(a) The Chief of the Guam Police Department is hereby authorized to appoint and equip volunteers and designated employees of the Department of Education, and may provide training to such volunteers as school crossing guards to direct traffic at school crossings, streets and highways in the vicinity of schools and bus stops, by means of lawful orders, signs or semaphores. Such persons shall wear a distinctive garb or insignia
indicating such appointment. >School crossing guard’ shall mean any person
eighteen (18) years of age and older acting with or without compensation who is authorized by this Chapter to supervise, direct, monitor, or otherwise assist school children at a street or intersection in the vicinity of a school or bus stops.

(b) With the approval of the Chief of Police, a school crossing guard may be authorized, in addition to directing traffic at school crossings, to direct and regulate the flow of traffic in the event of a fire, explosion, hurricane, tornado or other emergency situation. Such volunteer shall not have the power of arrest provided to peace officers.

(c) Provisions of Chapter 16 of Title 7 of the Guam Code Annotated, which provide liability protection for volunteers shall apply to any volunteer school crossing guard authorized under this Section if all requirements set forth in § 16103 of Title 7 of the Guam Code Annotated are met.

(d) The Guam Police Department shall maintain a list of authorized school crossing guards.

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CH. 13 SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS

2009 NOTE: P.L. 28-045:10 (June 6, 2005) changed the name of the Department of Education to the Guam Public School System. P.L. 30-050:2 (July 14, 2009) reverted the name of the Guam Public School System to the Department of Education. References to Guam Public School System have been changed to Department of Education pursuant to P.L. 30-050:3.