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Suva nightclub staff request increased police presence and improvements in de-escalation measures

Suva nightclub staff request increased police presence and improvements in de-escalation measures

By Alipate Narawa
05/01/2025

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.

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

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

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

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

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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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