Mission Statement

The SPICIN was mandated by authority of a mutual agreement in the form of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the sharing of information adopted by the 17 member countries of the South Pacific Chiefs of Police Conference (SPCPC) on October 8, 1987, in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The original members were American Samoa, Australia, Commonwealth of Northern Marianas, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Kingdom of Tonga, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa.

SPICIN's mission is to support the member police forces of the SPCPC in the information gathering, development and dissemination of crime-related information through the timely analysis and sharing of intelligence vital to law enforcement within the Pacific region.

Purpose

SPICIN was developed for the sole purpose of improving lines of crime-related communication among the island nations of the Pacific. The main purpose of the intelligence information collected and disseminated concerns those individuals and groups involved in drug trafficking, terrorism, organized and/or white collar crime, mobile offenders and other information of criminal nature concerning law enforcement in the Pacific. The major functions of SPICIN are to provide (1) a central repository of information on these crimes; (2) the necessary analytical support to identify criminal organizations and to facilitate successful prosecutions and transmit criminal justice information, humanitarian requests, or other law enforcement related nature between SPICIN Control Center and law enforcement member countries; (3) coordination of investigations among SPICIN members; and (4) training and instruction to assist island nation law enforcement personnel in recognizing and combating major criminal activity.