American Samoa Territorial Police
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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.
Law enforcement agency
In North American English, a law enforcement agency is a government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws.Outside North America, such organizations are called police services. In North America, some of these services are called police while others have other names In North American...
for American Samoa
American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
, which has jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility...
anywhere in the territory
United States territory
United States territory is any extent of region under the jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States, including all waters including all U.S. Naval carriers. The United States has traditionally proclaimed the sovereign rights for exploring, exploiting, conserving, and managing its...
. It was created to protect the lives and property of American Samoans. The DPS has police, corrections and fire divisions.
Airport police
Airport police
Airport Police units are a security police agency assigned to perform law enforcement functions at airports. In some cases, they are branches of larger general purposes agencies. Other variations include dedicated agencies, combined police/fire agencies and even military units...
, port police conservation officers and community college police
Campus police
Campus Police or University police in the United States and Canada are often sworn police officers employed by a public school district, college or university to protect the campus and surrounding areas and the people who live on, work on and visit it....
departments are also active in American Samoa.
External links
- http://americansamoa.gov/
- http://www.samoanet.com/asg/asgdps97.html
- http://www.isiservicescorp.com/mjcpatch.html