Title 10 — Health and Safety

(a) Pursuant to § 3401.1(h) of Article 4, Chapter 3, Title 16, Guam Code Annotated, the Chief of Police is authorized to recruit volunteers to assist the Guam Police Department in the enforcement of the accessible parking and littering laws, and the Natasha Protection Act of 2005…

(a) I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that body-worn cameras are video and audio recording devices that police, sheriff and highway patrol officers wear as part of their uniforms to document what they observe as COL 2025-04-22 they perform their duties. Body-worn cameras continue to be…

A body-worn camera (body cam) is a device worn by police officers as part of their uniforms. The body cam records audio and video to document what they observe as they perform their duties.

The Chief of Police (Chief) is authorized to develop a body cam program for the Guam Police Department (GPD).

(a) Body cam recordings are not public information as defined in Chapter 10, 5 GCA; however, body cam recordings shall be released for the following purposes: (1) upon a court order, including warrants, subpoenas, summons or discovery. Such recordings shall remain confidential wh…

The Chief shall develop a storage, retention and archiving policy for body cam recordings. Body cam recordings must be retained for a minimum of three (3) years following completion of an investigation. Body cam recordings used as evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding shall …

The Chief may implement the provisions of this Article as a pilot program.

Nothing in this Article or any other provision of law is to be construed as to limit or restrict the ability for GPD to apply for and utilize grant funding for the purchase, operation and maintenance of body cams. Nothing in this Article or any other provision of law is to be con…

GPD shall develop administrative rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Article pursuant to Chapter 9, 5 GCA. ARTICLE 5 POLICE OFFICER RETENTION INCENTIVE PROGRAM SOURCE: Article 5 added by P.L. 37-125:XII:42 (Sept. 11, 2024). 2025 NOTE: Section 42 of P.L. 37-1…

(a) I Liheslaturan Guåhan finds that, compared to every other law enforcement agency on Guam, the Guam Police Department (GPD) faces the most significant retention problem. Factors that cause this retention problem include: (1) higher pay offered by federal agencies both on Guam …

Police officers are eligible for a bonus of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) every three (3) years; provided, that the following criteria are met: (a) the police officer’s job performance is satisfactory; (b) the police officer has no history of any disciplinary action involving po…

Any former Guam police officer that qualifies for reinstatement shall be eligible for a retention bonus three (3) years following the date of reinstatement.

(a) Continuing Education Units, or CEUs, are a nationally recognized standard for documenting successful completion of non-credit programs and courses intended to improve the knowledge and skills of working adults. COL 2025-04-22 (b) A CEU represents ten (10) contact hours of exp…

Implementation of the provisions of this Article is subject to General Orders of the Guam Police Department. ---------- COL 2025-04-22

This Chapter shall be known and cited as the Community Partnership for Police Accountability Law of 1999.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth herein and in Chapter 77 of this Title shall govern the construction and interpretation of this Chapter. (a) Employee means an officer or employee of the Guam Police Department, including the Chief of Police, the De…

(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…

The Guam Police Department, through the Chief of Police, is hereby designated to provide the necessary administrative and clerical support, to include a meeting place, to the Commission, and shall ensure that the administrative provisions contained in this Chapter are properly ad…

Vacancies in the membership of the Commission shall not affect the authority of the remaining members to execute the functions of the Commission, and shall be filled in the same manner and by the same appointing authority as the original appointment, and such person shall serve f…

A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the concurrence of a majority of the members shall be necessary to make any action of the Commission valid. No action shall be taken by the Commission at any meetings or hea…

The Commission shall meet once every month at a regularly scheduled time and place for the purpose of conducting evidentiary hearings and/or to conduct any other business necessary to the operation of the Commission. Regular meetings may be held in any building in which the Depar…

Each member of the Commission shall be compensated in the same manner as are other members of boards and commissions, and shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of duties in the same manner and amount as other boards and commission members.

The Commission shall have the following authority and duties: (a) to receive complaints of the following alleged misconduct and actions directed against the Department and any of its employees and to fully and completely investigate said complaints: (1) use of excessive or deadly…

Subject to budget limitations, the Commission is authorized to, and may, contract or employ, for the duration of the investigation, an Independent Special Attorney and/or an Independent Special Investigator or other personnel as necessary for the proper performance of its duties …

(a) In addition to the reporting and other terms for police officer violations enumerated in § 77133 of this Title, any person may file complaints of alleged crime or misconduct with the Commission as listed under Subsection (a) of § 78108, by submitting said complaints at locati…

Within five (5) working days of the date that a complaint was filed, the Commission shall conduct a preliminary review of each complaint and determine whether an investigation of the alleged misconduct is warranted, whether the matter shall be mediated or whether no further actio…

On the petition of fifty (50) or more residents of Guam filed in any location or locations designated by the Commission, the Commission shall hold a special meeting for the individuals so petitioning for the purpose of responding to the petition and hearing and inquiring into mat…

If the Commission determines that further investigation is warranted, the complaint shall be investigated by an Independent Special Attorney and/or an Independent Special Investigator selected and hired by the COL12302011 Commission. Completion of investigation may be held in abe…

Upon the completion of the investigation of a complaint, the Commission may dismiss, with the filing of written reasons for the dismissal, the complaint for lack of merit or conduct an evidentiary hearing. At an evidentiary hearing, the Commission shall weigh and consider all evi…

Upon approval of a majority of its members, the Commission shall have power to subpoena witnesses, compel their attendance, require the production of evidence and any such records, books, papers and documents as it may deem necessary for investigation of the case of any person be…

(a) The Commission shall cause a record to be made of all proceedings in which testimony or other evidence is received or adduced, which record shall include rulings of the chair, questions of the Commission and its authorized representative, the testimony or responses of witness…

Departments. Any official or employee of the Department and all other government employees and officials shall, except as expressly prohibited by law subsequent to this Act, respond promptly to any and all reasonable requests for information, for participation in meetings and evi…

Within ten (10) working days of the completion of an evidentiary hearing, and within thirty-five (35) working days of the receipt of complaint, the Commission shall issue a written report containing findings of fact and a determination of whether the complaint is sustained to the…

When a complaint is sustained, the findings of fact and the determination shall be submitted to the Chief of Police, who shall make a disciplinary decision based upon this information. The Chief of Police shall provide the Commission with a written explanation of the reason or re…

The Commission shall consider, when agreed upon by the complainant, the Commission, the Department and the subject employee, mutually agreeable resolution of any complaint in all cases except those involving the death or deaths of an individual or individuals. The Commission shal…

The Commission shall notify in a timely fashion, in writing, the complainant(s) and police officer(s) of the status or disposition of the complaint in a reasonable manner.

No person may file a complaint with the Commission if one hundred twenty (120) days has elapsed since the alleged misconduct, or since its discovery, whichever is later.

(a) When an employee is to be questioned or interviewed concerning a complaint or allegation, the employee shall be informed prior to the interview of the nature of the investigation and whether he or she is the subject of the investigation or a witness in an investigation. Where…

The Commission shall compile and publish, by the end of each fiscal year, a report including the number, kind and status of all complaints received, and any recommendations and concerns to improve the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter, the performance of the Depart…

If any provision of this Act or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of t…

Upon the enactment of this bill into law and immediately following the re-establishment of the Commission, the Commission shall review Chapter 78 in its entirety and submit its recommendations to I Liheslaturan Guåhan within one hundred twenty (120) days. In particular, the Commi…

(a) There is hereby created, separate and apart from other funds of the government of Guam, a fund to be known as the ‘Special Assets Forfeiture Fund’ (‘Fund’), which shall be divided into two (2) accounts; one account to be known as the ‘Local Assets Forfeiture Account’ (‘LAFA’)…

Whenever property is forfeited under any local law enforced or administered by the Guam Police Department, the Guam Police Department may: (a) retain the property for official use; (b) subject to any other applicable laws, sell any forfeited property which is not required to be d…

(a) There shall be deposited into the LAFA all proceeds from the sale of property forfeited under any local law enforced or administered by the Guam Police Department, including, but not limited to, 16 GCA § 18108 [repealed]; 10 GCA § 69207; and 9 GCA § 67.502.1. (b) All proceeds…

(a) The LAFA, as appropriated by I Liheslaturan Guåhan [Guam Legislature], shall be exclusively used for the following purposes: (1) the payment, upon the approval of the Chief, of any expenses necessary to seize, detain, inventory, safeguard, maintain, advertise, sell or dispose…

The Chief shall transmit to I Maga'lahen Guåhan [Governor] and to I Liheslaturan Guåhan [Guam Legislature], no later than thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year, a detailed report of each account of the Fund as follows: (a) the estimated total value of property forfei…

This Chapter may be cited as the “Guam Health Act of 2010.” SOURCE: GC § 49000 as added by P.L. 14-029:1 (May 27, 1977). Codified by the Compiler as § 80101. Repealed and reenacted by P.L. 30-190:1 (Aug. 28, 2010).

There is established within the government of Guam a public corporation and an autonomous instrumentality called the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority. It shall have title to all real and personal property now or hereafter set aside for or conveyed to it. Its property shall be adm…

As used in this Chapter, unless otherwise indicated: (a) “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority. (b) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority. (c) “Hospital” means the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority. (d…

It shall be the policy of the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority that discrimination against any individual or group for reasons of age, race, color, sex, national origin, religious belief, marital status, physical/mental disability, political affiliation and retaliation is specifi…