Connecting every police station to a national digital network has been elevated to a top priority for Fiji’s police as the force moves to close critical capability gaps, Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu announced following the launch of the Ministry of Policing Strategic Plan 2025–2030 yesterday. Tudravu confirmed an agreement has been signed with a telecommunications provider to link police stations and community posts across the country to divisional command centres and the National Command Centre.
“You know, I think, what we are working on now is the priorities, the area network, the connection,” Tudravu said, stressing that improved connectivity is one of the organisation’s most urgent needs. The signed deal is intended to provide the backbone for a unified information system that brings together human resources records, forensic data and other operational databases currently siloed across different units.
Under the initiative, individual stations that now operate separate systems will be connected to a single network to allow faster access to case files, intelligence and personnel information. Tudravu said the move will strengthen investigations, boost intelligence sharing and shorten response times by improving coordination between frontline officers, divisional commanders and national leadership. “Based on the infrastructure that is in place, we’ll have the database that we’ll be having all information,” he said.
The commitment to digitalisation is embedded in the newly launched Strategic Plan 2025–2030, which frames technology and connectivity as central to modern policing. Authorities argue the upgrade is critical as policing shifts to rely more heavily on digital systems for crime analysis, evidence management and incident response. Tudravu did not provide a public timetable for full rollout or disclose the telecommunications partner’s identity at the announcement.
The connectivity drive complements other recent efforts to bolster Fiji’s security capabilities. In recent months the police force has sent officers for advanced regional training and taken part in cross-agency maritime security courses intended to improve operational readiness at sea and at the borders. Senior officials have framed the digital upgrade as the infrastructure that will allow those training gains and tactical assets to be fully leveraged through better information flow and inter-agency cooperation.
Implementing an island-wide communications network will pose technical and logistical challenges given Fiji’s dispersed geography, remote community posts and varying existing infrastructure. For now, the focus is on completing the area network connections and ensuring divisional command centres and the National Command Centre can reliably access and share consolidated data. Police say the transformation is a foundational step toward a more responsive, intelligence-led force as outlined in the five-year policing strategy.
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