Samoa Police Service

Duties include maintaining the correctional facilities, maintaining order in traffic, assisting in search and rescue, identifying and addressing crimes of most concern to the community, raiding drug and gun dealers, and upgrading and improving intelligence for crime investigation and national security.

[1][2][3] Nafanua II was provided to Samoa by the Australian Government as part of the Pacific Patrol Boat Program.

Between 1988 and 2004, the Nafanua sailed a total of 118,000 nautical miles (219,000 km; 136,000 mi), performed over 12,000 hours of fisheries patrol and was involved in the search and rescue of over 400 people.

Samoa's police service also served in East Timor as part of a United Nations peacekeeping effort to maintain peace and security in the region in 2000.

With a new Commissioner having been appointed in September 2009, and a new senior executive, it is an opportune time for the AFP to forge a new program of assistance to the SPS.