Police to patrol Suva’s CBD and nightclubs after staff request increased presence and improvements in de-escalation measures

Police to patrol Suva’s CBD and nightclubs after staff request increased presence and improvements in de-escalation measures

By Alipate Narawa
05/01/2025

Officers from Totogo Police Station will not only concentrate around the nightclub vicinity, but be deployed along the Central Business District and suburbs of Suva to ensure the safety of club goers.

Assistant Commissioner of Police Operations, Livai Driu has highlighted this while responding to nightclub management requesting for increased Police presence not just for holidays but weekends as well.

Driu says during nightclub closing hours, Police will move in to assist in the clearance of drunkards and patrons from Suva City.

Police met with Suva nightclub staff at 3.30 this morning after the clubs closed in a move to improve processes regarding de-escalation tactics.

This comes as 6 people had been hospitalised last Sunday after a brawl outside a club that also involved club bouncers.

During the meeting, nightclub staff requested that there be heavy police presence every weekend and not only on holidays.

O’Reillys Bar Chief of Security, Viliame Draunidalo reassured the Police that all nightclub staff will improve in servicing the people of Fiji.

Draunidalo says that incidents like what happened on the weekend before New Years were a dime a dozen, but de-escalation tactics need to be improved on.

Police, in turn, reassured the nightclub staff that they would be working hand-in-hand with them to keep Fijians safe during nights out.

A suggestion was made that the Ministry of Labour be approached for an agent and a counsellor to run workshops to facilitate the assessment of the mental health of nightclub staff.

Corporal Sikeli Rabuka led the meeting.

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