From 20 to 24 October 2025, 41 members of police and law enforcement agencies participated in the CSP cyber awareness and cybercrime investigation training. In attendance were police members from Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Kiribati, Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), along with PNTL (Timor-Leste National Police), PCIC (Investigations Police) and OPG (Prosecutors).
Supported by the AFP Timor-Leste Police Development Program (TLPDP), CSP facilitated the attendance of Pacific police officers from the Micronesia sub region to attend training in Dili, Timor-Leste.
Police Chiefs nominate officers based on their experience and roles in either cyber investigations or community engagement. Participants are provided with current and effective education to counter cyber harms through community education and investigations techniques, using Pacific case studies and simulations.
As a Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) programme, CSP provides the platform for highly skilled presenters from various law enforcement organisations to provide subject matter expertise to Pacific police officers.
This cyber capability training program was the first time the CSP program has been delivered to members of Timor-Leste Law enforcement agencies, marking a turning point in the partnership with Timor-Leste. Translated course programs and simultaneous live translation brought the program to life for the Timor-Leste participants, whose primary language is Tetum.
CSP programs are greatly enhanced by the experience brought by presenters from Pacific police forces. On this occasion, cyber awareness presenters from Cook Islands Police Service and Samoa Police Service co-delivered cyber education material, while cyber specialists from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Cyber Safety Pasifika team led cybercrime investigation training.
CSP facilitates a significant uplift in Pacific police officer skills to act to prevent and investigate cybercrime. Bringing officers from Pacific police services together in CSP programs builds people-to-people connections and creates a cyber workforce network.
CSP programs support knowledge sharing initiatives among Pacific countries and provide an opportunity for members to look within the region to support capacity building, which aligns with the stated aims of the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police.
Participants of the program responded to the course survey with positive feedback, with many commenting on the good examples, useful group activities and the relevance to current issues.
Detective Superintendent Darren Boyd-Skinner from the Timor-Leste Police Development Program commented “The hosting of Cyber Safety Pasifika course in Timor-Leste was very well timed, with technology enabled crime emerging as a significant threat to the region. Timor-Leste National Police Commissioner-General Henrique da Costa was proud to host participants from Pacific nations and the courses were extremely well received, with regional and international partners working together to build capability and combat the problem.”
To learn more about the team, contactCyber-Safety-Pasifika by email at Cyber-Safety-Pasifika@afp.gov.au
