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Authorisation to Carry Guns in Solomon Island's Police Force
25 October 2013
ABC News (Australia)
Planning has begun in Solomon Islands for parts of the local police force to again be issued with guns. It's a major shift in policy, 10 years after a gun amnesty was introduced as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands.
RAMSI's Participating Police Force Commander Paul Osborne says only three sections of the force will carry the weapons.
"That'll be airport policing," he told Pacific Beat.
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