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V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1181 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 15 - Police Cadet Corps|§ 1181. Cadet Corps training programs

 There is hereby established within the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.), Junior and Senior Police Cadet Corps Training Programs for the purpose of training young men and women in police work and to serve as a source of manpower for recruitment into the Police Force of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1182 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 15 - Police Cadet Corps|§ 1182. Supervision, training

 The Police Commissioner shall be directly responsible for the supervision and operation of the Police Cadet Corps Training Programs. Professional services may be retained for training purposes.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1183 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 15 - Police Cadet Corps|§ 1183. Rules and regulations

 The Police Commissioner shall issue, with the approval of the Governor, necessary regulations to govern the operation of the Police Cadet Corps Training Programs, including— (a) numerical membership; (b) number and rank of officers; (c) physical and moral qualification for enlistment; and (d) such other matters as may be required for the proper functioning of the Police Cadet Corps Training Programs; Provided, That there shall be branches of the program in Charlotte Amalie, Christiansted, Frederiksted and St. John.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1184 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 15 - Police Cadet Corps|§ 1184. Membership requirements

 (a) Membership in the Junior Police Cadet Corps Training Program shall be voluntary and limited to able-bodied citizens of the United States who have resided in the Virgin Islands for not less than one year, and who are students in good standing in recognized high schools. (b) Membership in the Senior Police Cadet Corps Training Program shall be voluntary and limited to able-bodied citizens of the United States who have resided in the Virgin Islands for not less than one year, who have attained their eighteenth birthday and have received a diploma pursuant to the provisions of Title 17 of this Code. (c) Junior Police Cadets upon the completion of a minimum of two years' training or such additional training not to exceed one year, as the Police Commissioner may require, may be appointed members of the Police Force. (d) Senior Police Cadets upon the completion of a minimum of one year's training or such additional training not to exceed one year, as the Police Commissioner may require, may be appointed members of the Police Force. (e) The Police Commissioner shall have the authority to waive the age requirement for membership in the Senior Police Cadet Corps Training Program for applicants who have attained their sixteenth birthday and who have graduated from a recognized high school or have received a diploma pursuant to Title 17 of this Code. (f) Police Cadets shall not carry firearms or otherwise exercise the powers of peace or police officers; Provided, however, That when so directed in the line of duty by an immediate supervising Police Officer, Police Cadets are authorized to assist in making arrests and otherwise enforcing the laws and shall under such circumstances, enjoy the benefits and protections accorded members of the Police Force under the laws of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1185 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 15 - Police Cadet Corps|§ 1185. Discrimination prohibited

 The selection of young men and women for enlistment in the Police Cadet Corps Training Programs shall be made in an impartial manner and without discrimination against any person on account of creed, race, color or national origin.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1186 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 15 - Police Cadet Corps|§ 1186. Advanced training

 (a) The Police Commissioner shall develop and institute courses of instructions in police work, including maintaining and preserving public order; prevention, detection and repression of crime; and protection of person and property. He shall also institute physical fitness programs as required in the best interest of the Corps, and shall designate from time to time such other additional and further duties as the Commissioner shall deem necessary. (b) The Commissioner shall recommend members of the Training Program to receive scholarships to training schools and police forces in the continental United States for the purpose of further training. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as the Legislature, on the recommendation of the Police Commissioner, determines to be necessary for the purposes of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1187 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 15 - Police Cadet Corps|§ 1187. Priority for employment in the Police Force

 Where otherwise qualified, and notwithstanding any other provisions of law, members of the Police Cadet Corps in good standing shall be given priority when recruiting members for the Police Force in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1188 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 15 - Police Cadet Corps|§ 1188. Active duty for and remuneration of trainees in the Police Cadet Corps

 Trainees in the Police Cadet Corps shall, after sufficient training, be assigned to appropriate police duty and shall be entitled to a cash allowance to be determined by rules and regulations promulgated by the Police Commissioner and approved by the Governor; Provided, however, That a minimum weekly attendance for training and instructions shall be complied with by each trainee. Such cash allowances shall be made out of any annual appropriation to be made therefor to the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department (V.I.P.D.). Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, members of the Police Cadet Corps shall not, by virtue of their service as such members, be considered employees of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and shall not be entitled, on account of such service, to leave benefits, to participation in the Employees Retirement System of the Government of the Virgin Islands, or to any similar benefit or program. Trainees of the Police Cadet Corps shall, however, receive workmen's compensation in accordance with the provisions of section 282 of Title 24, and the payment granted by this section shall not be considered monetary compensation within the meaning of subsection (b) of section 282 of Title 24.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1201 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 16 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Council|§ 1201. Creation of Peace Officer Standards and Training Council

 (a) There is established within the Virgin Islands Police Department, a Peace Officer Standards and Training Council, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Council”. (b) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Candidate” means a prospective peace officer who has not yet been certified by the Council as having met the requirements of this chapter. (2) “Council” means the Virgin Islands Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. (3) “Department Head” means the head of any department or agency of the Government of the Virgin Islands where a peace officer is employed. (4) “Peace Officer” means a peace officer as defined under title 5, section 3561, of this code. (5) “Law Enforcement Unit” means the peace officers whose primary duty is detecting and enforcing the laws of the Virgin Islands. (6) “School” includes any school, college, university, academy, or training program approved by the Council that offers basic or advanced law enforcement training that includes a combination of a course curriculum, instructors and facilities.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1202 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 16 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Council|§ 1202. Composition of Council

 (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.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1203 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 16 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Council|§ 1203. Officers and meetings of the Council

 (a) The Council at its initial meeting, which shall be held promptly after the appointment of its members, shall elect a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, and a Secretary Treasurer, from among its members who shall serve until the first meeting in the succeeding year. Thereafter the chairman, vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer shall be elected at the first meeting of each calendar year. (b) Four members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (c) The Council shall maintain minutes of its meetings and such other records as it considers necessary. (d) The Council shall report, at least annually, to the Governor and to the Legislature of the Virgin Islands all of its activities.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1205 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 16 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Council|§ 1205. Implementation of policies and programs of the Police Department

 (a) The policies and programs for the Council shall be implemented by the Police Department. (b) The Council's staff, clerical and technical assistants and other personnel, supplies, material, equipment, and other articles necessary for the purpose of this chapter, shall be provided by the Police Department. (c)  (1) The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter shall come from the funds appropriated and available to the Police Department or from any other available funds; and (2) The Council may accept and use gifts, grants and donations for the purpose of carrying out the provision of this chapter. (d) The Commissioner of Finance shall annually forward to the Governor and Legislature a detailed accounting of the disbursements and the unobligated balance from the Fund.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1206 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 16 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Council|§ 1206. Qualification and application procedures for peace officers

 After the effective date of this chapter, any person employed or certified as a peace officer shall: (a) Be at least twenty-one years of age; (b) Be a citizen of the United States; (c) Have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent; (d) Not have been convicted, by any State or Territory or by the Federal Government, of any crime, the punishment for which could have been imprisonment in a federal, Territory or State prison or institution; nor shall the person have been convicted of sufficient misdemeanors to establish pattern of disregard for the law; (e) Be finger printed and be subject to a search made of local, State and National fingerprint files to disclose any criminal record; (f) Possess good moral character as determined by investigation under procedure established by the Council; (g) Have an oral interview with the hiring authority or his representative(s) to determine such things as a applicant's appearance, background and ability to communicate; (h) Be found, after examination by a licensed physician or surgeon, to be free from any physical, emotional, or mental conditions that might adversely affect his exercising the powers or duties of a peace officer.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1207 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 16 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Council|§ 1207. Instruction requirements

 (a) In addition to complying with the pre-employment standards as set forth in section 1206 of this chapter every candidate shall satisfactorily complete at least a basic course of at least 10 hours of instruction, hereinafter, referred to as “basic” course, within 12 months of the date of his appointment as a peace officer; however, an extension of the 12 months time limit may be granted by the Council upon the presentation of evidence by a department head that a candidate was unable to complete the basis course due to illness, injury, military service, or other reasons deemed sufficient by the Council. Any such extension shall not exceed three months in duration. The Council shall have the authority to recognize instruction received by a candidate if, in the determination of the Council, such instruction is at least equivalent to that required by this chapter. If such instruction is recognized then it shall be in lieu of part or parts of the minimum hours of instruction required for the certification by this chapter. Should any candidate fail to successfully complete the basic training requirements within the time specified in this section, he shall not perform any of the duties of a peace officer involving the power of arrest until such training shall have been successfully completed. (b) The basic course shall be completed at the Virgin Islands Police Academy or any other school approved by the Council which provides the courses as established by the Council, and shall include a basic Red Cross First Aid course consisting of ten hours. (c) The provisions of this chapter establish only the minimum qualification standards and training requirements for peace officers in the Virgin Islands; each law enforcement unit is encouraged to prescribe such additional requirements as it deems necessary and appropriate. (d) Each law enforcement unit shall prepare duplicate records on any candidate or peace officer employed under the provisions of this chapter as may be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the Council. One copy of the record shall be maintained in the headquarters of the law enforcement unit; the second copy shall be forwarded to the Council and shall be maintained at the Police Department. The contents of these records, except for court proceedings, shall be considered as confidential.
V.I. Code tit. 23, § 1208 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 23 - Internal Security and Public Order|Chapter 16 - Peace Officer Standards and Training Council|§ 1208. Applicability

 (a) None of the provisions of this section shall apply to peace officers employed by law enforcement units in the territory on the effective date of this section. On the effective date of this chapter, an employed peace officer may choose to be certified under this chapter, and if so the Council shall have the authority to recognize equivalent instruction received by the peace officer before the effective date of this chapter. If such instruction is recognized then it shall be in lieu of part or parts of the minimum hours of instruction required for certification by this chapter. After the effective date of this section, no peace officer may be permanently employed, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, by any law enforcement unit without certification from the Council that the candidate had met the requirements provided for in this chapter. (b) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to emergency peace officers. For purposes of this section “emergency peace officers” means any peace officer who is employed or appointed to act as a peace officer during an emergency or disaster, which has been so declared by the Governor, and whose status as a peace officer is intended to be temporary and for that limited purpose. (c) A peace officer so employed who does not comply with the provisions of this section shall not be authorized to exercise the powers of law enforcement officers, generally, and particularly shall not be authorized to exercise the power of arrest, and any arrest so made shall be deemed illegal, and any proceeding under it null and void.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 1 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 1 - Fair Labor Standards|§ 1. Statement of policy

 (a) It is declared to be the policy of this chapter: (1) to establish, so far as practicable and as rapidly as possible, minimum wage and maximum hour standards, and labor conditions at levels consistent with the health, efficiency, and general well-being of workers in the different occupations, without substantially curtailing employment or earning power; (2) to increase employment opportunities; and (3) to promote regular employment of workers thereby promoting their economic welfare, enhancing their ability to support their families, and strengthening the economy of the Virgin Islands. (b) It is further declared to be the policy of this chapter to promote the progressive development of industries and businesses which operate in the Virgin Islands by endeavoring to establish conditions favorable to their economic stability and natural expansion.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 2 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 1 - Fair Labor Standards|§ 2. Definitions

 As used in this chapter— “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor of the Virgin Islands; “employ” includes to suffer or to permit to work; “employee” includes any individual employed by an employer but does not include— (1) an individual employed in domestic service in a private home; (2) an individual employed in a bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacity; (3) an individual employed by the United States, or by the Government of the Virgin Islands or any instrumentality thereof; (4) an individual engaged in the activities of an educational, charitable, religious, or non-profit organization where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist or where the services rendered to such organization are on a voluntary basis; or (5) an individual employed as a seaman or engaged in the catching, taking or selling of any fresh fish, shellfish, or crustacea; “employer” includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust, or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee; “occupation” means any occupation, service, trade, business, industry, or branch or group of industries or employment or class of employment in which individuals are gainfully employed; “wage” means legal tender of the United States, or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value thereof and shall not include tips or gratuities of any kind, but shall include the reasonable cost, as determined by the Commissioner, to the employer of furnishing such employee with board, lodging, or other facilities, if such board, lodging, or other facilities are regularly furnished by such employer to such employee; Provided, however, That in the Tourist Service and Restaurant Industries, the Wage Board shall prescribe: (a) a minimum hourly cash wage which must actually be paid by the employer to the employee regardless of any deductions or offset from wages for board, lodging or other facilities regularly furnished by such employer to such employees. “wage board” means a board created as provided in section 6 of this title; “service personnel” means personnel who are employed as bartenders, barboys, doormen, bellboys, bellhops, waiters, waitresses, busboys, countermen, bar waiters, headwaiters or maitre de hotel; “tourist service industry” means an industry engaged in the operation of a hotel, a guesthouse, a tourist-oriented park, or a golf course operated primarily in the interests of the tourist trade whether or not in conjunction with a hotel or guesthouse, or such portion of an enterprise as is exclusively devoted to such operation; “restaurant industry” means the operation of restaurants, night clubs, bars, snack shops, soda fountains, coffee shops, and related enterprises, or such portion of an enterprise as is exclusively devoted to such operation.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 3 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 1 - Fair Labor Standards|§ 3. Administration

 The Commissioner of Labor shall administer the provisions of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 24, § 4 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 24 - Labor|Chapter 1 - Fair Labor Standards|§ 4. Minimum wages

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, every employer shall pay to each of his employees including employees who are less than 18 years of age or full-time high school students at a rate not less than $8.35 per hour beginning 90 days immediately following the effective date of this subsection, not less than $9.50 per hour beginning June 1, 2017, not less than $10.50 an hour during the year beginning June 1, 2018, and beginning June 1, 2019, not less than the minimum wage determined in accordance with subsection (b) of this section; but tourist service and restaurant employees who are tipped employees, must be paid a minimum wage set in this subsection or in accordance with subsection (b) at a rate not less than 40% of the minimum wage. After 2020, the Virgin Islands Wage Board may, based on verifiable economic data, adjust the minimum wage for tourist service and restaurant employees who are tipped employees to a rate not greater than 45% of the minimum wage or less than the federal minimum wage for tipped employees. (b) After December 31, 2018, and in each succeeding year thereafter, the minimum wage rate in effect under subsection (a) of this section will be reviewed by the Virgin Islands Wage Board in accordance with the provisions set forth at Title 24, chapter 1, Virgin Islands Code. The Wage Board may determine a minimum wage rate equal to not more than 50 percent of the average private, nonsupervisory, nonagricultural hourly wage as determined by the Wage Board for the previous November, rounded to the nearest multiple of five (5) cents, but at no time less than the effective Federal Minimum Wage. (c) In complying with Title 24, section 8, subsection (b), Virgin Islands Code, the Commissioner of Labor shall direct the Virgin Islands Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, to submit data inclusive of the minimum wage rate in effect under subsection (a), together with the average, private, nonsupervisory, nonagricultural hourly wage and the Federal Minimum Wage Guidelines, to the Wage Board within 30 days of the request thereof.