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They are often the first to respond to calls for help, yet they don’t receive the extra pay that other law enforcement officers receive. The mayors testified in support of Council Speaker Therese Terlaje’s Bill 150, which would authorize Mayoral Council personnel to receive hazard pay during emergencies. “Our people are also considered 911 because we don’t have the East Zone here. The time it takes for police officers to go from Hagat to Inalahan, someone is going to get seriously injured or killed,” said Inalahan Mayor Anthony Chargualaf. Despite the dangers, Dededo Vice Mayor Peter Benevente added that the mayors and their staff were the first to clear the road for first responders the day after Typhoon Mawar. “It was kind of funny, we were clearing the main road in our village that day and the head of some agency passed by us and asked, ‘Deputy Chief, what are you doing?’ I turned around and said, ‘Where are your people?’,” Benevente said.
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