Day 6- February 8, 2010

Sgt. Chaco gave a presentation on the Training and Staff Development Section which falls in the Services Bureau (under the Administration Division). The Training and Staff Development Section is responsible for overseeing the Guam Police Department training program. They must deal with all of the paper work and the physical training. He also went over some of the demographics in the Police Department such as: 287- overall officers in GPD;6 6-Detention Officers; 18-women in GPD (16-officers and 2-Detention Officers) Then, he went over the process one must go through before being eligible for the Police Academy. Take the test and pass with a 70 or over, a GPD oral interview, polygraph testing, drug testing, background check and psychological evaluation. The requirements are a (1) high school diploma (2) valid driver's license (3)must be over 18. He went over the 26-week cycle of the Police Academy. All the courses and daily routines the recruits go through. The most interesting thing I learned from this presentation was that Police Officers do not need a firearms license unless they own a gun. But, when handling a gun given by the Police Department they do not need a firearms I.D.