Guam § 13101 - School Crossing Guards.

§ 13101. School Crossing Guards.

(a) The Chief of the Guam Police Department is hereby authorized to

appoint and equip volunteers and designated employees of the Department

of Education, and may provide training to such volunteers as school

crossing guards to direct traffic at school crossings, streets and highways in

the vicinity of schools and bus stops, by means of lawful orders, signs or

semaphores. Such persons shall wear a distinctive garb or insignia

indicating such appointment. >School crossing guard’ shall mean any person

eighteen (18) years of age and older acting with or without compensation

who is authorized by this Chapter to supervise, direct, monitor, or otherwise

assist school children at a street or intersection in the vicinity of a school or

bus stops.

(b) With the approval of the Chief of Police, a school crossing guard

may be authorized, in addition to directing traffic at school crossings, to

direct and regulate the flow of traffic in the event of a fire, explosion,

hurricane, tornado or other emergency situation. Such volunteer shall not

have the power of arrest provided to peace officers.

(c) Provisions of Chapter 16 of Title 7 of the Guam Code Annotated,

which provide liability protection for volunteers shall apply to any volunteer

school crossing guard authorized under this Section if all requirements set

forth in § 16103 of Title 7 of the Guam Code Annotated are met.

(d) The Guam Police Department shall maintain a list of authorized

school crossing guards.

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2009 NOTE: P.L. 28-045:10 (June 6, 2005) changed the name of the Department of

Education to the Guam Public School System. P.L. 30-050:2 (July 14, 2009) reverted

the name of the Guam Public School System to the Department of Education.

References to Guam Public School System have been changed to Department of

Education pursuant to P.L. 30-050:3.