(a) ‘Peace Officers’ means:

(1) all officers, including reservists of the Guam Police
Department;

(2) all fire fighter personnel engaged in the enforcement of the Fire Prevention Code and those whom the Fire Chief specifically designates;

(3) all Marshals and Probation Officers of the Superior Court of Guam, and all Marshals of the Supreme Court of Guam;

(4) all uniformed Correction Officers and Parole
Officers of the Department of Corrections;

(5) all officers of the Customs and Quarantine Agency;

(6) all employees of the Department of Youth Affairs who are engaged in juvenile detention and rehabilitation work, as designated by the Director of the Department of Youth Affairs;

(7) all Conservation Officers of the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources of the Department of Agriculture;

(8) all Territorial Park Patrol Officers of the
Department of Parks and Recreation;

(9) those employed by the Attorney General’s Office whom the Attorney General specifically designates, and investigators of the Department of Law;

(10) all officers of the Guam Airport Police;

(11) all uniformed Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Personnel of the A. B. Won Pat Guam International Airport Authority; and

(12) all officers of the Guam Port Police.

(b) ‘Child’ means a natural, adopted or stepchild child who is under eighteen (18) years of age at the time of death of the peace officer.

(c) ‘Killed’ means that the death of the peace officer is the direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury in the line of duty.

(d) ‘Traumatic injury’ means a condition of the body caused by external force, including, but not limited to, an injury inflicted by bullet, explosive, sharp instrument, blunt object or other physical blow; fire; smoke; chemical; electricity; climatic condition; infectious disease; radiation; or bacteria, but excluding an injury resulting from stress, strain or occupational disease.

(e) ‘Line of duty’ means an action that a peace officer is obligated or authorized to perform by rule, regulation, condition of employment or service, or law, including, but not limited to, a social, ceremonial or athletic function that the peace officer is
assigned to or compensated for by the public agency the person serves.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 26-101:2 (June 7, 2002) as 17 Guam Code Ann. § 25101. Recodified by P.L. 28-149:II:VI:5 (Sept. 30, 2006).