Guam § 15106 - Continuing Education for Peace Officers Concerning Family

§ 15106. Continuing Education for Peace Officers Concerning Family

Violence; Content of Course.

(a) The Guam Community College in administering the peace officers

standards and training program and in coordination with the Guam Police

Department and the Family Violence Task Force, must provide forty-five

(45) hours of initial education to all prospective peace officers concerning

family violence.

(b) The Guam Police Department with the Family Violence Task

Force shall administer twenty (20) hours in-service training as part of their

Family Violence Continuation Training Program for assigned peace officers.

(c) The course of instruction and the objectives in learning and

performance for the education of peace officers required pursuant to

Subsections (a) and (b) must be developed and presented in consultation

with public and private providers of programs for victims of family violence

and programs of intervention for perpetrators, persons who have

demonstrated expertise in training and education concerning family violence,

and the non-profit family violence coalitions or organizations.

(d) The course of instruction must include, but is not limited to:

(1) the investigation and management of cases involving family

violence and writing of reports in such cases;

(2) the nature, extent and causes of family violence;

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(3) practices designed to promote the safety of officers

investigating family violence;

(4) practices designed to promote the safety of the victims of

family violence and other family and household members, including

safety plans;

(5) the legal rights and remedies available to victims of family

violence, including, but not limited to, rights and compensation of

victims of crime and enforcement of civil and criminal remedies;

(6) the services available to victims of family violence and their

children;

(7) sensitivity to cultural, racial, and gender issues and the effect

of cultural, racial and gender bias on the response of peace officers and

the enforcement of laws relating to family violence; and

(8) the provisions of this Chapter and other applicable statutes

concerning family violence.