Composition of Council

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  • (a) The Peace Officers Standards and Training Council shall be comprised as follows:

    • (1) The Police Commissioner;

    • (2) The Attorney General or his designee;

    • (3) Director of the Virgin Islands Fire Services or his designee;

    • (4) Police Chiefs from the Districts of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John;

    • (5) The Director of Enforcements for the Department of Planning and Natural Resources;

    • (6) The Director of the Department of Corrections; and

    • (7) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

  • (b) All members shall serve no longer than the term of their respective government positions. The members of the Council shall receive no salary but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their functions, nor shall their annual leave be reduced because of their work on the Council;

  • (c) The Director of the Virgin Islands Police Academy, the Director of the Institute of Law and Government of the University of the Virgin Islands, or his designee, and one Union Representative from each peace officer agency shall serve on the Council in an advisory capacity only, without voting privileges. Membership on the Council does not constitute public office and no member shall be disqualified from holding public office by reason of his membership; the Governor may request the assistance of the special agent in charge of the Virgin Islands Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


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