Guam § 77203 - Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol

§ 77203. Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol

Officer Reserve.

(a) Creation. There is hereby created within the Department

of Parks and Recreation of the government of Guam the Civilian

Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer Reserve Program, which

shall be headed by the Director. The Director, subject to the advice

and control of the Commission, shall be responsible for carrying

out the purpose of this Section and shall have such additional

duties as authorized herein, or as may be prescribed by the

Commission.

(b) Functions and Duties. The general functions and duties

of the Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer Reserve

shall be to provide backup, supplemental manpower for the

provision of the park protection duties and services of the

Department. The Director shall formulate a program whereby

reservists of the Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer

Reserve shall adhere to the functions and duties herein prescribed.

From time to time, the Director, with the consent of the

Commission, shall review and revise the functions of the Civilian

Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer Reserve Program to

ensure an amicable discharge of responsibilities and duties,

acknowledging the fact that a reservist’s role is an extension of the

duties of regular personnel.

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(c) Recruitment. The Director shall recruit, on an entirely

volunteer basis, local residents who desire to make available their

services to assist the Department of Parks and Recreation in

carrying out its law enforcement duties and emergency functions.

The Director, with the concurrence of the Commission, shall

further promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the

requirements of hiring regular Territorial Park Patrol Officers.

(d) Training, Equipment, and Maintenance Records.

Training for reservists of the Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park

Patrol Officer Reserve shall be conducted pursuant to standards

set forth by the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)

Commission in 17 GCA Chapter 51 and 27 GARR Chapter 3.

Initial training requirements shall be identical to those required of

Territorial Park Patrol Officers.

(e) Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer

Reservist: Authority. When the reservists of the Civilian

Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer Reserve are rendering

assistance to the Territoral Park Patrol Officers, such volunteers

shall have the same powers, duties, rights, including coverage

under the Worker’s Compensation Act, and privileges and

immunities, as if they were paid full-time employees of the

Department of Parks and Recreation, except that they shall earn

recruitment credit for services performed as reservists.

(f) Allowance. Each reservist of the Civilian Volunteer

Territorial Park Patrol Officer Reserve who successfully

completes probationary requirements as established by the

Director 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 costs of maintenance of

their equipment and uniforms. The Department of Parks and

Recreation shall identify funds within the Department’s

appropriations to satisfy the intent of this Section.

(g) Eligibility and Oath. No person shall be a volunteer

reservist of the Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer

Reserve established under this Section who advocates a change by

force or violence in the constitutional form of the Government of

the United States or Guam or the overthrow of any government in

the United States by force, or who has been convicted of or is

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under indictment or information charging any subversive act

against the United States. Every reservist shall, upon entering his

or her 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.”

(h) Rules and Regulations: Recommendations. The

Director is authorized and empowered to recommend to the

Governor, with the concurrence of the Commission, for issuance

as executive orders the making, amendment and recession of such

orders, rules, and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the

provisions of this Section. The Director shall also have the

authority to amend and create rules and regulations to implement

and maintain the Civilian Volunteer Territorial Park Patrol Officer

Reserve through the Administrative Adjudication Law.