The off-duty cop charged in a fight in Tumon that sent another man to the hospital waits for his case to go before a superior court grand jury. The case is now among others that put the officers in the Guam Police Department under a microscope. KUAM spoke with Guam's attorney general on how law enforcement officers are held to a higher standard.

Guam Police Department Officer Peter Leon Guerrero remains on paid leave. His criminal case is set to go before a grand jury in the Superior Court of Guam for a possible indictment.

AG Doug Moylan shared, "Who knows what the grand jury would do? Maybe they'll find no probable cause, maybe they'll find the probable cause to let it go forward. But that's part of our criminal justice system."

Officer Leon Guerrero now among other uniformed cops under a microscope facing internal affairs investigations. Leon Guerrero charged in connection to a June 30 fight that broke out on the beach side of Nana’s Cafe in Tumon.

Nearly a month went by before Leon Guerrero and two others including the alleged victim were arrested.

Moylan echoed what Guam Police Chief Stephen Ignacio told KUAM following the arrest: that anyone in law enforcement must be held to a higher standard."When there's a wrong, we will properly investigate it and make sure that justice occurs, along with our court system and our jurors," Moylan maintained. "At this point is very early in that case and obviously, it would have to go through a grand jury or some further review, in order for it to go to the level of a felony and that's the check and balance that our criminal justice system has."

He continued, "I'm in support of our law enforcement officers. I know they put their lives on the line. At the same time, a law enforcement officer holds a solemn duty to the community to always act 24/7 as they would expect their brother in law enforcement officers to act. They're here to enforce the law and when they're faced with certain situations, they have to act as a law enforcement officer should act and we are held to a higher standard in the law enforcement community."

As for why it took weeks before the off-duty cop was arrested? The AG said investigators needed to be thorough. "I think it was important, especially since it involves an officer, that he was given as much due process as the alleged victim was and in this case," noted Moylan.

"I do not fault at all the Guam Police Department for being careful and how they investigated this case. Obviously, you see it resulted in the Attorney General's Office receiving it. And the Attorney General's Office believing that sufficient probable cause existed, that a crime was committed."

The motive behind the officer-involved beach attack remains unclear. Leon Guerrero is charged with aggravated assault.

KUAM News has learned a second off-duty cop was also at the beach at the time - but that officer has not been charged.