Reporting Police Officer Violations

(a)Any person may file a written complaint with any police officer or the Guam Community Police Review Commission (Commission) alleging the commission of a crime or misconduct on the part of a police officer or employee of the Department. A police officer shall, upon receipt of any credible information alleging the commission of a crime by any police officer or Department employee, forward within forty-eight

(48)hours the information so received to the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police shall forward the alleged violations to the Internal Affairs unit of the Department and to the Commission, and shall further forward a copy of the alleged violations to the Attorney General.

(b)The Chief of Police shall, within thirty

(30)working days of receipt of the information described in Subsection

(a)of this Section, prepare a statement open to the public indicating the preliminary disposition of the allegation. The Chief of Police shall prepare a summary of all allegations filed and their final disposition in the Department’s annual report.

(c)Upon receipt of the report the Attorney General shall review all records and other information submitted and may initiate an independent investigation of the alleged violation.

(d)Any police officer or Department employee who fails to forward the information or fails to make reports required by this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for not more than one

(1)year, or both.

(e)The Chief of Police shall inform the Commission in writing, within three

(3)days of disposition, of disciplinary outcomes of cases, including adjudication and discipline imposed. All such information shall be kept confidential, unless otherwise permitted or required by law.

(f)Nothing herein shall prohibit the Commission from jointly or separately investigating the conduct of a member of the Department, or carrying out any of its authority and duties authorized pursuant to Chapter 78 of this Title.