Sergeant Savenaca Vue starts his day before dawn in Suva, long before most city lights blink on, and his routine now centres on shaping the next generation of police leaders. New details confirm the 31-year-old has served in the Fiji Police Force for almost 12 years, is originally from Lomati Village in Cicia, Lau, and is married with five children. He has also told colleagues he hopes to expand his family through the adoption of two more children.
Vue’s move into police education is a recent and deliberate shift. In 2022 he transferred into the Fiji Police Academy, initially joining the School of Community Policing and Operations as a lecturer. He has since moved to the Force’s School of Leadership and Management, where he now coordinates courses, facilitates programmes and designs training schedules for officers at the rank of Sergeant and above. “For four weeks I have been coordinating a course, facilitating and arranging programs and training schedules,” he said, describing the current intensive training cycle he is running.
Those who have followed his career say Vue’s training philosophy is rooted in frontline experience. He spent his early years serving across the Eastern Division, with significant time at Korovou Police Station, a brief stint in the Criminal Investigations Department, and later work as a post officer leading community and awareness programmes in villages. Those roles, he says, helped shape his view of policing beyond enforcement — emphasising community engagement, prevention and leadership development.
The demands of his training role require constant coordination with partner facilitators and stakeholders across divisions and the wider region, Vue explained. He designs schedules to meet diverse needs, adapts courses on short notice and ensures learning is relevant to practical policing challenges. That logistical responsibility sits alongside his family life; he described careful planning and clear communication at home as essential to managing both responsibilities.
Faith and family are central to Vue’s outlook. He told colleagues he prioritises three things in life — his faith, his family and his work — and sees policing as a calling that should honour both. “Communication is the key to having a good household and family is a priority for me,” he said, adding that leadership must be modelled at home as much as in uniform. “Leadership is not just taught, it is lived, both in uniform and at home.”
Vue acknowledged the support he has received from the organisation, thanking the Fiji Police Force for opportunities to grow and for colleagues who assist in delivering training. As he leads a month-long course for Sergeants and senior constables, he is positioning himself as part of a broader push inside the Force to professionalise middle management and embed community-focused practices across policing ranks.
Those developments — his transition into full-time training, his role in the School of Leadership and Management and the current four-week course he is coordinating — mark the latest stage in Vue’s career as the Force continues to invest in in-house leadership development tied to operational experience.
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