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The American Samoa Department of Public Safety, formerly the American Samoa Territorial Police is the police law enforcement agency for American Samoa, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the territory. It was created to protect the lives and property of American Samoans. The DPS has police, corrections and fire divisions.

Airport police, port police conservation officers, and community college police departments are also active in American Samoa.

Corrections

It is in charge of the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF),[1] the sole correctional facility in the territory.[2]

In 2008 former Tafuna warden Mika Kelemete, along with a prison guard at Tafuna, received a civil rights violation prison sentence from U.S. federal authorities.[3]

References

  1. ^ Feagaimaalii-Luamanu, Joyetter. "Governor Visits Am. Samoa’s Tafuna Correctional Facility" (Archive). East-West Center. December 10, 2013. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "American Samoa Jailers Fiti Aina, Rocky Tua Allegedly Let Inmates Buy Beer, Leave On Food Runs" (Archive). Associated Press at the Huffington Post. October 3, 2012. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "Former American Samoan Prison Warden and Corrections Officer Sentenced for Civil Rights Violations" (Archive). U.S. Department of Justice. Retrieved on December 9, 2015.
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