(a) The Police Commissioner or the Attorney General, with the approval of the Governor, may offer a reward not exceeding $1,000 payable out of the Crime Stop Fund for the arrest and conviction, or for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons having committed a felony or having escaped from any penal institution or jail within the Virgin Islands. The Governor, upon recommendation of the Police Commissioner or the Attorney General, may offer a standard reward pertaining to certain specified criminal offenses for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons having committed such specified criminal offense.
(b) Officers and employees of the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.) and Department of Justice and members of the Virgin Islands Police Auxiliary shall not be eligible to receive rewards granted pursuant to this chapter.