32 CFR §935.120
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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.