[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 6, Parts 800 to End]
[Revised as of July 1, 1999]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR935.120]

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                        TITLE 32-NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                CHAPTER VII--DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
 
PART 935--WAKE ISLAND CODE--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart M--Peace Officers
 
Sec. 935.120  Authority.


    Peace officers--
    (a) Have the authority of a sheriff at common law;
    (b) May serve any process on Wake Island that is allowed to be 
served under a Federal or State law. The officer serving the process 
shall execute any required affidavit of service;
    (c) May conduct sanitation or fire prevention inspections;
    (d) Inspect motor vehicles, boats and aircraft;

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    (e) May confiscate property used in the commission of a crime;
    (f) May deputize any person to serve as a peace officer;
    (g) May investigate accidents and suspected crimes;
    (h) May direct vehicular or pedestrian traffic;
    (i) May remove and impound abandoned or unlawfully parked vehicles, 
boats or aircraft, or vehicles, boats or aircraft interfering with fire 
control apparatus or ambulances;
    (j) May take possession of property lost, abandoned, or of unknown 
ownership;
    (k) Enforce quarantines;
    (l) May impound and destroy food, fish, or beverages found 
unsanitary;
    (m) May be armed;
    (n) May exercise custody over persons in arrest or confinement;
    (o) May issue citations; and
    (p) May make arrests, as provided in Sec. 935.122.