{"id":52914,"date":"2025-10-10T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=52914"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:06:46","slug":"psc-recommend-police-commissioners-position-be-readvertised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talamua.com\/?p=52914","title":{"rendered":"PSC recommend Police Commissioners position be readvertised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Apia, Samoa \u2013 10 October 2025<\/strong> \u2013 Cabinet\u2019s decision this week to end the Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino Filipo&#8217;s contract extension, was based on the Public Service Commission (PSC) report to restart the advertisement process to invite more interested candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the PSC recommendation, the initial recruitment process now concluded and the process restarted to ensure transparency and open competition.<\/p>\n<p>This has brought Auapaau&#8217;s contract extension to a natural end.<\/p>\n<p>Auapaau\u2019s contract had already expired. It was then extended by the last Caretaker Cabinet until the recruitment process for a new Police Commissioner was completed by PSC.<\/p>\n<p>In the interim, Cabinet has appointed Leiataua Samuelu Afamasaga who is currently in charge of the prisons services as Acting Police Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Today is Auapa\u2019au\u2019s last day in office.<\/p>\n<p>The Cabinet decision calls for PSC to advertise the position widely for a period of four weeks both locally and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 outgoing Police Commissioner full entitlements under his employment contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apia, Samoa \u2013 10 October 2025 \u2013 Cabinet\u2019s decision this week to end the Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino Filipo&#8217;s contract extension, was based on the Public Service Commission (PSC) report to restart the advertisement process to invite more interested candidates. 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