Guam § 1112 - Civilian Volunteer Airport Police Reserve.

§ 1112. Civilian Volunteer Airport Police Reserve.

There is hereby created within the Airport Police the Civilian Volunteer Airport Police Reserve, which

shall be headed by the Chief of Airport Police, hereinafter referred to as the Chief. The Chief, subject to the

advice and control of the Airport Executive Manager, shall be responsible for carrying out the purpose of

this Chapter, and shall have such additional duties and responsibilities as are authorized herein, or as may

be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

(a) Functions and Duties. The general functions and duties of the Civilian Volunteer Airport

Police Reserve shall be to provide backup manpower for the suppression of crime, preservation of law

and order, and to assist in emergencies. The Chief, with the concurrence of the Executive Manager,

shall formulate a program whereby the Civilian Volunteer Airport Police Reserve shall adhere to the

functions and duties herein prescribed. From time to time, the Chief shall review and revise the

functions and duties of the Civilian Volunteer Airport Police Reserve to insure an amicable discharge

of responsibilities and duties, recognizing the fact that their roles are the extension of the duties of the

regular Airport Police personnel.

(b) Recruitment. The Chief of the Airport Police shall recruit, on an entirely voluntary basis, local

residents who desire to make available their services to assist the Antonio B. Won Pat International

Airport Authority, Guam emergency functions. The Chief of Airport Police shall further promulgate

rules and regulations regarding the age, health and other requirements for recruitment purposes, in

concurrence with the Executive Manager.

(c) Training, Equipping and Maintenance of Records. The Chief of Airport Police shall devise a

program whereby the police divisions of the Airport will provide the members of the Civilian

Volunteer Airport Police Reserve training in crime prevention control, and operational techniques and

procedures for natural and man-made emergencies. The Civilian Volunteer Airport Police Reserve

shall maintain a roster of volunteers who have received the training, and no volunteer may remain in

the Reserve if he or she is unable to keep up with or otherwise absorb the training. Additionally, basic

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supplies and equipment shall be provided by the Airport to assure the constant operability of the

Civilian Volunteer Airport Police Reserve, including a continuing program for replacement.

(d) Volunteer: Authority. Whenever the police unit of the Civilian Volunteer Airport Police

Reserve, and the members thereof are rendering assistance to the police or firemen, as the case may

be, such volunteers shall have the same powers, duties, rights (including coverage under the Worker’s

Compensation Act), privileges and immunities as if they were paid, full-time members of the Airport,

except that they shall earn recruitment credit for services performed as volunteers.

(e) Same: Allowance. Each member of the Civilian Volunteer Airport Police Reserve who

successfully completes probationary requirements as established by the Chief of Airport Police, and

who contributes a minimum of forty-two (42) hours or more per month, shall receive an allowance of

Five Hundred Dollars ($500) per month, to defray the cost of maintenance of their equipment and

uniforms. The Airport shall identify funds for appropriation to satisfy the intent of this Section.

(f) Same: Eligibility and Oath. No person shall be a volunteer member of the Civilian Volunteer

Airport Police Reserve established under this Chapter who advocates a change by force or violence in

the constitutional form of the Government of the United States or in Guam or the overthrow of any

government in the United States by force, or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or

information charging any subversive act against the United States. Every volunteer shall, entering upon

his duties, take an oath, in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in Guam, which oath

shall be substantially as follows:

“I _____________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and

defend the Constitution of the United States and the laws of Guam, against all enemies,

foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this

obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well

and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter and I do further swear (or

affirm) that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that

advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of Guam by force or

violence; and that during such time as I am a member of the Civilian Volunteer Airport

Police Reserve I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or

organization that advocates the overthrow of the Government of the United States or of

Guam by force or violence.”

(g) Rules and Regulations: Recommendations. The Chief of Airport Police is authorized and

empowered to recommend to the Executive Manager for issuance as Airport orders the making,

amendment and recession of such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the

provisions of this Chapter.