Rabaul Cops – Papa New Guinea – Oct 2007 Robberies, theft, drug abuse and drunkenness from “home brew” would be a challenge to any police force. But even by PNG standards the Rabaul police are ill equipped – no diesel to run their vehicles, no handcuffs and sometimes no stationery on which to write reports. Rabaul’s business people have had enough. They’ve enlisted as volunteer reservists, and taken up arms. Each Friday and Saturday night they don uniforms and collect their weapons for another night patrolling the town. “In the last six months, we’ve taken out just about all of the top ten criminals in Rabaul,” boasts local businessman, Bruce Alexander. “We’ve either captured them, or they’ve run away and that’s calmed the situation down a lot.” Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures    Read more...