---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 935.120"
title: "32"
number: "935.120"
heading: "Authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/935.120"
---

# §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](/cfr/32/935.122.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 48, Pub. L. 86-624, 74 Stat. 424; E.O. 11048, Sept. 1, 1962, 27 FR 8851, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 632; agreement between the Department of Interior and Department of the Air Force, dated 19 June 1972, 37 FR 12255; and Secretary of the Air Force Order 111.1, dated 26 April 1999.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 16999, Apr. 9, 2002, unless otherwise noted.