Guam § 78103 - Community Police Review Commission Established.

§ 78103. Community Police Review Commission Established.

(a) There is hereby created a Guam Community Police Review

Commission (‘Commission’) for the purpose of receiving and investigating

allegations of misconduct on the part of an employee or employees and

making findings of fact and conclusions based upon those findings of fact.

The Commission shall consist of seven (7) members, all of whom shall be

citizens of the United States and have resided on Guam for at least five (5)

consecutive years preceding his or her appointment, and shall be appointed

as follows:

(1) three (3) members by I Maga’lahen Guåhan;

(2) two (2) members by the Speaker of I Liheslaturan Guåhan;

(3) one (1) member by the Mayors Council;

(4) one (1) member by the President of the Guam Bar

Association, who shall be an active member of the Association.

(5) Appointment Documents. The Guam Police Department

shall be responsible for the receipt and retention of any and all

appointment documents of the members of the Commission, and shall

notify I Maga’lahen Guåhan and I Liheslaturan Guåhan, where

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applicable, of such appointments and expiration of terms no later than

fifteen (15) days following the receipt or acknowledgement of such

timelines.

(b) Members of the Commission shall serve for a period of three (3)

years each, except that any member appointed to fill a vacancy prior to the

expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed, shall be

appointed for the remainder of such term. The members shall serve for

terms of three (3) years, except that in the year in which the law is enacted,

of the three (3) members appointed by I Maga’lahen Guåhan, I Maga’lahen

Guåhan shall appoint one (1) member for one (1) year; one (1) member for

two (2) years; and one (1) member for three (3) years. No member shall

serve more than two (2) consecutive terms or portions thereof.

(c) A member may be re-appointed to succeed himself, but not for

more than two (2) consecutive terms, and not for more than six (6) years.

(d) The Commission shall elect one (1) of its members as Chairperson,

one (1) as Vice-Chairperson, and one (1) as Secretary, who shall each hold

office for one (1) year and until their successors are elected. No officer shall

be eligible to succeed himself or herself in the same office. Officers shall be

elected no later than the second meeting of the Commission following its

appointment. All members shall continue to serve until their successors

have been appointed.

(1) Appointment of an Interim Chairperson to the Commission.

I Maga’lahen Guåhan shall appoint an interim chairperson from

among his/her appointments to conduct the initial meeting for the

Commission, and shall serve until such time that the Commission

members, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, selects its

Chairperson and other leadership.

(e) No member of the Commission shall be an elected official or an

unclassified employee of the government of Guam.

(f) No person, who has been previously convicted of a felony shall be

appointed to the Commission.