Palacios probes GPD's CAPE program

by Nick Delgado

After receiving numerous complaints about harassment, Senator Adolpho Palacios wants answers from the Guam Police Department.  The lawmaker says he's received complaints that Community-Assisted Policing Effort (CAPE) volunteers, in civilian attire, are abusing their authority - hiding between vehicles at different establishments, and then handing out citations.

Palacios reminded the department, in a letter, that CAPE volunteers are required to be in an official uniform when giving out citations.  "The problem here is I wonder whether the enforcement at that point is a valid enforcement or not if they're not in compliance with the dress code that they're required to do under the program of the Guam Police Department the so-called CAPE program."