Applicants should write to the National Criminal Records Office, Police Headquarters, P.O. Box 85, Konedobu, N.C.D. 125; Papua New Guinea Phone: (675) 322-6102; Fax: (675) 321-2829. The police charge a small fee for this service. Quality of information is sometimes uneven. An automated data management system is planned but not yet fully implemented; criminal lrecords from police stations are currently forwarded to police headquarters for manual entry. There are no reliable alternative methods of background checks.