Authorization for Full-Time CVPR Officers

(a)The Guam Police Department

(GPD)may employ CVPR Officers on a temporary, full-time basis, if such Officers are active members and have attained at least two thousand eighty (2,080) cumulative service hours, if a critical need arises because of military activation of police officers or absence due to a long-term disability status which has been certified by a medical doctor. The GPD may exercise this authority provided its authorized budget for personnel is not exceeded. The CVPR Officer shall return to volunteer status pursuant to this Chapter when the incumbent returns from military service or long-term disability, or at the discretion of the Chief of Police.

(b)CVPR Officers may only serve as equivalent of Police Officer I and be compensated hourly only as a Police Officer I, Step I, and shall be eligible to receive sick leave, and be eligible for the Government of Guam Health Insurance Program, and shall not be eligible for a stipend as a Reserve Officer for the duration of their temporary employment by the Department.

(d)Notwithstanding § 77114(a)(1) of Article 1, Chapter 77 of Title 10 GCA, a CVPR Officer who serves as a Police Officer I, Step I, under this Section may be a non-immigrant alien admitted into Guam under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.