Minimum Qualifications. — Guam Code § 77114

§ 77114. Minimum Qualifications.

(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, persons appointed as police officers shall:

(1) be a resident of Guam and a U.S. citizen;

(2) be of good health and good moral character;

(3) be over the age of eighteen (18) years;

(4) be a high school graduate or equivalent, but the POST Commission may set higher academic

qualifications for all applicants as the Commission considers necessary;

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(5) submit to and pass a drug screening test, including but not limited to a urinalysis test;

(6) submit to psychological testing; and

(7) submit to and pass a polygraph examination.

(b) No person shall be appointed a police officer who has not established satisfactory evidence of

qualifications by passing physical and written examinations based upon standards relevant to the duties to

be performed, which standards shall be established by the Chief of Police. If in the Chief of Police’s

judgment, and in the best interest of the Department, the Chief of Police may waive the physical standards

established for the position.

(c) No person shall be appointed a police officer who has been convicted in any civilian or military

court of a felony, a crime involving moral turpitude, a crime of domestic or family violence, or who has

been administratively pardoned of any crime.

(d) No person shall be appointed a police officer before a thorough investigation of the applicant’s

background and moral character is completed.

(e) A police officer dismissed for cause shall be permanently ineligible for reappointment to any

position in the Department. An officer who resigns for the sole purpose of negating or averting a pending

or anticipated disciplinary action to dismiss the officer may be ineligible for reappointment.