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(b) Education may include, but is not limited to, confirming with all residents their actual street addresses.

(c) The Department may reimburse the monies used to educate the public on the “”911″” system from the Fund.

SOURCE: P.L. 25-055:13 (June 30, 1999). Codified as 12 Guam Code Ann. § 12313, Public Education, pursuant to P.L. 32-096:4 (Nov. 27, 2014).

2015 NOTE: Subsection designations were added in accordance to the authority granted by 1 Guam Code Ann. § 1606.

§ 12314. [Video Security Cameras in Public Areas.]

(a) Development of an Implementation Plan. The Guam Fire Department (GFD) and the Guam Police Department (GPD) shall, with the assistance of other government entities and pertinent organizations, develop an Implementation Plan relative to the use of video security cameras in public areas. Entities shall include, but not be limited to, the Office of the Attorney General, the Mayors Council of Guam, Guam Homeland Security – Office of Civil Defense, the Department of Public Works, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Guam Power Authority, the Office of Technology, and the Guam Visitors Bureau.

(b)(1) Rules and Regulations. No later than one hundred eighty (180) days following the enactment of this Act, GFD, GPD, and the Office of the Attorney General shall develop the rules and regulations, which shall be adopted pursuant to the Administrative Adjudication Law, governing the use of video security cameras in public areas.

(2) Such rules and regulations shall guide the government of Guam’s implementation and use of video security cameras within its emergency reporting system, and shall further address basic elements involved with the integration of video security cameras in public areas, including, but not limited to, access to recorded video security camera footage by other government of Guam entities, including any video security footage recorded and maintained by the Guam Department of Education as a result of electronic security systems implemented pursuant to P.L. 32-
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(3) training requirements for operators with access to public video security cameras; and

(4) the issuance of public notices for the benefit of residents and business owners within the general vicinity where video security cameras are posted that state, in clear language, that such location is subject to observation and, if applicable, recording, by a video security camera.

(5) Posted signs shall be installed no less than seven (7) days following the activation of video security cameras, and shall be in clear language, large type, and in a conspicuous location plainly visible to persons present in the areas where the video security cameras are installed. Notices need not, however, disclose the precise location of the cameras.

(c) Video Security Cameras: Compatibility; Registration. All government agencies and other entities, prior to procuring video security cameras and associated equipment, materials, etc. that are to be used to deter and report criminal activity in public areas, shall verify if such devices are compatible with the technical requirements of Guam’s emergency reporting system, which shall be determined by GFD and GPD. Both agencies shall maintain a registry of all video security cameras used to deter and report criminal activity in public areas in accordance with the rules and regulations required pursuant to Subsection (b) of this Section.

(d) Protection of Personal Privacy Rights; and Against Misuse and/or Ineffective Use of Video Security Cameras, Footage. To the extent possible, the rules and regulations required pursuant to Subsection (b) of this Section shall further ensure that video security cameras in public areas protect personal privacy rights. Moreover, such regulations shall protect against the misuse and/or ineffective use of video security cameras and any footage recorded by such devices.

(e) Resource Sharing. In facilitating the integration of video security cameras in public areas, as part of Guam’s emergency reporting system, GFD and GPD shall consider the availability of resources that may be made available by other government of Guam entities, the U.S. Military, the federal

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government, and/or Guam’s private-sector community, including funding support, education and training opportunities, and sharing of public safety and law enforcement equipment and similar resources, consistent with the rules and regulations as required pursuant to Subsection (b) of this Section, GFD and GPD shall develop the necessary agreements to embrace external support.

SOURCE: Added as an untitled provision by P.L. 33-041:2 (June 10,
2015).

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SOURCE: Added by P.L. 35-132:1 (Dec. 29, 2020).