Police organisation
Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary
The national police force of Papua New Guinea, formed by the 1942 amalgamation of the separate forces of Papua and New Guinea and given its functions by the country’s Constitution.
At a glance
- Official name
- Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary
- System
- Papua New Guinea
- Level of government
- National
- Kind of body
- National police force
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://rpngc.gov.pg/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 17 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 17 September 2026
What it is
The constabulary describes itself as the national police force of Papua New Guinea and as the result of the 1942 amalgamation of the former separate police forces of Papua and New Guinea. It states that under the Constitution it is subject to the control of the National Executive Government through a minister, and that the Constitution gives its primary functions as preserving peace and good order in the country and maintaining and enforcing the law in an impartial and objective manner. A constitution that writes impartiality into the definition of the police function, rather than leaving it to a code of ethics, is worth noticing.
What it covers
The whole territory of Papua New Guinea.
Broad responsibilities
- Preserving peace and good order
- Maintaining and enforcing the law
- General policing across the country
Who it answers to
Subject under the Constitution to the control of the National Executive Government through a minister, as the constabulary states.
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how Papua New Guinea is structured, against other systems
Where this connects
Institutions: National police.
Sources
About Us — Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary
Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-17
SCOPE: the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary only. The constabulary's own about page, read directly. Supports the official name, its status as the national police force of Papua New Guinea, the 1942 amalgamation of the former separate police forces of Papua and New Guinea, its subjection under the Constitution to the control of the National Executive Government through a minister, and the constitutional statement of its primary functions as preserving peace and good order and maintaining and enforcing the law impartially and objectively. The Constitution itself was NOT fetched; the constitutional wording rests on the constabulary's own quotation of it.