Securing the Pacific Together: U.S. Commitments at the Inaugural U.S.-Pacific Islands Conference of Police Ministers (COPMIN)

Office of the Spokesman Securing the Pacific Together: U.S. Commitments at the Inaugural U.S.-Pacific Islands Conference of Police Ministers (COPMIN) Fact Sheet October 22, 2026 The United States is a Pacific nation. More than 1.9 million American citizens and nationals live in Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and approximately 53 million Americans live along the western seaboard, from California to Alaska. Our commitment to the security of the Pacific Islands is steadfast and enduring, and it is a key pillar of our America First Foreign Policy. When the Pacific Islands are secure, the American homeland is safer. On September 1, at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, the U.S. State Department committed the United States to convene Pacific police ministers to address shared challenges. On October 21–22 in Los Angeles, the United States hosted the inaugural U.S.-Pacific Islands Conference of Police Ministers (COPMIN). U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday and Palau Minister of Justice Jennifer Olegeriil co-chaired the conference, and Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs F. Ca

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