police academy
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson defended his previous statement that only 6 out of 251 applicants passed the entrance exams for the current Police Academy, and the “results are really bad”, during his appearance before the House Public Safety Committee last week...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Commissioner of the Department Public Safety (DPS) Le’i Sonny Thompson told members of the House Public Safety committee during a hearing last week that DPS will hold a new Police Academy (PA) to train the police recruits hired to become certified police officers.
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O i latou e to'a 39 ua maea fili fa'apitoa mo le Vasega, o le Police Academy, ua a'otauina mo le faiva Fa'a-Leoleo a le Malo o Amerika Samoa. [ata: Leua Aiono Frost]

![Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson blames local media for twisting his statements about only 6 out of 251 applicants passing the entrance exams for the current Police Academy and causing the public to post rude comments against police officers on social media. [photo by AF] Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lei_0445.jpg?itok=G9gW4ir1)
![Commissioner of the Department Public Safety Le’i Sonny Thompson told the House hearing that out of 251 applicants who sat the most recent entrance exam, only 6 of them passed and 5 of them were females. [SN file photo] Commissioner of the Department Public Safety Le’i Sonny Thompson](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lei_0413_2.jpg?itok=siSVUFKK)
