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Joint patrolling it'sa first hereQUARRY HEIGHTS (USSOUTHCOM

PAO) - When the new Panama Canal Treaty is

implemented Oct. 1, 1979, Panamanian

National Guardsmen will join military

policemen in patrolling part of what is now

the Canal Zone for the first time.

Members of both forces will work

si de-bv-side in marining gates to Quarry

Hefghts, Fort Gulick and Fort Amador, and in

conducting walking and/or mobile patrols in

Curundu, Quarry Heights, Fort Amador and

Fort Gulick, among others. Guardsmen and

MPs will patrol Curundu Road and Amador

Road, using National Guard vehicles.

This new arrangement basically 'gives

United States and Panamanian citizens, who

are i nvolvedin incidents requiring police

action in the military areas of coordination,

the opportunity to deal with police of their

own nationalitv. It will continue in these areas

throughout the life of the treaty.

In the defense sites - Fort Kobbe/Howard

AFB, Fort Clayton, Fort Davis, Fort

Sherman, Albrook AFS,. Farfan and the

Hodman Naval Station - the U.S. will have

primary responsibility for security and there

will be no National Guard activity except for

traffic control and liaison purposes.

Although some jurisdictional aspects of law

enforcement activity are still under study, the

basic method of operation of the joint patrolsin the military areas of coordination is as

follows.

JOINT DESK

A joint MP/PNG desk will be established at

MP Headquarters in Fort Clayton (building

172) on the Pacific side and at Fort Gulick on

the Atlantic side, with the functions of desk

sergeants, radio dispatchers and clerks being

manned by officers of both forces.

BILINGUAL CREW

Calls that come in either English or Spanish

will be handled by the bilingual desk crew and

the a ppr o pr iate patrol - either joint or

entirely MP - will be dispatched.

JOINT PATROLS

Incidents occurring during joint patrols will

be handled jointly, with the o ff icers of each

force there to assist the other. Where it is

necessary to make an arrest the person or

persons involved will be taken to the joint

operations desk where a determination will be

made as to whether the. case will proceed

through the U.S. or Panamanian court system ..

'A similar procedure will be followed for a

30·month transition period in the Canal

operating and housing areas. There,

Guardsmen will patrol jointly with members

of the Panama Canal Commission police force

until March 31, 1982, when the latter will

have been phased o ut except for 34

investigative/I iaison officers.

At t hat time the Balboa and Cristobal

police stations will become headquarters of

new National Guard districts, under the

supervision of a district commander. Persons

arrested in the Balboa or Cristobal district will

be t aken tot h e appropriate station for

processing, just as had been done throughout

the transition period when those stations

housed joint US/RP operations desks.

Unlike in the military areas of

coordination, where there will be joint mobile

and walkinq oatr ols startino Oct. 1, the joint

patrols in the Canal housing areaswill strictly

be mobile for the firs t ten months.

Parts of the present Canal Zone not

specifically designated Canal Operating Areas,

housing areas, Defense Sites or Military Areas

of Coordination will be patrolled exclusively

by National Guardsmen upon entry into force

of the treaty. This includes such heavilyfrequented locations as Stevens Circle in

Ba Ib oa and the area around Colon trai n

station on the-Atlantic side.

Although only the Guardia will have the

right to make arrests in the areas under

Panamanian jurisdiction, it has been agreed

that assistance in an emergency, 'such as an

·accident, may be rendered 'by members of

whichever pol ice unit happens on the scene

first.

In preparation for the implementation of

the joint patrols, both the Mil itary Police and

the Canal. Zone Police are conducting joint

training courses with members of the National

Guard to familiarize them with the law

enforcement procedures cerrentlv beingpracticed.

While the new-patrols represent the first

joint effort inside the Canal Zone, this will not

be the first time members of the two nations'

police forces have worked together. Military

and Air' Force police participate nightly in

combined patrols in downtown Panama, and

Canal Zone Police and' Guardsmen have

patrolled the Zone border together during the

Christmas season.

The ability of MPs and Guardia to work

together successfully was also demonstrated

during field training exercises in Rio Hate last

spring, when members of the two units

conducted joint patrols and shared guard

duties for two months.

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Any Panama Canal Company employeehaving treaty related questions should write

to the Panama Canal Company information

office.

Department of Defense and military

personnel having treaty related questions can

obtain further information by writing to U.S.

Southern Command Public A f fa irs Office.

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Military .p of ice and Panama National

Guardsmen 'portray activities that will

commence' Oct. 1 when members of the two

units start patrolling jointly in Military Areas

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TODAY'STREATYTRANSITIONTIP: This'

month National Guardsmen from Panama will

be observing Military Policemen at work

during the .2:15 - 8:15 p.m, shift as part of

on-the-job training for the combined patrols

that start Oct. 1. The-Guardsmen will have no

police or arrest aut_hority during this period.

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The OJT period seemed to go well. They loved being able to eat in our diningfacilities. Once 1 Oct 79 came around things started to change. We had to getthem to Ft. Amador for meals. They worked guard duty shifts, 6hrs on, 6hrs offwhich conflicted with our 8 or 12 hrs schedules. They controlled the mobilepatrols in Curundu and Ft. Amador. There were many days when conflicts arosecreating "Standoffs" requiring Treaty and Liaison personnel intervention. GeneralChaos at times. A 10 year build up to "Just Cause" John S. Sporrer (MSG / Ret.)



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SPECIAL EDITIONVOL 1 NO. 1 Quar ry Heigh ts , Canal Zone

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September 4. 1979

Treaty Transition

Updated

News

Index

000 receives PC C/CZG functions ... 2

Canal usage 3

Organizational changes 4

SOFA beqins .; 5 •

Passports ................•........ 5

Passport applications 6

Bi-lingual I0 cards 6

Registration of POV 7

R. de P. drivers l ic ense 7

DoDDS transition 8

School tuition rates 8

DoDDS begins 9

Commissaries 10

In case of fire .........•..•..•.... 10

AAFES 11

Postal services 12

Weapons ..................•..... 13

Health care .............•........ 13

Joint patrols 14

Domestic employees 15

Transferred housing 15

Employees elect to transfer 16

Highli ght s of Treaty articles 16

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14 SCNews,Sept, 4,1979

Military police and members o f Panama's

National Guard who will be conducting joint,

pa trols in Mil itary Areas of Coordinat ion are

receiving training in joint law enforcement

functions in a series of orientation courses

being given at Albrook Air Force Station,

By Oct. 1, when the joint patrols start,

operating, 75 guardsmen and. the, samenumber of Army MPs are expected to have

completed the course,

The purpose of this intensified course.

conducted by noncommissioned officers of

the LEA with some subjects given by

personnel of t he brigade's Staff Judge

Advocate Office, is to instruct the U,S, and,

Panamanian military policemen in the law

enforcement functions they are going to be

carrying out jointly, in Military Areas of,

Coordination beginning October 1,

Military policemen receive instruction, in

English and Spanish, in .j o in t patrol

administration arrest, civil disturbance,

com mu nicat ions, comm un tty·relations,

conduct and courtesies, court appearances,

criminal jurisdiction, fundamentals of

criminal law, emergency operations andprocedures, evidence and found propertv.,

domestic'disturbance, flags, joint gate'

operations, hot pursuit, investiqations.'

Special Edition

jurisdiction, K:9 dog patrol, military law.'

joint patrol operations, MP station

operations, supervision and disciplinary

action and [oint t raffic operations,

BESIDES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION

In addit ion to the classroom instruction,'

the participan'ts tour the areas they will be

operating in on both the Pacific and Atlantic

sides of the isthmus, They also visit the

Panama National Guard Headquarters, Carcel

Modelo and the night court in Panama City as

part of the program,

The PNG has scheduled 15Q,guardsmen to

take the course after they havecompleted the

B-week Military Police basic course at thePNG's 1Oth Military District in La Chorrera.

.Bepublic of Panama,

These quardsrnenwill torrna new Militarv

BAYONET BANNER

Police Company, the first of its kind in the

PanamaNatlonal Guard structure,-'- -. -.

BEGINNING~6cT. 1

Beginning October 1, these Army and PNG

mi I itary pol icemen will be operating as

24·hour joint patrols in the following Military

Areas of Coordination in the former CanalZone:

it Curundu Area

, • Gorgas Hospital and adjacent Herrick

'Heights Housing Area,

:.-Quarry Heights

'. Morgan Avenue in Balboa

'. Fort Amador

• Fort Gulick

• Coco Solo/France Field

• Atlantic and Pacific side Training Areas

- In addition 1 0 these joint patrols, a joint'

MP/PNG desk operation will be conducted at

Bui Iding 172 (Pacific Area, Provost Marshal) at'

Fort Clayton and joint patrol of senior police,

personnel will act as the patrol supervisors for:

all Pacific area joint police operations, Also, a!

PNG representative will be located at Howard:

AFB who will serve as the police liaison for;the West Bank, and another PNG liaison I

'representative will be located at Fort Sherman

during duty hours for planning purposes,

, , '

Mpls/Guardi'a patrol together", QUARRY HEIGHTS (USSOUTHCOM'

PAO)--When the new Panama CanalTreaty is

implemented Oct, 1,1979, Panamanian

National Guardsmen will join military

'policemen in patrolling part of what is now

the Canal Zone for the first time.

Members of both forces will work

.si de-bv-side in manning gates to Quarry

Heights, Fort Gul ick and Fort Amador and in

conducting walking and or mobile patrols in

Curundu, Quarry Heights, Fort Amador and

Fort Gulick, among others. Guardsmen and

MP's will patrol Curundu Road and Amador

Road using National Guard vehicles.This new arrangement basically gives

United States and Panamanian citizens, who

are involved in incidents requiring police

action in the military areas of coordination,

the opportunity to deal with police of their

own nationality, It will continue in these areas

throguhout the life of the treaty,

In the defense sites-Fort Kobbe/Howard

AFB, Fort Clayton, Fort Davis, ForrSherman.

Albrook AFS, Farfan and the Rodman Naval

Station--the U.S, will have primary

responsibility for secur ity and there will be no _

Natlonai' Guarci activity excepffor traffi'e

control and liaison pu rposes.

Although some jurisdictional aspects of

law' enforcement activity are still under study,

the basic method of operation of the joint

patrols in the mil itary areasof.coordination is

as follows,JOINTOE;;K

A joint MP/PNG desk will be established at

MP Headquarters in Fort Clayton (bui lding172) on the Pacif ic side and at Fort Gulick on

theAtlantic side, with the functions of desk

sergeants, radio dispatchers and clerks being

manned by of ficers of both forces, '

BILINGUAL CREW

Calls that come in e ither English or Spanish,

will be handled by the bilingual desk crew and!

the appropriate patrol-either joint or entirely

MP--will be dispatched,

JOINT PATROLS

, Incidents oocurring during joint patrols

will be handled jointly with the officers of

each force there to assistthe other. Where it is

necessary to make an' arrest the person or

persons involved will be taken to the joint'

operations desk where a determination will be

made as to whether the case will proceed'

through the U,S. or Panamanian court system.'

A similar procedure will be followed for a

3D·month transit ion period in the Canal Zone,Unlike in the military areas of

coord ina tion , where there will be join t mobi le

and walking patrols starting Oct. 1, the

jointpatrols in the Canal housing areas will

strictly bemobile for the first ten months.

Parts of the present Canal Zone not,

specifically designated Canal Operatinq Areas,

housing areas, Defense Sites or Military Areas'

'of Coordination will be patrolled exclusively

by National Guardsmen uporn entry into

force of the treaty. This incl udes suchheavilv

frequented locations as Stevens Circle in'

Balboa and the area around' Colon train:

station on the Atlantic side,

Although only the Guardia will have the

,right to make 'arrests in the areas under

Panamanian jurisdiction, it has been agreed

that assistance in an emergency, such as an

accident, may be rendered by members of

whichever police unit happens on the scene,

first,

In preparation for the implementation ofthe joint patro ls , both the Military Police and

Canal Zone Policeare copduc tin joint training

courses with members of the National Guard

to familiarize them with the law enforcement

procedures currently being practiced,

WnITe tfie new patrol's represent me nrsr

joint ef fort inside the Canal Zone, this will not

be the first t ime members of the two.nations.po l lce forces have 'worked together, .

:Military and Air Force police participate'

nightly in combined patrols in downtown

Panama and Canal Zone police and

'Guardsmen have patrolled the Zone border

together during the Christmas season,

The ability of MP's and Guardia to work

together successfully was also demonstrated

durinqfield traininq exercises in Rio Hato last

spring when members of the two units'

conducted joint patrols and shared guard

; duties for two months.

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