Guam § 55 - Disarming of a Peace Officer; Defined & Punished.

§ 55. Disarming of a Peace Officer; Defined & Punished.

(a) A person commits the crime of disarming a peace officer,

as defined by 17 GCA § 51101 if such person intentionally:

(1) removes, or attempts to remove, a firearm, deadly

weapon, or less-lethal weapon, including any blunt impact,

chemical, or conducted energy device, used in the performance

of his or her official duties from the person of a peace officer

while said officer is acting within the scope of his or her

official duties; or

(2) deprives, or attempts to deprive, a peace officer of

said officer’s use of a firearm, deadly weapon, or any other

equipment described in Subsection (a)(1) of this Section while

the officer is acting within the scope of his or her official

duties.

(b) The provisions of this Section shall not apply when:

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(1) the defendant does not know or could not reasonably

have known that the person he or she disarmed was a peace

officer; or

(2) the peace officer was engaged in an incident

involving felonious conduct by the peace officer at the time the

defendant disarmed said officer.

(c) An offense under this Section is a felony of the third

degree, unless the defendant’s intent is to injure anyone, in which

case the offense is a felony of the second degree.