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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is currently engaged in an in-depth investigation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding a drug-related incident involving a package that was processed through the local Post Office last week.
This was confirmed by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety is currently conducting an investigation into a tragic traffic incident that led to the death of a passenger who was involved in a police chase on Friday evening.
Acting Police Commissioner Falanaʻi Lavataʻi Taʻase Sagapolutele confirmed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “We were never trained to do CPR when it comes to an emergency.”
This was the response from several police officers Samoa News asked last week amid criticism from members of the public about the way DPS and EMS crews responded to an emergency when a player at a pickle...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Training of Dept. of Public Safety (DPS) officers on alternative approaches to individuals with mental illness in crisis, was among the Office of Protection and Advocacy for the Disabled’s (OPAD) “Education and Training on Mental Illness” programs last year, according to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the House of Representatives calling for the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to close down the well known locations where crystal methamphetamine or “ice” is sold in the territory, a hearing this week before House Public Safety Committee was called and revealed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaking at Monday’s cabinet meeting, Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson confirmed the dates of this year’s annual holiday enforcement, which kicks off today Dec. 20th and runs through Jan. 2, 2020.
And if a cabinet member is arrested during enforcement and taken to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Students at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) majoring in Criminal Justice had the opportunity earlier this month to observe firsthand the inner workings of the local law enforcement system when 14 of them participated in the first field trip by College...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A look at the van used by the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) to transport detainees. At a glance, it looks decent. But closer observation reveals problems that question the safety of not only the detainees, but also of the DPS officers whose duty it is to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The former DPS police lieutenant convicted of sexually harassing a fellow female officer while in uniform earlier this year in April is going to jail.
Siaosi Aiono, who told Samoa News via a telephone interview in April this year that he did not sexually harass a female...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit is investigating the case involving seven packages containing a crystalline substance that were discovered in the LBJ Hospital's mail last week.
So far, no person has been arrested or treated as a suspect in this case.
Samoa News...