Conferences and Reports

The South Pacific Chiefs of Police Conference began in Fiji in 1970 when seven police chiefs of member countries of Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu identified the need for regional cooperation in law enforcement as a priority for future endeavor. The Conference provides a method for exchanging information, experience, and technology in law enforcement, the opportunity to plan and implement cooperation projects and to facilitate efforts to combat inter-jurisdictional crime through policy discussion, strategy and common issues.

Conference attendees are executive level officials from the Pacific independent countries. Memberships are determined by majority vote at the SPCPC Annual Conference, following written application to the SPCPC through the Secretary, which must be accompanied by endorsement of one or more member nations. Non member nations or law enforcement agencies are granted the observer status through invitation of the host country. Currently, the granted status as permanent observers are: Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI legal attaché in Australia), Oceania Customs Organization (OCO), Law Enforcement Liaison Officer (Forum Secretariat), and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA US Embassy in Australia).

The SPICIN Annual Policy Board Meeting is held in conjunction with the SPCPC. SPCPC Chairman is also the Chairman of the SPICIN Policy Board. SPICIN serves as an observer status during the SPCPC Annual Conference.

The annual venue for each SPCPC conference is determined by majority vote. Annual conferences are organized by host countries in cooperation with the Conference permanent Secretary provided by New Zealand Police.
Conference Venues since 1970

* 1970 Fiji
* 1971 Tonga
* 1972 Solomon Islands
* 1973 Fiji
* 1974 (No conference)
* 1975 Tonga
* 1976 Nauru
* 1977 New Zealand
* 1978 (No conference)
* 1979 Cook Islands
* 1980 New Caledonia
* 1981 Australia
* 1982 French Polynesia
* 1983 Papua New Guinea
* 1984 New Zealand
* 1985 Western Samoa
* 1986 Kiribati
* 1987 American Samoa
* 1988 Cook Islands
* 1989 Australia - Canberra
* 1990 Northern Marianas
* 1991 New Zealand
* 1992 Australia - New South Wales
* 1993 Papua New Guinea
* 1994 American Samoa
* 1995 Solomon Islands
* 1996 Nauru
* 1997 Vanuatu
* 1998 Fiji
* 1999 Noumea
* New Caledonia
* 2000 New Zealand
* 2001 Samoa
* 2002 Cook Islands