Peacekeeping
A reflection of the AFP's international obligations is its peacekeeping role. The AFP's peacekeeping efforts are principally focused on the Pacific where the organisation assists in the law-enforcing efforts of many sovereign nations. As such, AFP Protective Service officers are routinely deployed overseas to assist with peacekeeping operations due to the tactical training they have received.
AFPPS officers are at present deployed along with other Australian law enforcement officers in the Solomon Islands as part of RAMSI. The peacekeeping force suffered their first casualty on 22 December 2004 when Officer Adam Dunning was shot and killed while deployed on official duties in the Solomon Islands. Dunning's partner was also seriously wounded in the attack. Two former members of a local militia were charged but acquitted of Dunning's murder. Officer Dunning was buried with full Police Honours.
The main street of a new AFP training village in Canberra was named Adam Dunning Drive in his memory. The $2.8 million training facility at Mount Majura just outside Canberra, has been designed to replicate situations in regional countries to which personnel might be assigned.
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