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Terms Used In 17 Guam Code Ann. § 51101

  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
For purposes of this Article:

(a) Commission shall mean the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission.(b) Peace Officer, for the purpose of this Article, shall
mean

(1) the Chief of Police and all sworn officers of the Guam Police Department, including reservists (Civilian Volunteer Police Reserve);

(2) the Chief and all officers of the Guam Airport
Police;

(3) the Chief and all officers of the Guam Port
Authority Police;

(4) the Director of Corrections and all uniformed Correction Officers and Parole Officers, as well as such rehabilitation personnel of the Department of Corrections as are designated by the Director of Corrections;

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

(6) the Director and 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) the Chief and all Conservation Officers of the Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources of the Department of Agriculture;

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

(9) the Attorney General and those employed by the Attorney General’s Office whom he specifically designates;

(10) the Chief Marshal and all Marshals, and the Chief of Probation and all Probation Officers of the Unified Guam Judiciary;

(11) all Guam Fire Department (GFD) firefighter personnel engaged in the enforcement of the fire

prevention code, all arson investigators, and those GFD
employees whom the Fire Chief specifically designates.

SOURCE: Added by P.L. 24-145:2 (Feb. 27, 1998); amended by P.L.
29-012:2 (Sept. 7, 2007), moved and renumbered pursuant to by P.L. 31-
099:16 (Sept. 30, 2011). Amended by P.L. 33-224:3 (Jan. 9, 2017).

2017 NOTE: Subsection designations added in (b) pursuant to the authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

CROSS-REFERENCE: 8 Guam Code Ann. § 5.55 Peace Officer Defined.