga Police College in Longolongo on Tuesday.

Dozens of new police officers for Tonga

It's part of an intensive recruitment drive implemented since 2019, to combat an increasing illicit drug trade in the Kingdom.

Over 100 police were recruited between 2019 and 2021 alone.

Police Commissioner Shane McLennan said the Kingdom has experienced one of its lowest crime rates, but anticipates an increase as the country emerges from Covid lockdown and border closures.