This week the Commissioner of Police and Prisons, Auapa’au Logoitino Filipo paid tribute to retired Superintendent, Vaovasamanaia Lapi Seumanufagai Filo who was laid to rest on Monday.
He was 61.
Vaovasamaia is a retired veteran that served in the Marine, said the Police Commissioner who was accompanied by Minister of Police and Prisons, Faualo Harry Schuster on Monday at the funeral service in Savaii.
Known to many as Lapi, he served at the former’s Prime Minister office overseeing his detail security for many years.
Prior to returning to Samoa, Vaovasamanaia served in the Honolulu Police Department.
“Vaovasa retired in 2017 but he continued to extend his service with the Police and that speaks volumes about the commitment he had to his calling as a law enforcer. He’s one of a kind,” said Auapa’au.
He started at the Samoa Police Service in the 1990s and retired recently. Vaovasamanaia was laid to rest at his village of Vaotoomuli Savaii.
