speccial session of legislature
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pay increases for police officers are budgeted in the Department of Public Safety’s financial plan for fiscal year 2021 “and we request [for it] to remain as is,” declared Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson in a public plea — which appears to be directed to the...

![Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson didn’t mention the Fono by name as the one which made the cuts in his plea to leave the DPS budget alone. Instead he addressed it to the cabinet and those watching on government owned KVZK-TV — which aired the cabinet meeting Friday night — with private news outlets reporting on the meeting later. [SN file photo] Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lei_thompson_6463_1.jpg?itok=Q4k69A4X)