CFR > Title 32 - National Defense > SUBTITLE A—Department of Defense > CHAPTER VII—DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE (parts 800 to 989) > SUBCHAPTER N—TERRITORIAL AND INSULAR REGULATIONS (parts 935 to 935) > PART 935—WAKE ISLAND CODE > SUBPART M—Peace Officers (§935.120 to §935.125) > 935.120—Authority.

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) May inspect motor vehicles, boats, and aircraft;
(e) May confiscate property used in the commission of a crime;
(f) May deputize any member of the Air Force serving on active duty or civilian employee of the Department of the Air Force 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) May 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 for violations of this part; and
(p) May make arrests, as provided for in § 935.122.