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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula has made a significant leadership change by appointing Faʻalanaʻipupu Taase Sagapolutele as the Acting Police Commissioner for the Department of Public Safety.
This appointment is effective immediately and follows the resignation of Taʻaga...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Stealing hits the top of the crime list, far outweighing any other crime in the territory, with 302 cases recorded by the Department of Public Safety. This was confirmed in its second quarterly report submitted by the Police Commissioner, Lefiti Aitulagi Pese to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Twelve days after the incident at the Tafuna DWYA Gym on May 26, where a long-time employee of the Department of Health (DoH) died under very sad circumstances, an LBJ statement on the EMS response to the emergency was finally issued on June 6.
The DoH health educator,...
The Department of Public Safety volleyball team after winning the Shield during their match last week at the American Samoa Volleyball Association’s 2021 Volleyball Tournament which is currently underway until the end of the year. [courtesy photo]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga has proclaimed May 17th to June 14th as the “Click it or Ticket” enforcement mobilization in American Samoa and urged all residents to “always wear seat belts when driving or riding on our roadways.”
According to data collected,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several senior police officers within the Department of the Public Safety (DPS) have voiced their concern and disappointment over recent personnel changes within the department — namely, the appointments of Major Poua’amea Tuaolo-Supapo as the new Chief of Police and...
Gov. Lolo has publicly acknowledged ‘through his appeal to the churches for help with drug problems ’ (tn 6/5/20) the long standing existence or presence of illegal drugs in American Samoa. He has also acknowledged that his top heavy Drug and Alcohol task force and government ie; Dpt. Public Safety...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson and two other Public Safety officials appeared Wednesday morning for about 15-minutes for the Dept. of Public Safety’s FY 2020 budget hearing before the Fono Joint Budget Committee.
Among the handful of issues raised during the...
![[l-r] Brig. Gen. Douglas F. Anderson, Commander of the US Army 9th Mission Support Command; Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, who is the acting governor; and Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dps_n_msar.jpg?itok=0hxqNvCv "[l-r] Brig. Gen. Douglas F. Anderson, Commander of the US Army 9th Mission Support Command; Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, who is the acting governor; and Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson, holding up copies of the Memorandum Of Understanding at yesterday’s MOU signing ceremony between the parties, for the Dept. of Public Safety’s use of the Army’s Modular Small Arms Range (MSAR), the indoor shooting range that was dedicated last Friday. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Memorandum of Understanding was signed yesterday between the Army Reserve and DPS, for the Dept. of Public Safety’s use of the Army’s Modular Small Arms Range (MSAR), the indoor shooting range that was dedicated last Friday.
The MOU outlines responsibilities of both...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A historic building in American Samoa housing the police has been dedicated and blessed after a major renovation and restoration project.
The central police station in Fagatogo once served as the barracks for a local security force know as the Fitafita Guard, during an...