Fuiavailili Egon Keil

Fuiavailili Egon Keil was appointed Samoa's Police Commissioner in 2015. He was appointed to a second three year term in July 2018.[1]

Fuiavailili Egon Keil
NationalitySamoa
OccupationGovernment official
Known forPolice Commissioner

Keil had prior Police experience when he was appointed commissioner, having served for 17 years as a Police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department.[1] He joined in 1995, and rose to Sergeant, where he worked as an assistant watch commander. He graduated from California State University with a B.Sc. in Criminal Justice Administration.

When he returned to Samoa in 2012 he operated a car repair business.[1]

Keil was briefly suspended in 2016.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

In August 2019 Keil joined Deputy Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa at the Austal plant in Henderson, Western Australia, to accept delivery of the Nafanua II. The Nafanua II, a Guardian class patrol vessel, with a crew of 18, is a Police vessel.[10][11]

References
  1. "Fuiava Egon Keil officially reappointed as Police Commissioner". Samoa Observer. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. "Samoas Top Cop and Top Prosecutor Charged". Talanei. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019. Samoa’s Police Commissioner and the Director of Public Prosecutions are facing criminal prosecution.
  3. "Samoa Attorneys Upset at Use of off Island Lawyers". Talanei. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2019. New Zealand lawyer Satiu Simativa Perese is prosecuting the case of the Director of the National Prosecutions Office, Mauga Precious Chang while the lawfirm of Meredith Connell will prosecute the case of the Commissioner of Police Fuiavailili Egon Keil.
  4. "Details of No-Confidence Petition Against Samoa's Top Cop". Talanei. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019. The leaked petition, signed by close to 40 commissioned officers including the executive body of the Ministry of Police, says it has evidence to support their call for a Commission of Inquiry.
  5. "Samoa Police Commissioner Re-Arrested After Case Was Dismissed". Talanei. 14 November 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019. The commissioner had been released Friday and the charges against him dismissed for lack of evidence. But yesterday he was re arrested and charged with more than 10 new charges.
  6. "Samoa Police Minister Distances Himself from Commissioner's Arrest". Talanei. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2019. Fuiavailili Egon Keil was arrested on Monday and faces seven criminal counts including one of inciting to murder.
  7. "Number of Charges Against Samoa Commissioner: 22". Talanei. 28 November 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019. The Chief Executive Officer of Samoa’s Ministry of Justice, Papalii John Taimalelagi, has confirmed that only 22 new charges have been officially lodged against suspended police commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil.
  8. "Case of Samoa Police Commissioner Set for January 16". Talanei. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019. The chief justice, Patu Falefatu Sapolu, has set the hearing for the 16th January after the prosecution filed a response against the stay application.
  9. Lanuola Tusani Tupufia - Ah Tong, 04/10/2019 (10 April 2019). "Police Commissioner Fuiava Egon Keil hangs up on Samoa Observer over Tiavi operation". Samoa Observer. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019. Two more calls placed to the Police Commissioner’s number were not answered. When the Samoa Observer attempted a fourth time, using a different number, the Commissioner answered and asked whom the caller was. Told that it was a reporter from the Samoa Observer, he hung up again.
  10. Ridzwan Rahmat (16 August 2019). "Australia hands over Guardian-class patrol vessel to Samoa". Jane's Navy International. Singapore. Retrieved 16 August 2019. Nafanua II will be operated by the Police Maritime Wing of the Samoan Police Service. The vessel is part of the Australian government’s Pacific Patrol Boat Replacement (SEA 3036) programme, which will see the donation of 21 new patrol vessels to 12 Pacific Island countries, and Timor-Leste.
  11. "Samoa receives Guardian-class Patrol Boat". Mirage News. Henderson, Australia. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019. The Australian Government has today handed over the newest Guardian-class Patrol Boat Nafanua II to the Samoan Government at a ceremony in Henderson, Western Australia. Nafanua II was received by Samoa’s Deputy Prime Minister the Honourable Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and the Commissioner of Police Mr Fuivaili’ili Egon Keil.
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