D.C. Code § 5-331.06 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.06
§ 5-331.06. Notice and plan approval process for First Amendment assemblies — Processing applications — Appeals — Rules.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Subject to the appeal process set forth in subsection (d) of this section, the authority to receive and review a notice of and an application for approval of a plan for a First Amendment assembly on District streets, sidewalks, and other public ways, and in District parks, and to grant, deny, or revoke an assembly plan, is vested exclusively with the Chief of Police or his or her designee.
  (2) Persons or groups providing notice to and applying for approval of a plan from the District government to conduct a First Amendment assembly on a District street, sidewalk, or other public way, or in a District park, shall not be required to obtain approval for the assembly from any other official, agency, or entity in the District government, including the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, the Mayor’s Special Events Task Group, or the Department of Parks and Recreation.
(b) (1) The Chief of Police shall take final action on a notice of and an application for approval of a plan for a First Amendment assembly within a reasonably prompt period of time following receipt of the completed application, considering such factors as the anticipated size of the assembly, the proposed date and location, and the number of days between the application date and the proposed assembly date, and shall establish specific timetables for processing an application by rules issued pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.
  (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, where a complete application for approval of a First Amendment assembly plan is filed 60 days or more prior to the proposed assembly date, the application shall receive final action no later than 30 days prior to the proposed assembly.
  (3) Following the approval of an assembly plan in response to an application pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Chief of Police may, after consultations with the person or group giving notice of the assembly, amend the plan to make reasonable modifications to the assembly location or route up until 10 days prior to the assembly date based on considerations of public safety.
(c) The Chief of Police shall inform the person or group giving notice of an assembly, in writing, of the reasons for any decision to:
  (1) Deny an application for approval of a First Amendment assembly plan;
  (2) Revoke an assembly plan prior to the date of the planned assembly; or
  (3) Approve an assembly plan subject to time, place, or manner restrictions that the applicant has advised the Chief of Police are objectionable to the applicant.
(d) (1) Any applicant whose proposed assembly plan has been denied, revoked prior to the date of the planned assembly, or granted subject to time, place, or manner restrictions deemed objectionable by the applicant, may appeal such decision to the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee, who shall concur with, modify, or overrule the decision of the Chief of Police.
  (2) The Mayor shall make a decision on appeal expeditiously and prior to the date and time the assembly is planned to commence, and shall explain in writing the reasons for the decision.
(e) (1) Within 90 days of April 13, 2005, the Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , and in accordance with this subchapter, shall issue rules governing the approval of plans to persons or groups seeking to conduct a First Amendment assembly on District streets, sidewalks, or other public ways, or in District parks.
  (2) Existing procedures for the issuance of permits to persons or groups seeking to conduct a First Amendment assembly on District streets, sidewalks, or other public ways, or in District parks, that are not inconsistent with this subchapter shall remain in effect pending the issuance of the rules promulgated under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
D.C. Code § 5-132.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-132.02
§ 5-132.02. Establishment of the Metropolitan Police Department School Safety Division; functions of the School Safety Division.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established within the Metropolitan Police Department a School Safety Division that shall provide school resource officers to the DCPS schools and public charter schools.
(b) The School Safety Division shall be headed by a Director, appointed by, and reporting to, the Chief of Police with rank equal to a Commander or above.
(c) The School Safety Division shall:
  (1) Hire and train school resource officers;
  (2) Deploy school resource officers to:
    (A) DCPS schools, consistent with the terms of the MOA; and
    (B) Public charter schools;
  (3) Coordinate with DCPS and public charter schools regarding the use and sharing of resources and communications between MPD and school-specific safety teams; and
  (4) Provide recommendations to the Mayor, Council, and the DCPS Chancellor regarding the impact of school closings, consolidations, grade reconfigurations, use of swing space during school reconstruction, and gang and crew violence on the safety and well-being of children.
(c-1) School resource officers shall not report any information regarding a student's suspected crew or gang affiliation, or that of their family members, to a law enforcement agency for the purpose of including such information in any District government crew or gang database, nor shall any such information shared by or derived from a school resource officer be otherwise included in any District government crew or gang database.
(d) The Metropolitan Police Department shall publish on its website by the beginning of each school year a description of the School Safety Division's planned deployment of school resource officers.
(e) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-606 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6 / § 5-606
§ 5-606. Compromise, release or waiver of claim.
Status: in_force

To the extent prescribed by regulations under § 5-605 , the Mayor may:
(1) Compromise or settle and execute a release of any claim which the District of Columbia has by virtue of the rights established by § 5-602 , § 5-603 , or § 5-604 ; or
(2) For the convenience of the District of Columbia, or if the Mayor determines that collection would result in undue hardship upon the policeman or fireman who suffered the injury or disease resulting in care and treatment described in § 5-602 , or upon his dependents or survivors, waive any such claim in whole or in part.
D.C. Code § 5-724 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-724
§ 5-724. Delegation of functions by Mayor; promulgation of rules and regulations by Mayor.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor is hereby vested with full power and authority to delegate from time to time to his designated agent or agents any of the functions vested in him by this subchapter.
(b) The Mayor is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as the Mayor may deem necessary to carry out the Mayor’s responsibilities under this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 5-904 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 9 / § 5-904
§ 5-904. Appropriation authorized.
Status: in_force

To provide for the cost of such medals there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually such sum as the Mayor of the District of Columbia may deem necessary for the purpose.
D.C. Code § 5-335.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-335.01
§ 5-335.01. Enforcement of the post-and-forfeiture procedure.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
  (1) “MPD” means the Metropolitan Police Department.
  (2) “OAG” means the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
  (3) “Post-and-forfeiture procedure” means the mechanism in the criminal justice system in the District of Columbia whereby a person charged with certain misdemeanor crimes may post and simultaneously forfeit an amount of money and thereby obtain a full and final resolution of the criminal charge.
  (4) “Releasing official” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 23-1110(a)(1) .
  (5) “Superior Court” means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(b) The resolution of a criminal charge using the post-and-forfeit procedure is not a conviction of a crime and shall not be equated to a criminal conviction. The fact that a person resolved a charge using the post-and-forfeit procedure may not be relied upon by any District of Columbia court or agency in a subsequent criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or administrative action to impose any sanction, penalty, enhanced sentence, or civil disability.
(c) The post-and-forfeit procedure may be offered by a releasing official to arrestees who:
  (1) Meet the eligibility criteria established by the OAG; and
  (2) Are charged with a misdemeanor that the OAG, in consultation with the MPD, has determined is eligible to be resolved by the post-and-forfeit procedure.
(d) Whenever a releasing official tenders an offer to an arrestee to resolve a criminal charge using the post-and-forfeit procedure, the offer shall be accompanied by a written notice provided to the arrestee describing the post-and-forfeit procedure and the consequences of resolving the criminal charge using this procedure.
(e) The written notice required by subsection (d) of this section shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
  (1) The amount of money that the arrestee must post-and-forfeit in order to terminate the criminal case;
  (2) That the arrestee has the right to choose whether to:
    (A) Accept the post-and-forfeit offer and terminate the criminal case; or
    (B) Proceed with the criminal case and a potential adjudication on the merits of the criminal charge;
  (3) That, if the arrestee elects to proceed with the criminal case, he or she will be eligible for a release on citation pursuant to § 23-584 ;
  (4) That the agreement to resolve the criminal charge using the post-and-forfeit procedure will be final 90 days after the date the written notice is signed unless, within the 90-day period, the arrestee or the OAG files a motion with the Superior Court to set aside the forfeiture and proceed with the criminal case;
  (5) That, if the arrestee or the OAG does not file a motion to set aside the forfeiture, the resolution of the criminal charge using the post-and-forfeit will preclude the arrestee from obtaining an adjudication on the merits of the criminal charge;
  (6) That the resolution of the criminal charge using the post-and-forfeit procedure is not a conviction of a crime and may not be equated to a criminal conviction, and may not result in the imposition of a sanction, penalty, enhanced sentence, or civil disability by any District of Columbia court or agency in a subsequent criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding or administrative action; and
  (7) That, following the resolution of the charge using the post-and-forfeit procedure, the arrestee will continue to have an arrest record for the charge at issue, unless the arrestee successfully moves in the Superior Court to seal his or her arrest record.
(f) The written notice required by subsection (d) of this section shall comply with § 2-1933 .
(g) An arrestee who is provided the written notice required by subsection (d) of this section and who wishes to resolve the criminal charge using the post-and-forfeit procedure shall, after reading the notice, sign the bottom of the notice, thereby acknowledging receiving the information provided in the notice and agreeing to accept the offer to resolve the charge using the post-and-forfeit procedure. After the arrestee signs the notice, the arrestee shall be provided with a copy of the signed notice.
D.C. Code § 5-331.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.01
§ 5-331.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the “First Amendment Assemblies Act of 2004”.
D.C. Code § 5-634 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-634
§ 5-634. Medical leave for non-performance-of-duty illnesses and injuries; referral for disability retirement.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Director, in consultation with the Police and Fire Clinic physicians, determines that a member can neither perform the full range of duties nor work in a limited-duty status due to a non-performance-of-duty injury or illness, the member shall be entitled to chargeable medical leave to the extent the member has leave in his or her sick leave and annual leave accounts, and in accordance with rules established by the Mayor under Chapter 6 of Title 1 and Chapter 5 of Title 32 .
(b) If at any time the Director, in consultation with the Police and Fire Clinic physicians, determines that a member who has sustained a non-performance-of-duty injury or illness will not be able to perform the full range of duties after achieving maximum medical improvement, the Director shall recommend the member for retirement pursuant to § 5-709 .
(c) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, and regardless of whether the prognosis is that the member who has sustained a non-performance-of-duty injury or illness will be able to perform a full range of duties after achieving maximum medical improvement, the Director shall process for retirement pursuant to § 5-709 , those Metropolitan Police Department members who spend all or part of 172 cumulative work days in a less-than-full-duty status over any 2-year period as a result of any one non-performance-of-duty injury or illness, including any complications relating to the injury or illness.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, and regardless of whether the prognosis is that the member who has sustained a non-performance-of-duty injury or illness will be able to perform the full range of duties after achieving maximum medical improvement, the Director shall process for retirement pursuant to § 5-709 , those Fire and Emergency Medical Services members who spend 64 cumulative work days in a less-than-full-duty status over any 2-year period as a result of any one non-performance-of-duty injury or illness, including any complications relating to the injury or illness.
(e) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall not apply to members who are unable to perform a full range of duties as a result of pregnancy.
D.C. Code § 5-1134 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1134
§ 5-1134. Composition; term of office; quorum; removal for cause.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-723.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-723.02
§ 5-723.02. Longevity compensation.
Status: in_force

The additional compensation provided for in § 5-544.01 , shall be included for purposes of retirement annuity calculations pursuant to this subchapter for those officers and members who complete 25 years of active service prior to retirement.
D.C. Code § 5-1412 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1412
§ 5-1412. Maintenance of records; annual report.
Status: in_force

(a) The CME shall be responsible for maintaining full and complete records and files, properly indexed, giving the name, if known, of every person whose death is investigated, the place where the body was found, the date, cause and manner of death and all other relevant information and reports of the medical examiner concerning the death. The CME shall issue a death certificate in all appropriate cases.
(a-1) Records and files related to an open investigation of a homicide shall be retained for 65 years from the date the CME initiates its investigation of the homicide. Other records and files maintained under subsection (a) of this section shall be retained by the CME for periods of time established by regulations issued pursuant to § 5-1417 . For the purposes of this subsection, the term “open investigation” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 5-113.31(10) .
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c-2)(3) of this section, the records and files maintained pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be open, upon request, to inspection by any person designated by the Mayor, the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Metropolitan Police Department or another law enforcement agency, a government health or safety organization, or a fatality review committee or board of the District government when such inspection is necessary for the discharge of its official duties. Upon request by such person, the CME shall promptly deliver to such person copies of records relating to the deaths as to which further investigation may be advisable.
(c) Repealed.
(c-1) An external examination or autopsy report of a decedent in the CME's records and files:
  (1) Shall be a public record under subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , only as to the following information:
    (A) Name of the decedent;
    (B) Race of the decedent;
    (C) Sex of the decedent;
    (D) Age of the decedent;
    (E) Cause of death;
    (F) Manner of death;
    (G) Place of death;
    (H) Case identification number;
    (I) Date of examination; and
    (J) Name of the examiner performing the external examination or autopsy; and
  (2) May be obtained directly from the CME by the following persons, without those persons being required to make a request for records pursuant to § 2-532(a) , after written request and payment of such fees as may be prescribed by regulations issued pursuant to § 5-1417 :
    (A) A person with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains pursuant to § 3-413 ;
    (B) A person without the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains pursuant to § 3-413 if:
      (i) The person has the written consent of a person having the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains pursuant to § 3-413 ; or
      (ii) The person has the authority to receive the external examination or autopsy report under a properly issued subpoena in a matter pending before a court having personal jurisdiction over the CME, if a copy of the subpoena has been properly served on the person with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains pursuant to § 3-413 ; or
    (C) A healthcare provider, healthcare facility, or medical peer review committee in furtherance of a review of the decedent's care.
(c-2) A photograph, negative, video, print or other image of a decedent, or any portion of the body of a decedent, in the CME's records and files, shall not be disclosed by the CME except for:
  (1) Use or potential use in a criminal action or proceeding that relates to the decedent's death;
  (2) Use or potential use in a civil action or proceeding that relates to the decedent's death, pursuant to:
    (A) The written authorization of a person with the right to control the disposition of the decedent's remains pursuant to § 3-413 ; or
    (B) A valid subpoena;
  (3) A purpose necessary to further an investigation by a person identified in subsection (b) of this section; or
  (4) Use in medical or scientific education or research where the identity of the decedent is kept confidential.
(d) The CME shall prepare an annual report to the Mayor which includes information on the number of autopsies performed, statistics as to the causes of deaths, and any other relevant information the Mayor may require. The annual report shall be open to inspection by the public. The annual report shall not identify by name, deceased persons examined.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term "government health or safety organization" means a state or federal agency responsible for protecting health or safety, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
D.C. Code § 5-1133 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1133
§ 5-1133. Adjudication of complaints; rules and regulations; action by Chief of Police.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-331.13 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.13
§ 5-331.13. Notice to persons arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly of their release options.
Status: in_force

(a) The MPD shall fully and accurately advise persons arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly of all potential release options when processing them for release from custody or for presentation to court.
(b) (1) The MPD shall provide a written notice identifying all release options to each person arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly who is charged solely with one or more misdemeanor offenses. The notice shall clearly indicate that the options are alternative methods for obtaining a prompt release, and that the availability of each option is dependent on a determination that the arrestee is eligible to participate in that release option. The notice shall also identify the misdemeanor charges lodged against the arrestee.
  (2) The notice required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be offered in the Spanish language to those persons who require or desire notice in this manner, and shall be offered in other languages as is reasonable to ensure meaningful access to the notice for persons who are limited English proficient.
D.C. Code § 5-131.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-131.02
§ 5-131.02. Detail of federal officers.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to detail officers and members of the United States Park Police force to participate in the activities of the band established by this subchapter, and the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized in his discretion to detail officers and members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division to participate in the activities of such band.
D.C. Code § 5-125.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-125.03
§ 5-125.03. Use of prohibited techniques.
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be unlawful:
  (1) To use a prohibited technique; or
  (2) If a law enforcement officer observes another law enforcement officer's use of a prohibited technique, to fail to immediately, for the person on whom the prohibited technique was used:
    (A) Render, or cause to be rendered, first aid; or
    (B) Request emergency medical services.
D.C. Code § 5-1115 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1115
§ 5-1115. Funding and compensation.
Status: in_force

(a) There are authorized such funds as may be necessary to support the Board and the Office.
(b) The establishment of the Board and the Office are dependent upon the availability of appropriated funds.
(c) Any entitlement to compensation under this chapter for services rendered shall be dependent upon the availability of appropriated funds to pay such compensation.
D.C. Code § 5-653 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-653
§ 5-653. Presumption as to disability or death from cancer.
Status: in_force

(a) A member shall be presumed to have a performance-of-duty injury or illness that is covered by this subchapter and Chapter 7 of this title , unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary or the member is disqualified from the presumption pursuant to § 5-655 , if:
  (1) The member has been in contact with or exposed to a toxic substance while in the line of duty that is associated with an increased risk of leukemia or cancer, and has a diagnosis of:
    (A) Leukemia or breast, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, rectal, colon, colorectal, liver, testicular, or respiratory cancer;
    (B) Multiple myeloma, brain, non-Hodgkin's, or throat cancer; or
    (C) Kidney, thyroid, or bladder cancer;
  (2) The member has completed at least 10 years of service with the Department;
  (3) The leukemia or cancer results in the members' inability to perform the full range of duties or in death;
  (4) The member has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the member was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the performance-of-duty injury or illness underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and
  (5) The member, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.
(b) An EMS employee shall be presumed to have an occupational disease suffered in the line of duty that is covered by Chapter 6 of Title 1 , unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary or the member is disqualified from the presumption pursuant to § 5-655 , if:
  (1) The EMS employee has been in contact with or exposed to a toxic substance while in the line of duty that is associated with an increased risk of leukemia or cancer, and has a diagnosis of:
    (A) Leukemia or breast, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, rectal, colon, colorectal, liver, testicular, or respiratory cancer;
    (B) Multiple myeloma, brain, non-Hodgkin's, or throat cancer; or
    (C) Kidney, thyroid, or bladder cancer;
  (2) The EMS employee has completed at least 10 years of service with the Department;
  (3) The leukemia or cancer results in the EMS employee's injury, as defined by § 1-623.01(5) , or in death;
  (4) The EMS employee has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the EMS employee was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the occupational disease underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and
  (5) The EMS employee, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.
D.C. Code § 5-1306 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / § 5-1306
§ 5-1306. Protection of emergency 2-way radio communications — Definition.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of §§ 5-1306 to 5-1309 , “emergency” means a condition or circumstance in which an individual is or is reasonably believed by the person transmitting a communication referred to in § 5-1307 to be in imminent danger of death or serious bodily harm or in which property is in imminent danger of damage or destruction.
D.C. Code § 5-119.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.02
§ 5-119.02. Lost, stolen or abandoned property — Custody.
Status: in_force

All property, or money alleged or supposed to have been feloniously obtained, or which shall be lost or abandoned, and which shall be thereafter taken into the custody of any member of the police force, or the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, or which shall come into such custody, shall be, by such member, or by order of the Court, given into the custody of the Property Clerk and kept by him, except that the custody of any abandoned vehicle shall be transferred to the Abandoned and Junk Vehicle Division of the Department of Public Works.
D.C. Code § 5-205 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / § 5-205
§ 5-205. Special police.
Status: in_force

The Director of the National Park Service, in his discretion, may appoint special policemen, without compensation, for duty in connection with the policing of the public parks and other reservations under his jurisdiction within the District of Columbia, such special policemen to have the same powers and perform the same duties as the United States Park Police and Metropolitan Police of said District of Columbia, and to be subject to such regulations as he may prescribe; provided, that the jurisdiction and police power of such special policemen shall be restricted to the public parks and other reservations under the control of the Director of the National Park Service.
D.C. Code § 5-131.05 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-131.05
§ 5-131.05. Appropriations.
Status: in_force

Appropriations to carry out the purpose of this subchapter is hereby authorized.
D.C. Code § 5-801 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 8 / § 5-801
§ 5-801. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Conditional Retirement” means that a member has retired from the Metropolitan Police Department while under disciplinary investigation for serious misconduct.
(2) “Disciplinary Investigation” means any official investigation by the  Metropolitan Police Department, including the Office of Internal Affairs, of  allegations of serious misconduct by any member of the Metropolitan Police Department.
(3) “Resignation” means the voluntary separation of a member from the  Metropolitan Police Department before the member’s pension rights have accrued  and vested.
(4) “Retirement” means the voluntary separation of a member from the  Metropolitan Police Department after the member’s pension rights, retirement  pay, or other benefits have accrued and vested as provided by federal or  District of Columbia law or regulation.
(5) “Serious Misconduct” means any felony violation of federal, local, or  District of Columbia law, making of a false statement under oath,  falsification of official records or reports, unnecessary force, comprising a  felony or assisting a person to escape investigation or prosecution, use of illegal controlled substances, or other violations as determined by the Chief  of Police by general order.
D.C. Code § 5-116.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-116.03
§ 5-116.03. Evidentiary presumption.
Status: in_force

Any statement of a person accused of a criminal offence in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia that is obtained in violation of § 5-116.01 shall be subject to the rebuttable presumption that it is involuntary. This presumption may be overcome if the prosecution proves by clear and convincing evidence that the statement was voluntarily given.
D.C. Code § 5-542.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-542.01
§ 5-542.01. Adjustments.
Status: in_force

The rates of basic compensation of officers and members in active service on the effective date of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act Amendments of 1972 shall be adjusted as follows:
(1) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of subclass (a) or (b) of salary class 1 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and received basic compensation in salary class 1 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each such officer or member shall be placed at the respective service step in which he was serving immediately prior to such date. Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such date at one of the scheduled longevity step rates of subclass (a) or (b) of salary class 1 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 1 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each such officer or member shall be placed in a service step as follows:
From—Class 1, subclass (a) or (b): To—Class 1: Longevity step A Service step 7. Longevity step B Service step 8. Longevity step C Service step 9.
(2) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of subclass (a) or (b) of salary class 2 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 2 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each shall be placed at the respective service step in which he was serving immediately prior to such date. Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such date at one of the scheduled longevity step rates of subclass (a) or (b) of salary class 2 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 2 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each such officer or member shall be placed in a service step as follows:
From—Class 2, subclass (a) or (b): To—Class 2: Longevity step A Service step 5. Longevity step B Service step 6. Longevity step C Service step 7.
(3) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of salary class 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled service step and salary class in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date. Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such date at one of the scheduled longevity step rates of salary class 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall receive basic compensation at the corresponding salary class in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each shall be placed in a service step as follows:
From—Class 3: To—Class 3: Longevity step A Service step 5. Longevity step B Service step 6. Longevity step C Service step 7. From—Class 5: To—Class 5: Longevity steps A and B Service step 5. From—Class 6, 7, 8, or 9: To—Class 6, 7, 8, or 9: Longevity steps A and B Service step 4.
(4) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of subclass (a), (b), or (c) of salary class 4 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 4 in the salary schedule in effect on or after such date, and each shall be placed at the respective service step in which he was serving immediately prior to such date. Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such date at one of the scheduled longevity step rates of subclass (a), (b), or (c) of salary class 4 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 4 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each shall be placed in a service step as follows:
From—Class 4, subclass (a), (b), or (c): To—Class 4: Longevity step A Service step 5. Longevity steps B and C Service step 6.
(5) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of salary class 10 or 11 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled service step and salary class in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, except that any such officer or member who immediately prior to such date was serving in service step 4 of salary class 10 or in service step 3 of salary class 11 shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in a service step as follows:
From—Class 10: To—Class 10: Service step 4 Service step 3. From—Class 11: To—Class 11: Service step 3 Service step 2.
D.C. Code § 5-731 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-731
§ 5-731. Existing relief and rights preserved.
Status: in_force

Nothing in subchapter I of this chapter shall be deemed to reduce the relief or retirement compensation to which any person is entitled on the effective date of such sections and the rights of such persons and their survivors shall continue in the same manner and to the same extent as if such sections had not been enacted.
D.C. Code § 5-1408 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1408
§ 5-1408. Possession of evidence and property.
Status: in_force

(a) At the scene of any death subject to investigation under § 5-1405(b) , the medical examiner, a medicolegal investigator, or a law enforcement officer shall take possession of any objects or articles which, in the opinion of the medical examiner, medicolegal investigator, or law enforcement officer, may be useful in establishing the cause and manner of death or the identity of the decedent and shall hold them as evidence. The Mayor shall issue regulations concerning the evidence in the possession of the CME and the transfer of that evidence to law enforcement agencies or the United States Attorney’s Office. The regulations shall include requirements on the length of time evidence shall be preserved by the CME, and shall require that toxicology and histology specimens be preserved for periods of time consistent with the accreditation requirements of the National Association of Medical Examiners.
(b) A law enforcement officer, a medical examiner, or a medicolegal investigator may take possession of all property of value found on or in the custody of the decedent. If possession is taken of the property, the law enforcement officer, medical examiner, or medicolegal investigator shall make an exact inventory of the property and deliver it to the Property Clerk of the Metropolitan Police Department; except, that the CME may instead transfer the property to the person with the right to control the disposition of the remains of the decedent under § 3-413 or to the funeral services establishment that has or takes possession of the remains of the decedent. The CME may dispose of, in any reasonable manner, property of no apparent value or property deemed to be a hazard to health or safety. The Mayor shall issue regulations concerning the transfer of any such property from the OCME.
D.C. Code § 5-119.16 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.16
§ 5-119.16. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Large quantities of goods held for sale.
Status: in_force

When large quantities of goods held for sale by the owner, come into the possession of the Property Clerk as the proceeds of crime, the same may be delivered to the owner, his heirs or representatives, as provided in § 5-119.06 , upon ample security to prosecute the case. But in such cases goods to the estimated value of $50 shall be retained by the Property Clerk until the discharge or conviction of the accused.
D.C. Code § 5-1410 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1410
§ 5-1410. Autopsy by pathologist other than a medical examiner.
Status: in_force

(a) If an autopsy is performed by a pathologist other than a medical examiner by request of the CME, the pathologist shall furnish to the CME, a complete record of the findings and conclusions of the autopsy. The CME, or assigned medical examiner, shall thereupon prepare a report, indicating the name of the pathologist performing the autopsy, the pathologist’s findings and conclusions, and the CME’s, or assigned medical examiner’s, own comments, if appropriate.
(b) A pathologist other than a medical examiner who performs an autopsy at the request of the CME shall be compensated in accordance with a fee rate established by the Mayor by regulation.
D.C. Code § 5-1431.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14A / § 5-1431.02
§ 5-1431.02. Composition of the Committee; procedural requirements.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall appoint one representative from each of the following District agencies:
  (1) The Office of the Attorney General;
  (2) The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner;
  (3) The Metropolitan Police Department;
  (4) The Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement;
  (5) The Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants;
  (6) The Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department;
  (7) The Department of Behavioral Health;
  (8) The Department of Human Services;
  (9) The Department of Health; and
  (10) The District of Columbia Housing Authority.
(b) The Mayor shall invite members from federal, judicial, and private agencies or entities with relevant expertise in homicide or suicide cases, to include one representative from each of the following:
  (1) The Superior Court of the District of Columbia;
  (2) The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; and
  (3) The Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency.
(c) The Mayor shall additionally appoint the following members in accordance with § 1-523.01(f) :
  (1) One representative from each hospital located in the District;
  (2) Two representatives from organizations providing hospital-based violence intervention programs;
  (3) Two representatives from organizations providing mental and behavioral health services;
  (4) One representative from a college or university within the District conducting research in homicide and suicide prevention;
  (5) One representative from an organization providing services to secondary victims of homicide or suicide; and
  (6) Three community members who are not District government employees.
(d) (1) Members appointed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor, or of the entity designating their availability for appointment.
  (2) Members appointed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall serve a 3-year term and may be removed by the Mayor for cause.  Vacancies in membership shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
(e) The Committee shall select a Chairperson according to procedures set forth by the Committee.
(f) The Committee shall establish quorum and other procedural requirements as it considers necessary.
(g) No member appointed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall serve in a hold-over capacity for longer than 180 days after the expiration of the term to which they were appointed.
(h) The Committee may invite other stakeholders to attend or present at any relevant portion of a Committee meeting.
D.C. Code § 5-633 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-633
§ 5-633. Medical leave for performance of duty injuries and illnesses; referral for disability retirement.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (g) of this section, if the Director, in consultation with the Police and Fire Clinic physicians, determines that a member can neither perform the full range of duties nor work in a limited-duty status due to a performance-of-duty injury or illness, the member shall be entitled to non-chargeable medical leave and shall receive administrative pay for a period of not more than 2 years in accordance with rules established by the Mayor.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, if at any time the Director, in consultation with the Police and Fire Clinic physicians, determines that a member who has sustained a performance-of-duty injury or illness will not be able to perform the full range of duties after achieving maximum medical improvement, the Director shall recommend the member for retirement pursuant to § 5-710 .
(c) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (h) of this section, and regardless of whether the prognosis is that the member will be able to perform the full range of duties after achieving maximum medical improvement, the Director shall process for retirement pursuant to § 5-710 , those members of the Metropolitan Police Department who spend all or part of 172 cumulative work days in a less-than-full-duty status over any 2-year period as a result of any one performance-of-duty injury or illness, including any complications relating to the injury or illness.
(d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f) and (g) of this section, and regardless of whether the prognosis is that the member will be able to perform the full range of duties after achieving maximum medical improvement, the Director shall process for retirement pursuant to § 5-710 , those Fire and Emergency Medical Services members who spend 64 cumulative work days in a less-than-full-duty status over any 2-year period as a result of any one performance-of-duty injury or illness, including any complications relating to the injury or illness.
(e) If a member has sustained a serious or life-threatening injury or illness in the performance of duty that may require more than 2 years of medical treatment for the member to achieve maximum medical improvement, and the prognosis is that the member eventually will be able to perform the full range of duties, the Director, in consultation with Police and Fire Clinic physicians, may recommend to the Chief that the member be provided with additional non-chargeable medical leave and disability compensation pay until the member achieves maximum medical improvement.
(f) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall not apply to members who are unable to perform the full range of duties as a result of pregnancy.
(g) (1) If a member of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department has sustained, in the performance of duty at the scene of a fire or emergency, any serious or life-threatening injury or illness for which the member requires critical care treatment in a hospital intensive care unit or its equivalent, the member shall not be processed for retirement pursuant to subsection (b) or subsection (d) of this section unless the member:
    (A) As a result of the injury or illness sustained, has spent more than 170 cumulative work days in a less-than-full-duty status over the 2-year period following the date the member sustained the injury or illness; and
    (B) Is unable to work in a less-than-full-duty capacity within the Department.
  (2) The member shall be provided with additional non-chargeable medical leave and disability compensation pay pursuant to subsection (a) of this section until the member achieves maximum medical improvement or is processed for retirement after having spent more than 170 cumulative work days in less-than-full-duty status over the 2-year period.
  (3) (A) A member who has spent more than 170 cumulative work days in less-than-full-duty status over the 2-year period pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection and continues to be unable to perform the full range of duties shall not be processed involuntarily for retirement under § 5-710 if the member is able and willing to work in any less-than-full-duty capacity within the Department, including staffing the divisions of the Training Academy, Professional Standards, Fleet Management, Facilities Maintenance, Fire Prevention and Education, and equipment maintenance, or other non-firefighting duty.
    (B) The Department shall assign the member non-firefighting duties if the member continues to be unable to perform the full range of duties but is able and willing to work in a less-than-full-duty capacity after expiration of the 170 days.
    (C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as preventing the member from seeking retirement for disability under § 5-710 .
(h) (1) If a member of the Metropolitan Police Department has sustained, in the performance of duty, any serious or life-threatening injury or illness for which the member requires critical care treatment in a hospital intensive care unit or its equivalent, the member shall not be processed for retirement pursuant to subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section unless the member:
    (A) As a result of the injury or illness sustained, has spent more than 172 cumulative work days in a less-than-full-duty status over the 2-year period following the date the member sustained the injury or illness; and
    (B) Is unable to work in a less-than-full-duty capacity within the Metropolitan Police Department.
  (2) The member shall be provided with additional non-chargeable medical leave and disability compensation pay pursuant to subsection (a) of this section until the member achieves maximum medical improvement or is processed for retirement after having spent more than 172 cumulative work days in less-than-full-duty status over the 2-year period.
  (3) (A) A member who has spent more than 172 cumulative work days in less-than-full-duty status over the 2-year period pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection and continues to be unable to perform the full range of duties shall not be processed involuntarily for retirement under § 5-710 if the member is able and willing to work in any less-than-full-duty capacity within the Metropolitan Police Department.
    (B) The Metropolitan Police Department shall assign the member non-policing duties if the member continues to be unable to perform the full range of duties but is able and willing to work in less-than-full-duty capacity after expiration of the 172 days.
    (C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as preventing the member from seeking retirement for disability under § 5-710 .
D.C. Code § 5-545.05 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-545.05
§ 5-545.05. Retroactive salary.
Status: in_force

(a) Retroactive salary shall be paid by reason of §§ 5-541.01 to 5-545.06 only in the case of an individual in the service of the United States (including service in the Armed Forces of the United States) or the municipal government of the District of Columbia on August 1, 1958, except that retroactive salary shall be paid:
  (1) To an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, or the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, who retired during the period beginning on the 1st day of the 1st pay period which began after January 1, 1958, and ending on August 1, 1958, for services rendered during such period; and
  (2) In accordance with the provisions of §§ 5581 to 5583 of Title 5, United States Code, for services rendered during the period beginning on the 1st day of the 1st pay period which began after January 1, 1958, and ending on August 1, 1958, by an officer or member who dies during such period.
(b) For the purposes of this section, service in the Armed Forces of the United States, in the case of an individual relieved from training and service in the Armed Forces of the United States or discharged from hospitalization following such training and service, shall include the period provided by law for the mandatory restoration of such individual to a position in or under the federal government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 5-133.15 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.15
§ 5-133.15. Attendance at pistol matches.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to pay the expenses of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Corrections for attending pistol matches, including entrance fees, and is further authorized to permit officers and members to attend such matches without loss of pay or time.
D.C. Code § 5-545.06a — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-545.06a
§ 5-545.06a. Council authorized to change or suspend provisions.
Status: in_force

(a) The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized to change or suspend by resolution the provisions of §§ 5-541.01 , 5-542.01 , 5-542.02 , 5-542.03 , 5-543.01 , 5-543.02 , 5-543.03 , 5-543.04 , 5-543.05 , 5-544.01 , 5-545.01 , and 5-545.03 insofar as they relate to officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(b) The Council’s authority to act pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be effective beginning on January 1, 1980.
D.C. Code § 5-107.02a — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-107.02a
§ 5-107.02a. Physical examinations and agility standards.
Status: in_force

(a) All sworn members of the Metropolitan Police Department shall be required to pass, at least biennially, a physical examination and a physical agility test. The physical examination shall be performed by a physician at the Police and Fire Clinic using current medical standards adopted after consultation with medical professionals within 180 days of September 30, 2004. The physical agility testing shall be based on full-duty physical performance standards adopted within 180 days of the September 30, 2004.
(b) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this section within 180 days of September 30, 2004.
D.C. Code § 5-747 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-747
§ 5-747. Rights and relief of widows and children of deceased former members.
Status: in_force

(a) Each widow or child who, on or after September 1, 1962, was receiving or is now receiving or shall hereafter be entitled to receive relief or annuity by reason of service in the Metropolitan Police force, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service Division, of a deceased former officer or member who died in the service of any such organization prior to October 1, 1956, or who retired prior to such effective date, shall be entitled to benefits computed in accordance with the provisions of § 5-716 .
(b) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to reduce the relief or retirement compensation any person receives, or is entitled to receive, on August 24, 1962.
D.C. Code § 5-131.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-131.03
§ 5-131.03. Retirement of Director — Conditions; annuities.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding the limitations of existing law, the person who is the Director of the Metropolitan Police Force band may elect to retire after having served 10 or more years in such capacity and having attained the age of 70 years. Upon such retirement, whether for age and service or for disability, said Director and his surviving spouse or domestic partner, shall be entitled to receive annuities in amounts equivalent to, and under the conditions applicable to, the annuities which a captain in the Metropolitan Police force and his surviving spouse or domestic partner, may be entitled to receive after such captain has retired from said force for substantially the same reason as that for which said Director may retire, whether for age and service or for disability, as the case may be. If the said Director shall apply for retirement for disability, he shall not be eligible to retire under § 5-710 , but he shall be eligible to apply for retirement under § 5-709 , in like manner as if the said Director were an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force. The annuities hereby authorized shall be in addition to any pension or retirement compensation which said Director may be entitled to receive from any other source, whether from the United States or otherwise. The annuities payable to said Director and his surviving spouse or domestic partner pursuant to this subchapter shall be payable from District of Columbia appropriations, but shall not be considered as annuities payable to an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or to the surviving spouse or domestic partner, of such officer or member. Appropriations for the operations of the Metropolitan Police Department are made available for this purpose. Annuities authorized by this section shall be computed on the basis of compensated service rendered after July 11, 1947.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the term “domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
D.C. Code § 5-903 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 9 / § 5-903
§ 5-903. Preference in promotions.
Status: in_force

When promotions are being made in the Departments, the holders of such medals shall be preferred to other members of said Departments, other things being equal.
D.C. Code § 5-101.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-101.03
§ 5-101.03. General duties of Mayor.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Mayor of the District of Columbia at all times of the day and night within the boundaries of said Police District:
(1) To preserve the public peace;
(2) To prevent crime and arrest offenders;
(3) To protect the rights of persons and of property;
(4) To guard the public health;
(5) To preserve order at every public election;
(6) To remove nuisances existing in the public streets, roads, alleys, highways, and other places;
(7) To provide a proper police force at every fire, in order that thereby the firemen and property may be protected;
(8) To protect strangers and travelers at steamboat and ship landings and railway stations;
(9) To see that all laws relating to the observance of Sunday, and regarding pawnbrokers, mock auctions, elections, gambling, intemperance, lottery dealers, vagrants, disorderly persons, and the public health, are promptly enforced; and
(10) To enforce and obey all laws and ordinances in force in the District, or any part thereof, which are properly applicable to police or health, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this title. The police shall, as far as practicable, aid in the enforcement of garbage regulations.
D.C. Code § 5-121.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-121.01
§ 5-121.01. Bond required; conditions thereof; suits by injured parties.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia shall by regulation require that bonds in the amount of not more than $25,000 shall be furnished and kept in force by all persons licensed as private detectives in the District of Columbia. Bonds required by this section shall be corporate bonds and shall run to the District and shall be conditioned upon the observance by the licensed private detective and any agent, employee, or person acting in behalf of the licensed private detective of all laws and regulations in force in the District of Columbia applicable to the conduct of persons licensed as private detectives. Such bonds shall be for the benefit of any person who may suffer damages as a result of violation of any law or regulation by or on the part of any licensed private detective or any agent, employee, or person acting on the behalf of any private detective. In addition to any right to any other legal action, any person aggrieved by the violation of any law or regulation by a licensed private detective may bring suit against the surety on a bond required by this section either alone or jointly with the principal thereon and recover damages for such violation of law or regulation in an amount not to exceed the penal amount of the bond. The provisions of paragraphs (2), (3), and (5) of subsection (b) of § 1-301.01 shall be applicable to each bond authorized by this section as if it were the bond authorized by paragraph (1) of such subsection (b); provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to impose upon the surety on any such bond a greater liability than the total amount thereof or the amount remaining unextinguished after any prior recovery or recoveries.
D.C. Code § 5-129.71 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-129.71
§ 5-129.71. Reimbursable police escorts and other law enforcement services.
Status: in_force

(a) The Chief of Police may charge and collect reimbursement fees, as set forth in the fee schedule established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, for providing police escorts that are necessary to protect public health and safety. All reimbursement fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the fund established by § 47-2826(d) .
(b) The Chief of Police, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules setting forth a reimbursement fee schedule.
(c) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “police escort” shall include the assignment of law enforcement personnel and vehicles as necessary to ensure the preservation of public safety, typically either at a specified location or from a point of origin to a specified destination, in a manner consistent with the nature of the persons, material, and the threat posed by the movement or event.
D.C. Code § 5-543.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-543.03
§ 5-543.03. Service step adjustments.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of this section, each officer and member, if he has a current performance rating of “satisfactory” or better, shall have his service step adjusted in the following manner:
  (1) Each officer and member in service step 1, 2, or 3 of salary class 1 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 52 calendar weeks of active service in his service step;
  (2) Each officer and member in service step 4 or 5 of salary class 1 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 104 calendar weeks of active service in his service step;
  (3) Each officer and member in service step 6, 7, or 8 of salary class 1 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 156 calendar weeks of active service in his service step; and
  (4) Each officer and member in salary classes 2 through 11 who has not attained the maximum service step rate of compensation for the rank or title in which he is placed shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step rate for such rank or title at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 104 calendar weeks of active service in his service step, except that in the case of an officer or member in service step 4, 5, or 6 of salary class 2 or 3, service step 4 or 5 of salary class 4, and service step 4 of salary class 5, such officer or member shall be advanced successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 156 calendar weeks of active service in his service step.
  (5) Each officer and member of the United States Park Police with a current performance rating of “satisfactory” or better, shall have a service step adjustment in the following manner:
    (A) Each officer and member in service step 1, 2, or 3 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 52 calendar weeks of active service in the officer’s or member’s service step.
    (B) Each officer and member in service step 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 104 calendar weeks of active service in the officer’s or member’s service step.
    (C) Each officer and member in service step 10 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 156 calendar weeks of active service in the officer’s or member’s service step.
    (D) Each officer and member in service steps 11, 12, or 13 shall be advanced in compensation successively to the next higher service step at the beginning of the 1st pay period immediately subsequent to the completion of 208 calendar weeks of active service in the officer’s or member’s service step.
(b) As used in this part, the term “calendar week of active service” includes all periods of leave with pay, and periods of nonpay status which do not cumulatively equal 1 basic workweek.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, employees appointed pursuant to § 1-610.72 shall receive compensation as a result of promotion or transfer in accordance with this section.
D.C. Code § 5-1054 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 10A / § 5-1054
§ 5-1054. Penalties in lieu of discipline for members in conditional retirement.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall set the level of discipline for a member in conditional retirement as if he or she continued to be a member of the Department.
(b) A member in conditional retirement who would have received suspension as discipline had he or she remained a member of the Department shall be assessed a penalty of not less than $100 and not greater than $5,000, depending on the length of suspension.
(c) If a member in conditional retirement would have been terminated from the Department as discipline for serious misconduct, the member shall be assessed a penalty of not less than $1,000 and not greater than $5,000 in the discretion of the Chief, pursuant to written standards developed by the Chief.
D.C. Code § 5-1132 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1132
§ 5-1132. Recommendations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-365.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3E / § 5-365.02
§ 5-365.02. Law enforcement vehicular pursuit reform.
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer shall not engage in a vehicular pursuit of a suspect motor vehicle unless the law enforcement officer actually and reasonably believes:
  (1) The fleeing suspect:
    (A) Has committed or attempted to commit a crime of violence; or
    (B) Poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to another person;
  (2) The vehicular pursuit is:
    (A) Immediately necessary to protect another person, other than the fleeing suspect or suspects, from the threat of serious bodily injury or death; and
    (B) Under the totality of circumstances, not likely to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person, other than to the fleeing suspect or suspects; and
  (3) All other options have been exhausted or do not reasonably lend themselves to the circumstances.
(b) In any grand jury, criminal, delinquency, or civil proceeding where an officer's use of a vehicular pursuit is a material issue, the trier of fact shall consider:
  (1) The reasonableness of the law enforcement officer's belief and actions from the perspective of a reasonable law enforcement officer; and
  (2) The totality of the circumstances, which shall include:
    (A) Whether the identity of the suspect was known;
    (B) Whether the suspect could have been apprehended at a later time;
    (C) The likelihood of a person, including the suspect motor vehicle's occupants, being endangered by the vehicular pursuit, including the type of area, the time of day, the amount of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and the speed of the vehicular pursuit;
    (D) The availability of other means to apprehend or track the fleeing suspect, such as helicopters;
    (E) Whether circumstances arose during the vehicular pursuit that rendered the pursuit futile or would have required the vehicular pursuit to continue for an unreasonable time or distance, including:
      (i) The distance between the pursuing law enforcement officers and the fleeing motor vehicle; and
      (ii) Whether visual contact with the suspect motor vehicle was lost, or the suspect motor vehicle's location was no longer known;
    (F) Whether the law enforcement officer's pursuit vehicle sustained damage or a mechanical failure that rendered it unsafe to operate;
    (G) Whether the law enforcement officer was directed to terminate the pursuit by the pursuit supervisor or a higher-ranking supervisor;
    (H) The law enforcement officer's training and experience;
    (I) Whether anyone in the suspect motor vehicle:
      (i) Appeared to possess, either on their person or in a location where it is readily available, a dangerous weapon; and
      (ii) Was afforded an opportunity to comply with an order to surrender any suspected dangerous weapons;
    (J) Whether the law enforcement officer, or another law enforcement officer in close proximity, engaged in reasonable de-escalation measures;
    (K) Whether any conduct by the law enforcement officer prior to the vehicular pursuit unreasonably increased the risk of a confrontation resulting in a vehicular pursuit; and
    (L) Whether the law enforcement officer made all reasonable efforts to prevent harm, including abandoning efforts to apprehend the suspect.
(c) (1) The following practices or tactics employed by a law enforcement officer shall constitute a serious use of force:
    (A) Boxing in;
    (B) Caravanning;
    (C) Deploying a roadblock;
    (D) Deploying a tire deflation device; and
    (E) Paralleling.
  (2) Ramming shall constitute a use of deadly force.
  (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit any of the above practices or tactics, to the extent they are prohibited by District law or by a law enforcement agency.
D.C. Code § 5-1501.07 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.07
§ 5-1501.07. Impaired driving program; certification and testing of breath alcohol equipment.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall be responsible for testing and certifying the accuracy of any District instrument utilized by District law enforcement personnel to test the alcohol content of breath. A District breath test instrument shall only be used by District law enforcement personnel if it has been certified by the Department, or the Department’s designee, to be accurate. Certification of the accuracy of each breath test instrument shall occur at least once every 180 days.
(b) In addition to the requirements under subsection (a) of this section, the Department shall:
  (1) Develop a program for District law enforcement personnel to become trained and certified as a breath test instrument operator;
  (2) Develop policies and procedures for the operation and maintenance of all breath test instruments utilized by District law enforcement personnel; and
  (3) Develop policies and procedures for the maintenance of records demonstrating that the breath test instruments utilized by District law enforcement personnel are in proper operating condition.
(c) The Department shall issue regulations to meet the requirements of this section.
(d) The Director may delegate by memorandum of agreement some or all of the responsibilities of this section, as well as some or all of the responsibilities for providing forensic science services pertaining to breath testing as provided by § 5-1501.08(a)(1) to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
(e) This section shall apply as of October 1, 2012.
D.C. Code § 5-721 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-721
§ 5-721. Duties of Mayor; proceedings related thereto; disability retiree to report employment and undergo medical examination; overpayments.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall consider all cases for the retirement of members and all applications for annuities under this subchapter subject to review and final determination by the District of Columbia Retirement Board. In each case of retirement of a member the Mayor shall certify in writing the physical condition of the member for whom retirement is sought. The Mayor shall give written notice to any member under consideration by him for retirement to appear before him and to give evidence under oath. The proceedings before the Mayor involving the retirement of any member, or any application for an annuity under this subchapter, shall be reduced to writing and shall show the date of appointment of such member, his age, his record in the service, and any other information which may be pertinent to the matter of such retirement or annuity. The Mayor is authorized to administer oaths and affirmations, may require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documents at any designated place. In the event of contumacy or refusal to obey any such subpoena or requirement under this section, the Mayor may apply to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for an order requiring obedience thereto. Thereupon the Court, with or without notice and hearing, as it in its discretion may decide, shall make such order as is proper and may punish as a contempt any failure to comply with such order in accordance with the provisions of § 11-944 .
(b) (1) If a member is retired under § 5-709 or § 5-710 and is employed on or after the effective date of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act Amendments of 1972, such member shall, in accordance with such regulations as the Mayor shall prescribe, notify the Mayor of the employment; and the Mayor shall, as soon as practicable after the receipt of such notice, require each such member to undergo a medical examination (satisfactory to the Mayor) of the disability upon which the member’s retirement under such section is based. The Mayor shall not require employment questionnaires under § 5-714(c)(5) or the medical examination of such member under paragraph (2) of this subsection after such member reaches the age of 50.
  (2) The Mayor shall, by regulation, require any annuitant who was an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia and who retired before, on, or after November 17, 1979, under § 5-709 or § 5-710 to undergo, during each 12-month period following the effective date of this paragraph, at least 1 medical examination of the disability upon which the annuitant’s retirement under § 5-709 or § 5-710 is based. No such annuitant shall be required under such regulations to undergo a medical examination during any such 12-month period during which the annuitant was required to undergo a medical examination under this section in connection with such annuitant’s employment. Such annual examination shall be carried out by the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons or by a physician designated by the Board.
  (3) Such regulations shall further provide for notification by the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons to each such annuitant as to the time and place for such examination and the consequences of failure to appear and submit to such examination.
  (4) In any case in which the requirement to undergo a medical examination under this subchapter would impose on an annuitant an undue hardship because of the physical or mental condition of such annuitant, the Mayor, by regulation, shall provide other means sufficient to determine the continuance of the disability on which such annuitant’s retirement under § 5-709 or § 5-710 is based.
  (5) Such regulations shall further provide that, in any case involving any such member so retired who refuses or otherwise fails to undergo any medical exam required by this subchapter, payment of the annuity to such member shall cease and such member shall not be eligible to receive such annuity or any part thereof for any period commencing on the day next following the day on which such member was required to undergo such examination, and ending on the date on which such member undergoes such examination. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as affecting any rights to a survivor’s annuity under § 5-716 based upon the service of such member.
(c) Except in a case of fraud against the District of Columbia, the Mayor may waive collection of any amount less than $100 which was paid to an annuitant in excess of the amount to which such annuitant was entitled under this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 5-109.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-109.02
§ 5-109.02. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor or the Mayor’s designated agent may issue rules necessary for the implementation and operation of the cadet programs established pursuant to §§ 5-109.01 , 5-418 , and 5-445 .
D.C. Code § 5-1501.08 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.08
§ 5-1501.08. Transfer of personnel, records, functions, and authority.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall provide for the orderly transfer to the Department all of the authority, responsibilities, duties, assets, and functions of MPD pertaining to forensic science services, including:
  (1) Forensic alcohol;
  (2) Computer forensics;
  (3) Analysis of controlled substances;
  (4) DNA/biological material analysis;
  (5) Fingerprint comparison;
  (6) Firearms and tool mark examination;
  (7) Forensic photography;
  (8) Analysis of questioned documents;
  (9) Trace evidence analysis;
  (10) Personnel and authority for vacant and filled positions;
  (11) Property;
  (12) Records; and
  (13) All unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be made available to the MPD for the purposes of forensic science services.
(a-1) The Mayor shall provide for the orderly transfer to the Department all of the authority, responsibilities, duties, assets, and functions of the Department of Health pertaining to public health laboratory services, including:
  (1) Disease prevention, control and surveillance testing;
  (2) Emergency preparedness testing;
  (3) Food surveillance and testing;
  (4) Reference and specialized testing;
  (5) Integrated data management;
  (6) Education, training and partnerships;
  (7) Special research; and
  (8) The ability to seek grants pertaining to public health laboratory services from government agencies, including the Center for Disease Control.
(b) The transfers set forth in subsections (a) and (a-1) of this section shall occur no later than October 1, 2012.
D.C. Code § 5-654 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-654
§ 5-654. Presumption as to disability or death from infectious disease.
Status: in_force

(a) A member shall be presumed to have a performance-of-duty injury or illness that is covered by this subchapter and Chapter 7 of this title , unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary or the member is disqualified from the presumption pursuant to § 5-655 , if:
  (1) The member has been diagnosed with hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, or human immunodeficiency virus ("HIV");
  (2) The member has had a documented exposure to blood or bodily fluids during the performance of job duties;
  (3) The hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, or HIV results in the member's inability to perform the full range of duties or in death;
  (4) The member has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the performance-of-duty injury or illness underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and
  (5) The member, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.
(b) An EMS employee shall be presumed to have an occupation disease suffered in the line of duty that is covered by Chapter 6 of Title 1 , unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary or the member is disqualified from the presumption pursuant to § 5-655 , if:
  (1) The EMS employee has been diagnosed with hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, or human immunodeficiency virus ("HIV");
  (2) The EMS employee has had a documented exposure to blood or bodily fluids during the performance of job duties;
  (3) The hepatitis, meningococcal meningitis, tuberculosis, or HIV results in the EMS employee's injury, as defined by § 1-623.01(5) , or in death;
  (4) The EMS employee has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the EMS employee was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the occupational disease underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and
  (5) The EMS employee, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.
D.C. Code § 5-723.05 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-723.05
§ 5-723.05. Funds not assignable or subject to execution.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 1-529.01 , none of the money mentioned in this subchapter, including any assets of the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund, shall be assignable, either in law or equity, or be subject to execution of levy by attachment, garnishment, or other legal process except with respect to a domestic relations order that substantially meets all of the requirements of section 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986  , as determined solely by the District of Columbia Retirement Board.
D.C. Code § 5-113.04 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-113.04
§ 5-113.04. Participation of District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department in the National Crime Information System.
Status: in_force

(a) Dissemination of adult arrest records to law enforcement agents. — (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia shall disseminate its unexpurgated adult arrest records to members of the court and law enforcement agents, including the Identification Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Such dissemination shall be done without cost and without the authorization of the persons to whom such records relate.
  (2) Any records disseminated under this section shall be used in a manner that complies with applicable federal law and regulations.
(b) Definitions. — For purposes of this section:
  (1) The term “member of the court” shall include judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys (with respect to the records of their client defendants), clerks of the court, and penal and probation officers.
  (2) The term “law enforcement agent” shall include police officers and federal agents having the power to arrest.
  (3) The term “unexpurgated adult arrest records” shall include arrest fingerprint cards.
D.C. Code § 5-133.09 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.09
§ 5-133.09. Exemption from military or jury duty, civil arrest or process.
Status: in_force

No person holding office under this chapter shall be liable to military or jury duty, nor to arrest on civil process, nor to service of subpoenas from civil courts while actually on duty.
D.C. Code § 5-651 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-651
§ 5-651. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter , the term:
(1) "Department" means the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(2) "Director" means the medical services officer for the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(3) "Documented" means the member or EMS employee gave notice to the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, in writing, of his or her occupational exposure to blood or bodily fluids.
(4) "EMS employee" means a person that qualifies as an "emergency medical services personnel" as defined by § 7-2341.01(7) , is employed by the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, and is not a sworn member of the Department.
(5) "Full range of duties" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 5-631(5) .
(6) "Member " means a sworn member of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department who is employed by the Department.
(7) "Pre-employment physical examination" means the physical examination required under § 5-451 .
D.C. Code § 5-117.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-117.03
§ 5-117.03. Examination of property pledged to pawnbroker.
Status: in_force

Any member of the police force, when thereto authorized in writing by the Chief of Police, and having in his possession a pawnbroker’s receipt or ticket, shall be allowed to examine the property purporting to be pawned or pledged, or deposited upon said receipt or ticket, in whosesoever possession said property may be; but no such property shall be taken from the possessor thereof without due process or authority of law.
D.C. Code § 5-133.04 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.04
§ 5-133.04. Watchmen at Municipal Building.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-521.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-521.02
§ 5-521.02. “Holiday” defined.
Status: in_force

As used in § 5-521.01 , the word “holiday” means the following: The 1st day of January, the 3rd Monday in February, the 4th day of July, the last Monday in May, the 1st Monday in September, the 2nd Monday in October, the 4th Monday in October, Thanksgiving Day, the 25th day of December, and, with respect to officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, such other holidays as may be designated by the Council of the District of Columbia, and with respect to officers and members of the United States Park Police force, such other holidays as may be designated by executive order.
D.C. Code § 5-331.12 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.12
§ 5-331.12. Prompt release of persons arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The MPD shall promptly process any person arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly to determine whether the person is eligible for immediate release pursuant to a lawful release option, and shall promptly release any person so eligible who opts for release.
  (2) The MPD shall promptly release any person arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly who, it is subsequently determined, should not be charged with any offense, or as to whom arrest documentation has not been prepared and preserved.
(b) (1) The MPD shall require that an officer holding a supervisory rank document and explain any instance in which a person arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly who opts for release pursuant to any lawful release option or who is not charged with any offense is not released within 4 hours from the time of arrest.
  (2) The MPD shall provide to any person not released within a reasonable time of arrest food appropriate to the person’s health.
(c) The Chief of Police shall issue an annual public report that:
  (1) Identifies the number of persons in the preceding year who were arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly and opted for release pursuant to any lawful release option or were not charged with any offense and were not released from custody within 4 hours after the time of arrest;
  (2) Discusses the reasons for the delay in processing such persons for release; and
  (3) Describes any steps taken or to be taken to ensure that all such persons are released within 4 hours from the time of arrest.
(d) The MPD shall ensure that it possesses an automated information processing system that enables it to promptly process for release or presentation to the court all persons arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly, and shall ensure that such system is fully operational (with respect to its hardware, software, and staffing) prior to a First Amendment assembly that has a potential for a substantial number of arrests.
D.C. Code § 5-113.33 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-113.33
§ 5-113.33. Penalties; private right of action.
Status: in_force

(a) Whoever willfully or maliciously destroys, alters, conceals, or tampers with evidence or records that are being preserved and retained in accordance with this part shall be subject to:
  (1) Administrative sanctions, if the individual is an employee of the District of Columbia government, up to and including termination; and
  (2) A fine of not more than $5,000, imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(b) Whoever willfully or maliciously destroys, alters, conceals, or tampers with evidence or records that are being preserved and retained in accordance with this part may be the subject of a civil action brought in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the family of a victim of homicide or by the victim of a crime enumerated in § 5-113.32(b) or (f). The civil action may be brought against the District of Columbia government employee or employees responsible, or against the District of Columbia if a pattern of violations of this section can be established.
(c) Subsection (b) of this section shall only apply to the willful or malicious destruction, alteration, concealment, or tampering with evidence or records that occurs on or after July 15, 2004.
D.C. Code § 5-1301 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / § 5-1301
§ 5-1301. Memorial fountain to members of Metropolitan Police Department.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to accept and maintain for the District of Columbia the gift of a memorial fountain to the members of the Metropolitan Police Department; provided, that the design and model of the memorial fountain are approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, and thereafter erected at a location to be approved by the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the National Capital Planning Commission on land now owned by the District of Columbia, for the Municipal Center.
D.C. Code § 5-1431.05 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14A / § 5-1431.05
§ 5-1431.05. Confidentiality of information and proceedings.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this section, information and records obtained or created by the Committee are confidential and not subject to civil discovery or to disclosure pursuant to subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
(b) Information and records presented to the Committee for review shall not be immune from subpoena, discovery, or prohibited from being introduced into evidence solely because they were presented to or reviewed by the Committee if the information and records have been obtained through other sources.
(c) Information required to be reported under § 4-1321.02 or § 4-1321.03 shall be disclosed by the Committee to the Child and Family Services Agency.
(d) A person other than a Committee member who appears before or participates in the Committee's review of homicides or suicides shall sign a confidentiality agreement acknowledging that any information provided to the Committee is confidential; provided, that any such confidentiality agreement shall account for situations where disclosure is necessary for the person to comply with a request for information from the Committee.
(e) Committee meetings shall be subject to subchapter IV of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , except that Committee meetings shall be closed when the Committee is discussing cases of individual homicides or suicides or where the identity of any person, other than a person who has expressly consented to be identified, can be ascertained.
(f) Information identifying a victim of homicide or suicide, the victim's family members, or the alleged or suspected perpetrator of the homicide or suicide shall not be disclosed by the Committee in any report that is available to the public.
(g) The Committee may disclose information to other entities when the Committee determines that disclosure is necessary to carry out the Committee's purpose and duties.  The Committee may disclose Committee records to another District fatality review committee or board at the request of the District fatality review committee or board, if the other District fatality review committee or board is governed by confidentiality that is substantially similar to the confidentiality by which the Committee is governed.
(h) This section shall not be construed to prohibit a person from:
  (1) Disclosing information that the person obtained independently of the Committee; or
  (2) Disclosing information that is already public.
D.C. Code § 5-115.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-115.01
§ 5-115.01. Limitation on period of questioning; advisement of rights; release uncharged; admissibility of confessions.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person arrested in the District of Columbia may be questioned with respect to any matter for a period not to exceed 3 hours immediately following his arrest. Such person shall be advised of and accorded his rights under applicable law respecting any such interrogation. In the case of any such arrested person who is released without being charged with a crime, his detention shall not be recorded as an arrest in any official record.
(b) Any statement, admission, or confession made by an arrested person within 3 hours immediately following his arrest shall not be excluded from evidence in the courts of the District of Columbia solely because of delay in presentment.
D.C. Code § 5-545.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-545.03
§ 5-545.03. Subchapter not construed to decrease compensation; exception as to vacancy.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in §§ 5-541.01 to 5-545.06 shall be construed to decrease the existing rate of compensation of any present officer or member, but when his position becomes vacant any subsequent appointee to such position shall be compensated in accordance with the rate of pay applicable to such position.
D.C. Code § 5-1331 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / § 5-1331
§ 5-1331. Establishment.
Status: in_force

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Inc., is authorized to establish the National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial on federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor law enforcement officers who die in the line of duty.
D.C. Code § 5-331.09 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.09
§ 5-331.09. Identification of MPD personnel policing First Amendment assemblies.
Status: in_force

(a) MPD shall:
  (1) Implement a method for enhancing the visibility to the public of the name and badge number of District law enforcement officers policing a First Amendment assembly by modifying the manner in which those officers' names and badge numbers are affixed to the officers' uniforms or helmets; and
  (2) Ensure that all uniformed District law enforcement officers assigned to police First Amendment assemblies are equipped with the enhanced identification and may be identified even if wearing riot gear.
(b) During a First Amendment assembly, the uniforms and helmets of District law enforcement officers policing the assembly shall prominently identify the officers' affiliation with a District law enforcement agency.
D.C. Code § 5-133.06 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.06
§ 5-133.06. Trial boards.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is also hereby authorized and empowered to create one or more trial board or boards, to be composed of such number of persons as said Mayor may appoint thereto, for the trial of officers and members of said police force; and the Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized and empowered to make and amend rules of procedure before such trial board or boards as it deems proper and the Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to change or abolish any such trial board or boards as he may deem proper; and the findings of such trial board or boards shall be final and conclusive unless appeal in writing therefrom is made within 5 days to the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the hearings on appeal to be submitted either orally or in writing, and the decision of the said Mayor thereon shall be final and conclusive; provided, that said Mayor shall not be required, in his review of the sentences and findings of such trial board or boards, to take evidence, either oral, written, or documentary, and he shall have power to reduce or modify the findings and penalty of the trial board or boards or remand any case against any officer or member of said police force to such board or boards for such further proceedings as he may deem necessary; provided, that the chairman for the time being of any and every trial board be, and he is hereby, authorized to administer oaths to and take affirmations of witnesses before such board or boards; and provided, that the rules and regulations of said Metropolitan Police force promulgated and in force on July 8, 1906, are hereby ratified and shall remain in force until changed, altered, amended, or abolished by said Council.
D.C. Code § 5-331.11 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.11
§ 5-331.11. Use of handcuffs, plastic cuffs, or other physical restraints on persons arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly.
Status: in_force

(a) The MPD shall adhere to the standard set forth in subsection (b) of this section in using handcuffs, plastic cuffs, or other physical restraints on any person arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly who is being held in custody in the following circumstances:
  (1) The arrestee is being held in a police processing center:
    (A) To determine whether the arrestee should be released or the method for release;
    (B) To determine whether the arrestee should be presented to court; or
    (C) Pending presentation to court;
  (2) The arrestee is being held in an unsecured processing center, and is not being held in a cell; or
  (3) The arrestee is charged solely with one or more misdemeanor offenses, none of which have, as one of their elements, the commission of a violent act toward another person or a threat to commit such an act, or the destruction of property, or a threat to destroy property.
(b) With regard to any person who is being held in custody by the MPD in the circumstances identified in subsection (a) of this section, the MPD shall use handcuffs, plastic cuffs, or other physical restraints only to the extent reasonably necessary, and in a manner reasonably necessary, for the safety of officers and arrestees; provided, that no such person shall be restrained by connecting his or her wrist to his or her ankle, and no such person shall be restrained in any other manner that forces the person to remain in a physically painful position.
(c) Nothing in this section is intended to restrict the otherwise lawful authority of the MPD to use handcuffs, plastic cuffs, or other physical restraints on persons arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly at the time of or immediately following arrest, while arrestees are being transported to a processing center, or while arrestees are being transported to or from court.
D.C. Code § 5-408 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-408
§ 5-408. Firefighting Division — Recording annual and sick leave.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of recording annual and sick leave on the hourly basis for officers and members of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the workday of any workweek shall be considered to be 12 hours.
(b) For the purposes of recording on an hourly basis annual and sick leave taken by officers and members of the Firefighting Division, the following formula shall be used:
  (1) During the day shift of 10 hours, one and two-tenths hours of leave shall be charged for each hour taken;
  (2) During the night shift of 14 hours, twelve-fourteenths of an hour of leave shall be charged for each hour taken, calculated to the nearest fractional tenth.
D.C. Code § 5-1055 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 10A / § 5-1055
§ 5-1055. Payments of penalties and collection of debts.
Status: in_force

Penalties assessed against a member in conditional retirement as provided in §  5-1054 shall be treated as a debt owed to the District of Columbia government, pursuant to § 1-629.03 , and may be collected by the District of Columbia government, pursuant to § 1-629.04 , or by any other means authorized by law.
D.C. Code § 5-402 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-402
§ 5-402. Appointments and promotions covered by civil service; selection of Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chiefs; original appointment and transfer of privates; vacancies.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall appoint, assign to such duty or duties as he may prescribe, promote, reduce, fine, suspend, with or without pay, and remove all officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia; provided further, that all officers, members, and civilian employees of such Department, except the Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chiefs, shall be appointed and promoted in accordance with the provisions of §§ 1101 to 1103, 1105, 1301 to 1303, 1307, 1308, 2102, 2951, 3302 to 3306, 3318, 3319, 3321, 3361, 7202, 7321, 7322, and 7352 of Title 5, United States Code, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof, in the same manner as members of the classified civil service of the United States, except as herein otherwise provided; provided further, that the Deputy Fire Chiefs shall be selected from among the battalion fire chiefs, the Fire Marshal, and the superintendent of machinery; provided further, that all original appointments of privates shall be made to class 1, privates who have served 1 year in class 1 shall, if found efficient, be transferred to class 2, and privates who have served 2 years in class 2 shall, if found efficient, be transferred to class 3. Such transfers shall not be subject to the provisions of said sections of Title 5, United States Code, and the rules and regulations made in pursuance thereof. Whenever vacancies occur in class 2 or 3 which cannot be filled by such transfers, the Mayor may appoint additional privates in class 1 equal in number to the positions vacant in class 2 or 3; and any moneys appropriated for the payment of the salaries for such vacant positions shall be available to pay to such additional privates of class 1 the salaries of their grade.
(a-1) (1) The Mayor shall appoint the Fire Chief, with the advice and consent of the Council, pursuant to § 1-523.01(a) .
  (2) The Fire Chief may be selected for appointment from among the ranks of officers and members of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, or from outside the department.
  (3) A person selected for appointment as Fire Chief from outside the department shall be paid from the DX Schedule for subordinate agency head positions pursuant to § 1-610.52 and, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be eligible to receive retirement and other benefits as prescribed in subchapter X-A of Chapter 6 of Title 1 [ § 1-610.51 et seq.].
  (4) A person selected for appointment as Fire Chief from among the ranks of officers and members of the department shall be paid from the DX Schedule for subordinate agency head positions pursuant to § 1-610.52 and, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be subject to the retirement provisions for officers and members of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(b) (1) [For applicability of (b), see Editor’s notes.] The Fire Chief shall recommend to the Director of Personnel criteria for Career Service promotions and Excepted Service appointments to Assistant Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, and Battalion Fire Chief that address the areas of education, experience, physical fitness, and psychological fitness. The recommended criteria shall be the same for Career Service promotions and Excepted Service appointments to these positions. When establishing the criteria, the Fire Chief shall review national standards, such as the National Fire Protection Association’s Standard on Fire Officer Professional Qualifications.
  (2) All candidates for the position of Battalion Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chief shall be of good standing with no disciplinary action pending or administered resulting in more than a 14-day suspension or termination within the past 3 years.
  (3) Members of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be returned to the immediate previous civil service rank, or to the rank of Captain, when the Mayor so determines.
D.C. Code § 5-101.04 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-101.04
§ 5-101.04. Police Services Areas.
Status: in_force

(a) By January 1, 2001, the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) shall submit to the Council a study performed by MPD on the efficacy of the Police Service Area (“PSA”) model, including:
  (1) Whether re-engineering of the model is necessary;
  (2) Whether PSA boundaries need to be redrawn; and
  (3) Whether PSA staffing is appropriate.
(b) By April 1, 2001, the Chief of MPD shall submit a plan to the Council for redeploying sworn officers into the PSA system. Pursuant to this redeployment plan, a minimum of 60% of all sworn officers who are available for full duty would be assigned to the PSA system. For this purpose, these officers would be assigned to street patrol and available to respond to calls for service.
(c) The requirement set forth in subsection (b) of this section does not preclude the Chief of Police from also submitting alternatives to the redeployment plan required by the Council.
(d) (1) Until MPD attains 3,700 sworn officers, the Chief of the MPD shall deploy sworn officers as necessary to ensure that a minimum of 62% of all sworn police personnel are assigned to direct service delivery in the PSAs. Sworn officers assigned to PSAs shall not be deployed outside of their respective PSAs at any time, unless responding to an emergency situation.
  (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the term:
    (A) “Sworn police personnel” is limited to all of the sworn lieutenants, sergeants, and officers.
    (B) Emergency situation” means any extraordinary occurrence in the District of Columbia which requires the use of sworn police personnel to protect the health and safety of residents and visitors, including civil disorder, riots, acts of terrorism, or natural disasters.”
(e) The deployment of sworn officers to the PSAs shall be based on the following considerations:
  (1) The number of Part 1 offenses;
  (2) Drug activities;
  (3) The number of arrests;
  (4) The need for traffic enforcement; and
  (5) The number of calls for service.
(f) Until MPD attains 3,800 sworn officers, all newly sworn officers who were recruited by MPD to become police officers shall be assigned to neighborhood patrols in the PSAs.
D.C. Code § 5-1431.07 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14A / § 5-1431.07
§ 5-1431.07. Unlawful disclosure of information; penalties.
Status: in_force

Whoever knowingly discloses, receives, makes use of, or permits the use of information concerning a victim or other person in violation of this chapter shall be subject to a civil fine of not more than $1,000. Violations of this chapter shall be prosecuted by the Office of the Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee in the name of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 5-409 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-409
§ 5-409. Firefighting Division — Accruement of annual leave; adjustment of accumulated leave; transfers; maximum accumulations.
Status: in_force

(a) In lieu of the annual leave to which officers and members of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia are entitled under the provisions of §§ 6302 to 6305, and 6310 of Title 5, United States Code, such officers and members shall be entitled to annual leave which shall accrue as follows:
  (1) Four and eight-tenths hours for each full biweekly pay period in the case of officers and members with less than 3 years service;
  (2) Seven and five-tenths hours for each full biweekly pay period in the case of officers and members with 3 but less than 15 years service;
  (3) Nine and six-tenths hours for each biweekly pay period in the case of officers and members with 15 years or more service.
(b) Accumulated annual leave to the credit of each officer and member of such Firefighting Division shall be adjusted by applying a four fifths factor so that each officer and member of such Firefighting Division shall be given credit for four fifths of a day of leave for each day of such accumulated annual leave, and thereafter accumulated annual leave credited to him pursuant to §§ 6301 to 6305 and 6307 to 6311 of Title 5, United States Code, shall be similarly adjusted when an officer or member is transferred to the Firefighting Division from another agency or from another division of the Fire Department.
(c) When an officer or member of such Firefighting Division is transferred to another agency or to another division of the Fire Department whose employees are entitled to annual leave with pay pursuant to §§ 6301 to 6305 and 6307 to 6311 of Title 5, United States Code, the reverse of the formula in subsection (b) of this section shall be applied for the purpose of adjusting accumulated annual leave.
(d) For computation on an hourly basis, all adjusted days of annual leave or fractions thereof, as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and days of sick leave shall be multiplied by 12 to determine the number of hours of annual or sick leave to which each such officer or member of such Firefighting Division shall be entitled, and the number of hours of annual or sick leave shall be divided by 12 to determine the number of days, or fraction thereof, of annual or sick leave to which such officer or member of such Firefighting Division shall be entitled.
(e) Notwithstanding any provision in any other law, the amount of annual leave accumulated on the effective date of this section, if 30 days or more, shall, upon conversion to the new total in accordance with this section, be the maximum accumulation authorized; provided, that if the amount of annual leave accumulated before the conversion is less than 30 days on the effective date of this section, then, after conversion to the new total, leave which is not used shall accumulate for use in succeeding years until it totals no more than 24 days at the beginning of the 1st complete biweekly pay period.
D.C. Code § 5-716 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-716
§ 5-716. Survivor benefits and annuities.
Status: in_force

(a) If any member:
  (1) dies in the performance of duty and the Mayor determines that:
    (A) the member’s death was the sole and direct result of a personal injury sustained while performing such duty;
    (B) his death was not caused by his willful misconduct or by his intention to bring about his own death; and
    (C) intoxication of the member was not the proximate cause of his death; and
  (2) is survived by a survivor, parent, or sibling, lump-sum payment of $50,000 shall be made to his survivor if the survivor received more than one half of his support from such member, or if such member is not survived by any survivor (including a survivor who did not receive more than one half of his support from such member), to his parent or sibling if the parent or sibling received more than one half of his support from such member. If such member is survived by more than 1 survivor entitled to receive such payment, each such survivor shall be entitled to receive an equal share of such payment; or if such member leaves no survivor and more than 1 parent or sibling who is entitled to receive such payment, each such parent or sibling shall be entitled to receive an equal share of such payment.
(a-1) (A) In the case of any member who dies in the performance of duty after December 29, 1993, and leaves a widow or widower entitled to all or a portion of the benefit described in subsection (a) of this section, an additional annuity shall be paid. This annuity shall be equal to 100% of the member’s pay at the time of death. The annuity shall be increased at the same rate as the change in the Consumer Price Index, as described in § 5-721 . This benefit shall be paid in lieu of benefits provided for by subsections (b) and (c) of this section. However, after benefits provided for in this paragraph end, as provided in subsection (e) of this section, any remaining benefit pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall commence to be paid.
  (B) Not Funded.
(a-2) The determination of the Mayor authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to review and final determination by the District of Columbia Retirement Board.
(b) In case of the death of any member before retirement, of any former member after retirement, or of any member entitled to receive an annuity under § 5-717 (regardless of whether such member is receiving such annuity at the time of death), leaving a widow or widower, such widow or widower shall be entitled to receive an annuity in the greater amount of:
  (1) Forty per centum of such member’s average pay at the time of death, or 40%:
    (A) Of the adjusted average pay of such former member in the case of a member who was an officer or member of the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service Division; or
    (B) Of the adjusted average pay of such former member in the case of a member who was an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia; or
  (2) Forty per centum of the corresponding salary for step 6 of salary class 1 of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act salary schedule currently in effect at the time of such member or former member’s death, or, for a member who was an officer or member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service Division, 40 percent of the corresponding salary for step 5 of the Officer rank in section 10203 of title 5, United States Code; provided, that such annuity shall not exceed the current rate of compensation of the position occupied by such member at the time of death, or by such former member immediately prior to retirement.
(c) Each surviving child or student child of any member who dies before retirement, of any former member who dies after retirement, or of any member entitled to receive an annuity under § 5-717 (regardless of whether such member is receiving such annuity at the time of death), shall be entitled to receive an annuity equal to the smallest of:
  (1) In the case of a member or former member who is survived by a wife or husband, or in the case of a member or former member covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 who is survived by a wife, husband, or domestic partner:
    (A) Sixty per centum of:
      (i) The member’s average pay at the time of death; or
      (ii) The adjusted average pay of the former member in the case of a member who was an officer or member of the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service Division, or the adjusted average pay of the former member in the case of a member who was an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, divided by the number of eligible children;
    (B) $2,918.00, to be increased on an annual basis by the cost of living adjustment determined pursuant to § 5-718 ; or
    (C) $8,754.00, divided by the number of eligible children, to be increased on an annual basis by the cost of living adjustment determined pursuant to § 5-718 , divided by the number of eligible children; and
  (2) In the case of a member or former member who is not survived by a wife or husband, or in the case of a member or former member covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 who is not survived by a wife, husband, or domestic partner:
    (A) 75% of the member’s average pay at the time of death, divided by the number of eligible children;
    (B) In the case of a member who was an officer or member of the United States Park Police Force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service Division, 75% of the adjusted average pay of the former member, divided by the number of eligible children; or
    (C) In the case of a member who was an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, 75% of the adjusted average pay of the former member, divided by the number of eligible children.
(d) Each widow or widower who, on the effective date of the Policemen and Firemen’s Retirement and Disability Act Amendments of 1970, was receiving relief or annuity computed in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be entitled to receive an annuity in the greater amount of: (1) $3,144; or (2) thirty-five per centum of the basis upon which such relief or annuity was computed. Each child who, on October 3, 2001, was receiving relief or annuity computed in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be entitled to benefits computed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.
(e) (1) The annuity of the widow or widower under this subsection shall begin on the day after the date on which the member or former member dies, and such annuity or any right thereto shall terminate:
    (A) Upon the survivor's death or remarriage before age 55; provided, that any annuity terminated by remarriage may be restored if such remarriage is later terminated by death, annulment, or divorce; or
    (B) In the case of a member or former member covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 , upon the survivor's death, remarriage, or entry into a domestic partnership before age 55; provided, that any annuity terminated by remarriage or entry into a domestic partnership may be restored if such remarriage or domestic partnership is later terminated by death, annulment, divorce, or in accordance with § 32-702(d) .
  (2) The annuity of any child under this section shall begin on the day after the date on which the member or former member dies, and the annuity shall terminate upon whichever of the following occurs first:
    (A) The child becomes 18 years of age or, if over 18 years of age and incapable of self-support, becomes capable of self-support;
    (B) The child marries or enters into a domestic partnership; or
    (C) The child dies.
  (3) (A) The annuity of any student child under this section shall begin on the day after the date on which the member or former member dies, and the annuity shall terminate upon whichever of the following occurs first:
      (i) The student child marries or enters into a domestic partnership;
      (ii) The student child ceases to be a student;
      (iii) The student child reaches 22 years of age; or
      (iv) The student child dies.
    (B) For the purposes of this subsection, a student child whose 22nd birthday falls on or after July 1st shall not be considered to have reached 22 years of age until the June 30th following the student child’s actual 22nd birthday.
  (4) If the annuity of a child under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of this subsection terminates because of marriage or domestic partnership and such marriage or domestic partnership ends, the annuity shall resume on the first day of the month in which it ends, but only if the individual is not otherwise ineligible for the annuity.
  (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, no annuity of a child or student of a widow or widower under subsection (a-1) of this section shall be paid while an annuity benefit to a widow or widower under subsection (a-1) of this section is being paid.
(f) (1) Any member retiring under § 5-709 , § 5-710 , or § 5-712 , may at the time of such retirement, and any member entitled to receive an annuity under § 5-717 may at the time such annuity commences, elect to receive a reduced annuity in lieu of full annuity, and designate in writing the person to receive an increased annuity after such member’s death; provided, that the person so designated meet the criteria set forth in paragraph (2) of this subsection. Whenever such an election is made, the annuity of the designee shall be increased by an amount equal to the amount by which the annuity of such member is reduced. The annuity payable to the member making such election shall be reduced by 10% of the annuity computed as provided in § 5-709 , § 5-710 , or § 5-712 . Such increase in annuity payable to the designee shall be reduced by 5% for each full 5 years the designee is younger than the member, but such total reduction shall not exceed 40%. The increase in annuity payable to the designee pursuant to this subsection shall be paid in addition to the annuity provided for such designee pursuant to subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section and shall be subject to the same limitations as to duration and other conditions as the annuity paid pursuant to subsections (b), (c), and (e) of this section. If, at any time after such former member’s election, the designee dies, and is survived by such former member, the annuity payable to such former member shall be increased to the amount computed as provided in § 5-709 , § 5-710 , § 5-712 , or § 5-717 , as the case may be.
  (2) A person designated in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be:
    (A) The surviving spouse or child of the member; or
    (B) In the case of a member covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 , the surviving spouse, domestic partner, or child of the member.
(g) In the event a member to whom this section applies shall die after January 1, 2007, while performing qualified military service, the survivor or survivors of the member shall be entitled to receive any additional benefits provided under this section (other than benefit accruals relating to the period of qualified military service), as if the member resumed employment and then terminated employment on account of death. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “qualified military service” shall mean military service in the uniformed services (as defined in 38 U.S.C. § 43) by a member, if the member is entitled to reemployment rights with respect to such military service, all within the meaning of section 414(u)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
D.C. Code § 5-732 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-732
§ 5-732. Appropriations authorized.
Status: in_force

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated from revenues of the United States such sums as are necessary to reimburse the District of Columbia, on a monthly basis, for benefit payments made from revenues of the District of Columbia to or for federal employees and to or for the surviving children and spouse of such federal employees under the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter , to the extent that such benefit payments exceed the deductions from the salaries of federal employees for credit to the revenues of the District of Columbia, and for the administrative costs associated with making such benefit payments. For the purpose of this section:
(1) The term “benefit payments” includes relief, retirement compensation, pensions, and annuities and medical, surgical, hospital, and funeral expenses.
(2) The term “federal employees” means and includes such members of the United States Park Police force as are paid from funds of the United States, members of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and such members of the United States Secret Service Division as have or may hereafter become entitled to benefits under subchapter I of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 5-107.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-107.03
§ 5-107.03. Establishment of District of Columbia Police Officers Standards and Training Board.
Status: in_force

(a) There is hereby established the Police Officers Standards and Training Board (“Board”).
(b) Membership on the Board shall consist of the following 15 persons who shall be voting members:
  (1) The Mayor or the Mayor’s designee;
  (2) Chief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department or the Chief of Police’s  designee;
  (2A) Executive Director of the Office of Police Complaints or the Executive Director's designee;
  (3) The Attorney General for the District of Columbia or the Attorney General's designee;
  (4) United States Attorney for the District of Columbia or the United States  Attorney’s designee;
  (5) Assistant Director in Charge, Washington Field Office, Federal Bureau of  Investigation or the Assistant Director’s designee;
  (6) Representative of the District of Columbia Superior Court appointed by  the Mayor in consultation with the Chief Judge of the Superior Court;
  (7) One criminal justice educator appointed by the Mayor;
  (8) One police representative appointed by the certified collective bargaining agent, and one police representative appointed by the Mayor in consultation with the Chief of Police; and
  (9) Five community representatives appointed by the Mayor, each with expertise in one of the following areas:
    (A) Oversight of law enforcement;
    (B) Juvenile justice reform;
    (C) Criminal defense;
    (D) Gender-based violence or LGBTQ social services, policy, or advocacy; and
    (E) Violence prevention or intervention.
(b-1) The Mayor, in consultation with the Chief of Police, shall appoint one Metropolitan Police Department Reserve Corps representative as an advisory, nonvoting member of the Board.
(c) The following persons may be advisory, nonvoting members of the Board:
  (1) The Executive Director, Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions; and
  (2) The Director, Division of Training and Standards, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice.
(d) The appointments to the Board shall be for a 3-year term.
(e) No member shall serve beyond the time when he or she holds the office or employment by reason of which he or she was initially eligible for appointment and any member chosen to fill a vacancy created otherwise than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired portion of the term of the member whom he or she succeeds.
(f) The members shall receive no salary but members shall be reimbursed for their expenses lawfully incurred in the performance of their official functions.
(g) Members appointed to the Board by the Mayor may be removed by the Mayor for incompetence, neglect of duty, or misconduct.
(h) The Chairperson shall be appointed by the Mayor from among the voting members of the Board and the vice chair shall be elected from among the voting members.
(i) The Board shall hold its initial meeting by September 1, 2020. Thereafter, the Board shall meet a minimum of twice each calendar year and at other times as it or the Board’s Chairperson may determine. The majority of the voting members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the performance of duties or for the exercise of any of its authority. Advisory members shall be entitled to participate in the business and deliberation of the Board, but shall not be entitled to vote. The Board shall establish its own procedures and requirements with respect to the place and conduct of its meetings.
D.C. Code § 5-525.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-525.02
§ 5-525.02. Applicability.
Status: in_force

If funds deposited under § 5-525.01(b) are sufficient to fully satisfy the District’s obligations arising from the decision of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department v. District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board, et al. , 105 A.3d 992 (D.C. 2014)  , as certified by the Chief Financial Officer, § 5-525.01 shall not apply.
D.C. Code § 5-1104 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1104
§ 5-1104. Police Complaints Board.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on August 13, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Past Permanent Version .*
*NOTE: Section 4 of D.C. Law 26-73 provided that the amendments made to this section by section 2(b) of D.C. Law 26-73 shall expire on the applicability date of section 105 of D.C. Law 24-345 .*
(a) There is established a Police Complaints Board. The Board shall be composed of 9 members, which shall include one member from each Ward and one at-large member, none of whom, after the expiration of the term of the currently serving member of the MPD, shall be affiliated with any law enforcement agency. All members of the Board shall be residents of the District of Columbia. The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council. The Mayor shall submit a nomination to the Council for a 90-day period of review, excluding days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve the nomination by resolution within this 90-day review period, the nomination shall be deemed disapproved.
(b) Board members first appointed after March 26, 1999 shall serve as follows: 2 shall serve for a 3-year term; 2 shall serve for a 2-year term; and one shall serve for a 1-year term. Thereafter, Board members shall serve for a term of 3 years  or until a successor has been appointed. All board members shall serve without compensation. A Board member may be reappointed. The Mayor shall designate the chairperson of the Board, and may remove a member of the Board from office for cause. A person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board occurring prior to the expiration of a term shall serve for the remainder of the term or until a successor has been appointed.
(c) A quorum for the transaction of business shall be 3 members of the Board.
(d) The Board shall conduct periodic reviews of the citizen complaint review process, and shall make recommendations, where appropriate, to the Mayor, the Council, the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department ("Police Chief"), and the Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority ("DCHA Director") concerning the status and the improvement of the citizen complaint process. The Board shall, where appropriate, make recommendations to the above-named entities concerning those elements of management of the MPD affecting the incidence of police misconduct, such as the recruitment, training, evaluation, discipline, and supervision of police officers.
(d-1) The Board may, where appropriate, monitor and evaluate MPD’s handling of, and response to, First Amendment assemblies, as defined in § 5-333.02 , held on District streets, sidewalks, or other public ways, or in District parks.
(d-2) (1) The Board shall review, with respect to the MPD:
    (A) The number, type, and disposition of citizen complaints received, investigated, sustained, or otherwise resolved;
    (B) The race, national origin, gender, and age of the complainant and the subject officer or officers;
    (C) The proposed discipline and the actual discipline imposed on a police officer as a result of any sustained citizen complaint;
    (D) All use of force incidents, serious use of force incidents, and serious physical injury incidents as defined in MPD General Order 907.07; and
    (E) Any in-custody death.
  (2) The Executive Director, acting on behalf of the Board, shall have timely and complete access to information and supporting documentation specifically related to the Board’s duties under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (3) The Executive Director shall keep confidential the identity of all persons named in any documents transferred from the MPD to the Office pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (4) The disclosure or transfer of any public record, document, or information from the MPD to the Office pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not constitute a waiver of any privilege or exemption that otherwise could be asserted by the MPD to prevent disclosure to the general public or in a judicial or administrative proceeding.
  (5) A Freedom of Information Act request for public records collected pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection may only be submitted to the MPD.
  (6) Beginning on December 31, 2017, and by December 31 of each year thereafter, the Board shall deliver a report to the Mayor and the Council that analyzes the information evaluated by the Board under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (7) Not Funded.
(d-3) (1) The Board or any entity selected by the Board shall cause to be conducted an independent review of the activities of MPD's Narcotics and Specialized Investigations Division, and any of its subdivisions ("NSID"), from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2019.
  (2) By April 30, 2021, the Board shall submit to the Mayor and Council a report summarizing the findings of the review, including:
    (A) A description of the NSID's operations, management, and command structure;
    (B) An evaluation of stops and searches conducted by NSID officers, including an analysis of the records identified in § 5-113.01(a)(4B) ;
    (C) An evaluation of citizen complaints received by the Office regarding the alleged conduct of NSID officers;
    (D) An evaluation of the adequacy of discipline imposed by the Metropolitan Police Department on NSID officers as a result of a sustained allegation of misconduct pursuant to § 5-1112 ; and
    (E) Recommendations, informed by best practices for similar entities in other jurisdictions, for improving the NSID's policing strategies, providing effective oversight over NSID officers, and improving community-police relations.
  (3) (A) The Executive Director, acting on behalf of the Board, shall have access to all books, accounts, records, reports, findings, and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the District government that are necessary to facilitate the review.
    (B) If the Executive Director is denied access to any books, accounts, records, reports, findings, or any other papers, things, or property, the reason for the denial shall:
      (i) Be submitted in writing to the Executive Director no later than 7 days after the date of the Executive Director's request;
      (ii) State the specific reasons for the denial, including citations to any law or regulation relied upon as authority for the denial; and
      (iii) State the names of the public officials or employees responsible for the decision to deny the request.
  (4) Employees of the MPD shall cooperate fully with the Office or any entity selected by the Office to conduct the review.  Upon notification by the Executive Director that an MPD employee has not cooperated as requested, the Police Chief shall cause appropriate disciplinary action to be instituted against the employee and shall notify the Executive Director of the outcome of such action.
  (5) The Executive Director shall keep confidential the identity of all persons named in any documents transferred from the MPD to the Office pursuant to this subsection.
  (6) The disclosure or transfer of any books, accounts, records, reports, findings or any papers, things, or property from the MPD to the Office pursuant to this subsection shall not constitute a waiver of any privilege or exemption that otherwise could be asserted by the MPD to prevent disclosure to the general public or in a judicial or administrative proceeding.
  (7) A Freedom of Information Act request for any books, accounts, records, reports, findings or any papers, things, or property obtained by the Office from the MPD pursuant to this subsection may only be submitted to the MPD.
(d-4) Not Funded.
(d-5) (1) The Executive Director, or an entity selected by the Executive Director, shall conduct a study to determine whether the Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") engaged in biased policing when it conducted threat assessments before or during assemblies within the District.
  (2) At a minimum, the study shall:
    (A) Examine MPD's use of threat assessments before or during assemblies in the District from January 2017 through January 2021;
    (B) Determine whether MPD engaged in biased policing when it conducted threat assessments before or during assemblies in the District from January 2017 through January 2021;
    (C) Provide a detailed analysis of MPD's response to each assembly in the District between January 2017 through January 2021, including:
      (i) Number of arrests made;
      (ii) Number of civilian and officer injuries;
      (iii) Type of injuries;
      (iv) Number of fatalities;
      (v) Number of officers deployed;
      (vi) What type of weaponry and crowd control tactics were used;
      (vii) Whether riot gear was used; and
      (viii) Whether any of the individuals involved in the assembly were on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's terrorist watchlist;
    (D) If there is a finding that biased policing has occurred, determine whether MPD's response to those engaged in the assembly varied based on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or gender; and
    (E) Provide recommendations based on the findings in the study, including:
      (i) If biased policing occurred, how to prevent bias from impacting whether MPD conducts a threat assessment and how to ensure bias does not impact a threat assessment going forward;
      (ii) If biased policing has not been found to have occurred, how to ensure that there is not a disparity in MPD's response to all assemblies across all groups, of proportionate size and characteristics, in the District in the future; or
      (iii) If the study is inconclusive on the occurrence of biased policing, what additional steps must be taken to reach a conclusion.
  (3) Any collaborating outside partners shall meet the following criteria:
    (A) Be nonpartisan;
    (B) Have expertise and knowledge of law enforcement practices in the District, bias in policing, homegrown domestic terrorism in the United States, and intelligence data sharing practices;
    (C) Have a history of conducting studies and evaluations of law enforcement procedures, regulations, and practices; and
    (D) Have experience developing solutions to policy or legal challenges.
  (4) The Executive Director shall submit a report on the study to the Council no later than 12 months after April 21, 2023.
(e) Within 60 days of the end of each fiscal year, the Board shall transmit to the entities named in subsection (d) of this section an annual report of the operations of the Board and the Office of Police Complaints.
(f) The Board is authorized to apply for and receive grants to fund its program activities in accordance with laws and regulations relating to grant management.
D.C. Code § 5-743 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-743
§ 5-743. Board to determine amount of pension relief.
Status: in_force

The District of Columbia Retirement Board is hereby empowered to determine and fix the amount of the pension relief allowance heretofore and hereafter granted to any person under and in accordance with the provisions of subchapter I of this chapter .
D.C. Code § 5-803 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 8 / § 5-803
§ 5-803. Conditional retirement.
Status: in_force

(a) If a member of the Metropolitan Police Department retires or resigns while under disciplinary investigation, that member shall be deemed to be in conditional retirement until the disciplinary investigation is completed and factual findings are made.
(b) A member who is in conditional retirement shall not be paid a pension or receive other accrued benefits of any kind, including salary, compensatory time, or accrued leave, during the pendency of the disciplinary investigation into his alleged misconduct.
(c) The Metropolitan Police Department shall complete the disciplinary investigation of any member in conditional retirement within 25 days from the date that the member retired or resigned. If the Metropolitan Police Department has not completed the investigation 25 days from the date of retirement or resignation, the matter shall be deemed to be closed and the allegations of misconduct not sustained.
(d) If, at any time during a member’s conditional retirement, the Metropolitan Police Department finds that the allegations of serious misconduct are not sustained or are unfounded, the matter shall be deemed to be closed and the member’s pension rights and accrued benefits shall be paid retroactive to the date on which the member initially retired or resigned from the Metropolitan Police Department.
(e) If the Metropolitan Police Department sustains the allegations of serious misconduct, the disciplinary process shall proceed as if the member in conditional retirement continued to be a member of the Metropolitan Police Department. The member shall be accorded all rights to which he is entitled under federal and District of Columbia law and regulations, police regulations, and any applicable labor agreement.
(f) If the Metropolitan Police Department ultimately determines that a member in conditional retirement should be subjected to discipline as provided by law and regulation, the member shall be subject to penalties in lieu of discipline as provided in § 5-804 .
(g) A member who retires or resigns from the Metropolitan Police Department without knowing that he or she was under disciplinary investigation for serious misconduct shall not be deemed to be in conditional retirement, but shall instead be provided the opportunity to continue employment with the Metropolitan Police Department during the pendency of the disciplinary investigation. Should the member decide to retire or resign after he or she has been informed of the disciplinary investigation, he or she shall be deemed to be in conditional retirement as provided in this section.
D.C. Code § 5-119.11 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.11
§ 5-119.11. Immunity from damages to property; exception; “gross negligence” defined.
Status: in_force

Neither the government of the District of Columbia nor any officer or employee thereof shall be liable for damage to any property resulting from the removal of such property from public space, or the transportation of such property into the custody of the Property Clerk, Metropolitan Police Department, nor for damage to any such property while such property is in the custody of the Property Clerk, Metropolitan Police Department, when such custody is maintained pursuant to the requirements of law, except that the government of the District of Columbia or any such officer or employee may be liable for damage to such property as a result of gross negligence in the removal, transportation, or storage of such property; provided, that should a judgment be entered for the District of Columbia against any commercial warehouseman or garagekeeper for damage to such property in his care, recovery on such judgment, less all administrative expenses and court costs to the District of Columbia involved in such litigation, shall be paid by the District of Columbia to the owner of the damaged property as determined by the Property Clerk. For the purpose of this section, the term “gross negligence” means a willful intent to injure property, or a reckless or wanton disregard of the rights of another in his property.
D.C. Code § 5-333.12 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-333.12
§ 5-333.12. Monitoring and auditing of investigations and preliminary inquiries.
Status: in_force

(a) Authorizations of investigations and preliminary inquiries involving First Amendment activities are to be reviewed every 90 days by a panel of no fewer than 3 MPD commanding officers designated by the Chief of Police.
(b) The Commander, Office of the Superintendent of Detectives, or a commander of similar rank designated in the MPD regulations, shall monitor the compliance of undercover officers and informants with the requirements of this subchapter.
(c) The Chief of Police shall annually prepare a report on the MPD’s investigations and preliminary inquiries involving First Amendment activities. The report shall be transmitted to the Mayor and Council and a notice of its publication shall be published in the District of Columbia Register. The report shall include, at a minimum,
  (1) The number of investigations authorized;
  (2) The number of authorizations for investigation sought but denied;
  (3) The number of requests from outside agencies, as documented by forms requesting access to records of investigations conducted pursuant to this subchapter;
  (4) The number of arrests, prosecutions, or other law enforcement actions taken as a result of such investigations; and
  (5) A description of any violations of this subchapter or the regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter, and the actions taken as a result of the violations, including whether any officer was disciplined as a result of the violation.
(d) Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-417.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-417.01
§ 5-417.01. Fire and arson investigation — Authority generally; authority to enter and examine; arrest and warrant powers.
Status: in_force

(a) The Fire Chief, the Fire Marshal, and his authorized representative shall have the authority to investigate the cause, origin, and circumstances of every fire, explosion, or hazardous materials emergency in which the Fire Department has a reasonable interest. When the Fire Chief, the Fire Marshal, or his authorized representative has reason to believe that a fire, explosion, or hazardous materials incident may be the result of a violation of any law, he shall immediately take custody of and safeguard all physical evidence in connection therewith, and shall have the authority to prohibit the disturbance or removal of any material, substance, device, or utility in, or upon, any building or property where the emergency occurred until such time as the investigation of the incident is complete; provided, however, that the Metropolitan Police Department shall be the primary investigative agency in fires, explosions, and hazardous materials incidents involving critical injury, death, or assaults with intent to kill.
(b) The Fire Chief, the Fire Marshal, or his authorized representative shall have the authority at all times, in performance of the duties imposed by the provisions of this section, to enter upon or examine any area, building or premises, vehicle or other thing when there is probable cause to believe that fires or attempts to cause fires exist or which at the time are burning. He shall have the authority to enter, at any time, any building or property adjacent to that on which the fire or attempt to cause fires occurred, should he deem it necessary in the proper discharge of his duties, and may, at his discretion, take full control and custody of such buildings and premises and place such person in charge thereof as he may deem proper until his examination and investigation shall be complete.
(c) The Fire Marshal and such other personnel, as are designated in writing by the Fire Chief, shall have and exercise and are hereby invested with, the same general police powers including arrest powers as regular members of the Metropolitan Police Department for the express purpose of enforcing the fire safety laws in effect in the District of Columbia, including, but not limited to, this section. This power shall extend to any arrest, the securing of warrants pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 23 , or other lawful action necessary to permit the peaceful completion of any lawful action by the Fire Department; provided, that the Fire Marshall and other designated arson investigators, shall have successfully completed a course of training in the safe handling of firearms and the use of deadly force, and each person shall be qualified to use a firearm according to the standards applicable to officers of the Metropolitan Police Department. The employee may not carry a firearm in the course of official duties unless designated by the Fire Chief in writing as having the authority to carry a firearm. The Fire Chief shall issue written guidelines pertaining to the authority to carry firearms, the appropriate use of firearms, firearms issuance and security, the use of force including prohibitions on the use of the chokehold pursuant to subchapter XIII of Chapter 1 of this title , searches and seizures, and arrests.
D.C. Code § 5-563.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-563.01
§ 5-563.01. Termination of existing special salary rates and adjustments.
Status: in_force

Beginning on December 21, 2000:
(1) No existing special salary rates shall be authorized for members of the  United States Park Police under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code (or any previous similar provision of law); and
(2) No special rates of pay or special pay adjustments shall be applicable to  members of the United States Park Police pursuant to section 405 of the  Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform Act of 1990.
D.C. Code § 5-1501.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.03
§ 5-1501.03. Director; appointment, qualifications, compensation, term.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Council, pursuant to § 1-523.01(a) .
(b) The Director shall be knowledgeable about forensic science services and experienced in the rigors of scientific analysis. The Director shall have:
  (1) Graduated from an accredited college or university with a masters or doctoral degree in an applicable area of science;
  (2) Demonstrated training and experience in scientific research and methodology;
  (3) Demonstrated management and administrative skills;
  (4) Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of forensic sciences;
  (5) A minimum of 6 years experience in scientific research, forensic sciences, or a combination thereof; and
  (6) A minimum of 4 years experience in directing or supervising both scientific and administrative staff in a forensic science, medical, or research setting.
(c) The Mayor shall fix the compensation of the Director pursuant to subchapter X-A of Chapter 6 of Title 1 [ § 1-610.51 et seq.].
(d) The Director shall be appointed for a 4-year term.
(e) If a vacancy in the position of the Director occurs as a consequence of any reason, the Mayor shall appoint a successor for a new term, in the same manner provided by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 5-119.14 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.14
§ 5-119.14. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Generally.
Status: in_force

When animals or articles of property (except perishable property) other than money, returned to the Property Clerk as the proceeds of crime, are shown by sufficient evidence to be necessary for the current use of the owner and not for sale, the Mayor of the District of Columbia has power, in his discretion, to authorize the Property Clerk to place the same in the custody of the owner, upon sufficient bonds being given by the owner in the sum of twice the value of the property, conditioned for the production of the same at any time within 1 year, when required for use in court as evidence in any proceedings thereon.
D.C. Code § 5-1101 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1101
§ 5-1101. Findings.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia finds that:
(1) The District of Columbia delegated to the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) the vital task of protecting the safety of persons and property in the District of Columbia. This task is difficult, dangerous, and sensitive.
(2) Most members of the MPD perform their duties with diligence, devotion, and sensitivity. From time to time, however, some members of the MPD do not act in accordance with the high standards of conduct that the people of the District of Columbia have a right to expect. On other occasions, honest misunderstandings arise between police officers and members of the public with whom they interact.
(3) Because police officers have been given extraordinary powers, it is essential that there be an effective and efficient system for reviewing their exercise of police powers. Further, it is essential that both police officers and members of the public have confidence that this system of review is fair and unbiased. Members of the public must be aware of this system and have easy access to its processes.
(3A) Not Funded.
(3B) Not Funded.
(4) The need for independent review of police activities is recognized across the nation. Effective independent review enhances communication and mutual understanding between the police and the community, reduces community tensions, deters police misconduct, and increases the public’s confidence in their police force.
(5) Some complaints against police officers involve serious charges requiring formal disciplinary proceedings. Many, though, can be resolved through conciliation, mediation, or other dispute resolution techniques. An effective and efficient review mechanism should encompass a variety of procedures for dealing with different complaints in an appropriate manner.
D.C. Code § 5-418 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-418
§ 5-418. Cadet program — Authorized; purpose; preference for appointment; appropriations.
Status: in_force

(a) The Chief of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department may establish a cadet program for the purpose of instructing, training, and exposing interested persons, primarily young adults residing in the District of Columbia, to the operations of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department and the duties, tasks, and responsibilities of serving as a dual-trained firefighter/paramedic/emergency medical technician with the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department. The Fire Chief shall establish performance measures for the program.
(b) A person successfully completing the required training and service in a cadet program established pursuant to this section shall be accorded full preference for appointment as a member of the Metropolitan Police Department or of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, if the person shall have met all other requirements pertaining to membership in the chosen Department.
(c) There may be appropriated the funds necessary for the administration of this section.
D.C. Code § 5-761 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-761
§ 5-761. Retired police officer redeployment.
Status: in_force

(a) Except for a disability annuitant, a police officer retired from the Metropolitan Police Department shall be eligible for rehire at the discretion of the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department as a fully sworn temporary full-time or temporary part-time police officer without jeopardy to the retirement benefits of the police officer.
(a-1) Except for a disability annuitant, a police officer retired from the Metropolitan Police Department shall be eligible for rehire at the discretion of the Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences as a full-time or part-time employee of the Department of Forensic Sciences without jeopardy to the retirement benefits of the police officer.
(b) A retired police officer who is rehired under subsection (a) of this section shall be vested with full police powers, including, but not limited to, the authority to carry a firearm.
(c) Service under this section shall not count as creditable service for the purposes of § 5-704 .
(d) A retired police officer who is rehired under subsection (a) of this section shall be paid a salary of no more than that equal to the salary paid a Class 1, Step 5 Officer and shall not be eligible for longevity pay.
(d-1) A retired police officer who is rehired under subsection (a-1) of this section may be rehired in a supervisory or non-supervisory position and shall be paid a salary of no more than the highest grade available for the position assigned.
(e) Notwithstanding subsections (d) and (d-1) of this section, a rehired annuitant shall not be required to refund any salary paid prior to January 5, 1993.
(f) No retired police officer who is rehired under this section shall be detailed to any agency of the District of Columbia government other than the Metropolitan Police Department and the Department of Forensic Sciences.
(g) The provisions of this section shall apply to any police officer hired after September 29, 1992.
(h) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (d) of this section, a police officer who retired at a rank other than Officer who is rehired under subsection (a) of this section before October 1, 2023, shall be eligible to be paid for the duration of rehire a salary of no more than the salary paid at the following service steps:
    (A) Class 3 (Detective Grade 1) – Step 4; or
    (B) Class 4 (Sergeant) – Step 3.
  (2) Repealed.
  (3) A retired police officer rehired under subsection (a) of this section and paid under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not be paid for more than 5 years from the date on which the officer was rehired.
D.C. Code § 5-1110 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1110
§ 5-1110. Conciliation and mediation.
Status: in_force

(a) If deemed appropriate by the Executive Director, and if the parties agree to participate in a conciliation process, the Executive Director may attempt to resolve a complaint by conciliation.
(b) (1) The conciliation of a complaint shall be evidenced by a written agreement signed by the Executive Director and the parties which may provide for oral apologies or assurances, written undertakings, or any other terms satisfactory to the parties. No oral or written statements made in conciliation proceedings may be used as a basis for any discipline or recommended discipline against a subject police officer or officers or in any civil or criminal litigation.
  (2) The parties may agree in writing that a written conciliation agreement shall not be a public document and shall not be available to the public, as would normally be required pursuant to subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
(c) If conciliation efforts are unsuccessful, the Executive Director may dismiss the complaint in accordance with §§ 5-1107 and 5-1108 , refer the complaint to mediation, or refer the complaint for investigation.
(d) If the Executive Director refers the complaint to mediation, the Executive Director shall assign the matter to a member of the pool who is experienced in mediation, shall schedule an initial mediation session for the earliest convenient time, and shall notify the complainant and subject police officer or officers in writing of the date, time, and location of the initial mediation session.
(e) The complainant, the subject police officer or officers, and the mediator shall be present at mediation sessions. Alternatively, the mediator may meet individually with the complainant and the subject police officer or officers. Except as provided in this subsection, no other person may be present or participate in mediation sessions, except as determined by the mediator to be required for a fair and expeditious mediation of the complaint. An interpreter shall be present when necessary for effective communication and shall be provided by the Office when timely requested by a party. When the complainant is under 18 years of age or is an adult who, because of mental, physical, or emotional condition or disability, cannot participate competently in mediation, a parent, guardian, conservator, or other responsible adult must be present at mediation sessions.
(f) The mediation process shall continue as long as the mediator believes it may result in the resolution of the complaint, except that it may not extend beyond 30 days from the date of the initial mediation session without the approval of the Executive Director. No oral or written statement made during the mediation process may be used by the Office or the MPD as a basis for any discipline or recommended discipline of the subject police officer or officers, nor in any civil or criminal litigation, except as otherwise provided by the rules of court or the rules of evidence.
(g) If mediation is successful, the mediator and the parties shall sign a mediation agreement resolving the complaint. The Executive Director shall place a copy of the mediation agreement in the complaint file and shall forward a copy of the mediation agreement to the Police Chief. The Police Chief shall monitor the conduct of the police officer or officers to determine that the police officer complies with the terms of an agreement reached after mediation.
(h) The parties may agree in writing that a mediation agreement shall not be a public document and shall not be available to the public, as would normally be required pursuant to subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
(i) If mediation efforts are unsuccessful, the Executive Director may dismiss the complaint in accordance with §§ 5-1107 and 5-1108 , may refer the complaint for investigation, or may refer the complaint for adjudication if the Executive Director determines that further investigation is unnecessary.
(j) If, after the Executive Director refers a complaint to mediation, the complainant willfully fails to participate in good faith in the mediation process, the Executive Director may dismiss the complaint in accordance with §§ 5-1107 and 5-1108 , may refer the complaint for investigation, or may refer the complaint to a complaint examiner for adjudication of the merits of the complaint if the Executive Director determines that further investigation is unnecessary.
(k) If, after the Executive Director refers a complaint to mediation, any police officer subject to the complaint refuses to participate in the mediation process in good faith, such refusal or failure shall constitute cause for discipline by the Police Chief. The Police Chief shall cause appropriate disciplinary action to be instituted against the police officer for such a violation and shall notify the Executive Director of the outcome of such action. In the event that the subject police officer refuses to participate in the mediation process or fails to participate in the mediation process in good faith, the Executive Director shall refer the complaint for investigation, or may refer the complaint for adjudication if further investigation is deemed unnecessary.
D.C. Code § 5-631 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-631
§ 5-631. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Act” means subchapter I of Chapter 7 of Title 5 [ § 5-701 et seq.].
(2) “Chief” means either the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department or the Chief of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(3) “Department” means the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(4) “Director” means either the director of medical services for the Metropolitan Police Department, or the medical services officer for the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(5) “Full range of duties” means the ability of a member to perform all of the essential functions of police work or fire suppression as determined by the established policies and procedures of the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, and to meet the physical examination and physical agility standards established under §§ 5-107.02a and 5-451 .
(6) “Limited duty” means a temporary status for members who, because of injury or other temporary medical disability, are not able to perform the full range of duties, but are certified by a Police and Fire Clinic physician as being capable of effectively performing certain types of work within the department.
(7) “Member” means a sworn employee of the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
D.C. Code § 5-542.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-542.03
§ 5-542.03. Classification of aide to Fire Marshal.
Status: in_force

The aide to the Fire Marshal shall be included as a fire inspector in salary class 2.
D.C. Code § 5-113.32 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-113.32
§ 5-113.32. Retention of records and preservation of evidence from open homicide, sexual assault, and violent crime investigations.
Status: in_force

(a) In open investigations of the crimes listed in § 23-113(a)(1) , law enforcement agencies shall retain case jackets, crime scene examination case files, and any evidence collected during the course of the investigation for 65 years from the date the crime is first reported to the law enforcement agency.
(b) In open investigations of the following crimes, law enforcement agencies shall retain case jackets, crime scene examination case files, and any evidence collected during the course of the investigation for the length of each crime’s statute of limitations:
  (1) Assault with intent to kill;
  (2) Aggravated assault;
  (3) Assault on a police officer with a dangerous weapon;
  (4) Burglary;
  (5) Mayhem;
  (6) Malicious disfigurement;
  (7) Sexual abuse and sex offenses, except for the crimes listed in § 23-113(a)(1)(G) through (U) ; and
  (8) Any crime of violence, as that term is defined in section § 22-4501 , that is committed while armed, as that term is described in § 22-4502 .
(c) Evidence preserved pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be preserved in such a manner, including if necessary by refrigeration, as to maintain the ability to conduct forensic testing, including DNA testing.
(d) Law enforcement agencies shall not be required to preserve evidence pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section that is of such a size, bulk, or physical character as to render retention impracticable. If practicable, law enforcement agencies shall remove and preserve portions of evidence if such portions contain sufficient evidence to permit future DNA or other forensic testing. When it is not practicable to preserve evidence pursuant to this subsection, law enforcement agencies shall photograph the evidence before disposing of it. When it is not practicable to preserve evidence in its entirety but portions of it are preserved pursuant to this subsection, law enforcement agencies shall photograph the evidence:
  (1) Prior to removing portions of the evidence; and
  (2) After removing portions of the evidence and before disposing of it.
(e) Photographs of evidence created pursuant to subsection (d) of this section shall be retained in the crime scene examination case files of the corresponding investigation.
(f) In closed investigations of the following crimes, law enforcement agencies shall retain case jackets and crime scene examination case files for as long as evidence is preserved for those investigations pursuant to Chapter 41A of Title 22 [ § 22-4131 et seq.]:
  (1) Homicides;
  (2) Assault with intent to kill;
  (3) Aggravated assault;
  (4) Burglary;
  (5) Assault on a police officer with a dangerous weapon;
  (6) Mayhem;
  (7) Malicious disfigurement;
  (8) Sexual abuse and sex offenses; and
  (9) Any crime of violence, as that term is defined in § 22-4501 , that is committed while armed, as that term is described in § 22-4502 .
(g) Case jackets, crime scene examination case files, and evidence from open and closed homicide investigations shall not, under any circumstance, be destroyed or disposed of without the written approval of the Chief or the Property Clerk of the Metropolitan Police Department and without prior written approval of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, for investigations under the prosecutorial jurisdiction of the United States Attorney, and the Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, for investigations under the prosecutorial jurisdiction of the Corporation Counsel.
(h) Nothing in this section shall prohibit law enforcement agencies from:
  (1) Combining case jackets and crime scene examination files into one file;
  (2) Destroying duplicative copies of a record or document; or
  (3) Storing case jackets and crime scene investigation files electronically, so long as electronic storage will not compromise the admissibility of the records or documents.
(i) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a requirement that a law enforcement agency shall collect a particular item of evidence, in whole or in part.
D.C. Code § 5-701 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-701
§ 5-701. Definitions.
Status: in_force

Wherever used in this subchapter:
(1) (A) The term “member” means any officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force, of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, of the United States Park Police force, of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, and any officer or member of the United States Secret Service Division to whom this subchapter shall apply, but does not include an officer or member of the United States Park Police force, of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or of the United States Secret Service Division, whose service is employment for the purposes of title II of the Social Security Act and chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and who is not excluded from coverage under chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, by operation of § 8402 of such title.
  (B) Repealed.
(2) The terms “disabled” and “disability” mean disabled for useful and efficient service in the grade or class of position last occupied by the member by reason of disease or injury, not due to vicious habits or intemperance as determined by the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons, or willful misconduct on his part as determined by the Mayor.
(3) The term "widow" means:
  (A) The surviving wife of a member or former member not covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 , if:
    (i) She was married to such member or former member:
      (I) While he was a member; or
      (II) For at least one year immediately preceding his death; or
    (ii) She is the mother of issue by such marriage; or
  (B) The surviving wife or domestic partner of a member or former member covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 , if:
    (i) She was married to or the domestic partner of such member or former member:
      (I) While he or she was a member; or
      (II) For at least one year immediately preceding his or her death; or
    (ii) She is the mother of issue by such marriage or domestic partnership.
(4) The term "widower" means:
  (A) The surviving husband of a member or former member not covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 , if:
    (i) He was married to such member or former member:
      (I) While she was a member; or
      (II) For at least one year immediately preceding her death; or
    (ii) He is the father of issue by such marriage; or
  (B) The surviving husband of a member or former member covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 , if:
    (i) He was married to or the domestic partner of such member or former member:
      (I) While he or she was a member; or
      (II) For at least one year immediately preceding his or her death; or
    (ii) He is the father of issue by such marriage or domestic partnership.
(5) The term "child" means:
  (A) An adopted child, stepchild, or recognized natural child of a member or former member not covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 , who:
    (i) Is unmarried, lives with the member or former member in a regular parent-child relationship, and is under the age of 18 years; or
    (ii) Is unmarried and incapable of self-support, regardless of age, because of physical or mental disability incurred before the age of 18; or
  (B) An adopted child, stepchild, or recognized natural child of a member or former member covered under Chapter 9 of Title 1 , who:
    (i) Is unmarried and does not have a domestic partner, lives with the member or former member in a regular parent-child relationship, and is under the age of 18 years; or
    (ii) Is unmarried and does not have a domestic partner and is incapable of self-support, regardless of age, because of physical or mental disability incurred before the age of 18.
(5A) The term "student child" means a child, as defined in paragraph (5) of this subsection, who is a student between the ages of 18 and 22 years, inclusive, and who is regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training in residence in a high school, trade school, technical or vocational institute, junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized educational institution.
(6) The term “basic salary” means regular salary established by law or regulation, including any differential for special occupational assignment, but shall not include overtime, holiday, or military pay.
(7) The term “annuitant” means any former member who, on the basis of his service, has met all requirements of this subchapter for title to annuity and has filed claim therefor.
(8) The term “survivor” means a person who is entitled to annuity under this subchapter based on the service of a deceased member or of a deceased annuitant.
(9) The term “survivor annuitant” means a survivor who has filed claim for annuity.
(10) The term “police or fire service” means all honorable service in the Metropolitan Police Department, United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, and the United States Secret Service Division coming under the provisions of this chapter.
(11) The term “military service” means honorable active service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States, but shall not include service in the National Guard except when ordered to active duty in the service of the United States.
(12) The term “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia or his designated agent or agents.
(13) The term “service” means employment which is creditable under § 5-704 .
(14) The term “government” means the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the United States government, including government owned or controlled corporations and Gallaudet College, and the municipal government of the District of Columbia.
(15) The term “government service” means honorable active service in the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of the United States government, including government owned or controlled corporations, and Gallaudet College, and the municipal government of the District of Columbia, and for which retirement deductions, other than social security deductions, were made.
(16) The term “department” means any part of the executive branch of the United States government, or any part of the government of the District of Columbia whose members come under this chapter.
(17) The term “average pay” means the highest annual rate resulting from averaging the member’s rates of basic salary in effect over any 36 consecutive months of police or fire service in the case of a member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia and who first becomes such a member after the end of the 90-day period beginning on November 17, 1979, or over any 12 consecutive months of police or fire service in the case of any other member, with each rate weighted by the time it was in effect, except that if the member retires under § 5-710 and if on the date of his retirement under the section he has not completed 12 consecutive months or 36 consecutive months, as the case may be, of police or fire service, such term means his basic salary at the time of his retirement.
(18) The term “adjusted average pay” means the average pay of a member who was an officer or member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, the United States Secret Service Division, the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia increased by the per centum increase (adjusted to the nearest one tenth of 1%) in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between the month in which such member retires and the month immediately prior to the month in which such member dies; except that in the case of members hired on or after the first day of the first pay period that begins after October 29, 1996, the increase shall not exceed 3% per annum.
(19) The term “full range of duties” means the ability of a sworn member of the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department to perform all of the essential functions of police work or fire suppression as determined by the established policies and procedures of the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department and to meet the physical examination and physical agility standards established under §§ 5-107.02a and 5-451 .
(20) The term “Internal Revenue Code” or “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (100 Stat. 2085; 26 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
(21) The term "domestic partner" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3) .
D.C. Code § 5-652 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-652
§ 5-652. Presumption as to disability or death from heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease.
Status: in_force

(a) A member shall be presumed to have a performance-of-duty injury or illness that is covered by this subchapter and Chapter 7 of this title , unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary or the member is disqualified from the presumption pursuant to § 5-655 , if:
  (1) The member has been diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease;
  (2) The heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease results in the member's inability to perform the full range of duties or in death;
  (3) The member has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the member was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the performance-of-duty injury or illness underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and
  (4) The member, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.
(b) An EMS employee shall be presumed to have an occupational disease suffered in the line of duty that is covered by Chapter 6 of Title 1 , unless such presumption is overcome by a preponderance of evidence to the contrary or the member is disqualified from the presumption pursuant to § 5-655 , if:
  (1) The EMS employee has been diagnosed with heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease;
  (2) The heart disease, hypertension, or respiratory disease results in the EMS employee's injury, as defined by § 1-623.01(5) , or in death;
  (3) The EMS employee has undergone a pre-employment physical examination and the EMS employee was found, at the time of the examination, to be free of the occupational disease underlying the presumption provided for in this subsection; and
  (4) The EMS employee, upon request of the Director, submits to a physical examination conducted by physicians selected by the Director.
D.C. Code § 5-335.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-335.03
§ 5-335.03. Reporting requirement.
Status: in_force

Beginning March 15, 2015, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Mayor shall submit a public report to the Council, identifying the total amount of money collected the previous year using the post-and-forfeit procedure and the number of criminal charges, by specific charge, resolved the previous year using the post-and-forfeit procedure.
D.C. Code § 5-806 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 8 / § 5-806
§ 5-806. Administrative review.
Status: in_force

A member in conditional retirement may challenge the imposition of penalties imposed by §§ 5-804 and 5-805 in an administrative proceeding before the District of Columbia Office of Employee Appeals, pursuant to Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
D.C. Code § 5-303 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / § 5-303
§ 5-303. Public information program; priority at the scene.
Status: in_force

(a) The Chief of Police shall establish a continuing public information program to inform the public, at a minimum, of which police agencies located in the District of Columbia have authority to make arrests anywhere in the District.
(b) Any cooperative agreement with a federal law enforcement agency shall include procedures that establish clearly which agency has priority at the scene. In addition, before entering into a cooperative agreement, the Chief of Police shall make a finding as to:
  (1) Whether misconduct by the federal officers should be covered by the Police Complaint Board; and
  (2) Whether the public information program should be supplemented to inform the public of information concerning the specific cooperative agreement, and if so, how.
D.C. Code § 5-113.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-113.01
§ 5-113.01. Records required to be maintained; budget and staffing transparency.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall cause the Metropolitan Police force to keep the following records:
  (1) General complaint files, in which shall be entered every complaint preferred upon personal knowledge of the circumstances thereof, with the name and residence of the complainant;
  (2) Records of lost, missing, or stolen property;
  (3) A personnel record of each member of the Metropolitan Police force, which shall contain his name and residence; the date and place of his birth; his marital status; the date he became a citizen, if foreign born; his age; his former occupation; and the dates of his appointment and separation from office, together with the cause of the latter;
  (4) Arrest books, which shall contain the following information:
    (A) Case number, date of arrest, and time of recording arrest in arrest book;
    (B) Name, address, date of birth, color, birthplace, occupation, and marital status of person arrested;
    (C) Offense with which person arrested was charged and place where person was arrested;
    (D) Name and address of complainant;
    (E) Name of arresting officer; and
    (F) Disposition of case;
  (4A) The Metropolitan Police force shall maintain a computerized record of a civil protection order or bench warrant issued as a result of an intrafamily offense;
  (4B) Records of stops, including:
    (A) The date, location, and time of the stop;
    (A-i) The bureau, division, unit, and if applicable, police service area, of the officer who conducted the stop, at the time it was conducted;
    (B) The approximate duration of the stop;
    (C) The traffic violation or violations alleged to have been committed that led to the stop;
    (D) Whether a search was conducted as a result of the stop;
    (E) If a search was conducted:
      (i) The reason for the search;
      (ii) Whether the search was consensual or nonconsensual;
      (iii) Whether a person was searched, and whether a person’s property was searched; and
      (iv) Whether any contraband or other property was seized in the course of the search;
    (F) Whether a warning, safety equipment repair order, or citation was issued as a result of a stop and the basis for issuing such warning, order, or citation;
    (G) Whether an arrest was made as a result of either the stop or the search;
    (H) If an arrest was made, the crime charged;
    (I) The perceived gender of the person stopped;
    (J) The perceived race or ethnicity of the person stopped; and
    (K) The date of birth of the person stopped;
  (4C) Use of force incidents, including:
    (A) The total number of use of force incidents and the type of force used;
    (B) The total number of officers involved in each use of force incident;
    (C) The total number of persons involved in each use of force incident;
    (D) The number of civilian complaints filed with the Metropolitan Police Department for excessive use of force, by police district, and the outcome of each complaint, including disciplinary actions;
    (E) If an arrest was made, the crime charged;
    (F) The gender, race, age, and ethnicity of each person involved in a use of force incident; and
    (G) The gender, race, age, and ethnicity of any officer involved in a use force incident;
  (4D) For the purposes of this section, the terms "contact", "frisk", and "stop" shall have the meanings ascribed in Metropolitan Police Department General Order 304.10;
  (4E) The following information, disaggregated by school, except in cases where disaggregation could reveal a student's identity:
    (A) The number of times a law enforcement officer was dispatched to, or requested by, a school;
    (B) The incident or arrest classification;
    (C) The number of school-related arrests, as that term is defined in § 38-236.01(17) , involving an officer;
    (D) The type and count of weapons or controlled substances recovered from any school-related event, whether or not an arrest occurred; and
    (E) Demographic data for any student and law enforcement officer involved in a stop or school-based arrest, including:
      (i) Race and ethnicity;
      (ii) Gender; and
      (iii) Age; and
  (5) Such other records as the Council of the District of Columbia considers necessary for the efficient operation of the Metropolitan Police force.
(a-1) The records maintained pursuant to subsection (a)(4B) and (4C) of this section shall be published on the Metropolitan Police Department's website biannually.
(b) The Metropolitan Police force shall cooperate with the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council by sharing records to the extent otherwise permissible under the law for the purpose of preparing the report described in § 22-4234(b-3) .
(c) The Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") shall publish the following information on its website:
  (1) Monthly, for the prior 5 fiscal years and the current fiscal year, to date, by month:
    (A) A staffing report of the number of sworn officers and civilian employees employed by MPD, by bureau, division, unit, and, if applicable, police service area and rank, with a crosswalk to compare actual staffing to funded and unfunded full-time equivalents in that bureau, division, unit, and if applicable, police service area and rank;
    (B) The number of employees that:
      (i) Separated from MPD, by type of separation, broken down by civilian employees, cadets, cadet conversion recruits, non-cadet conversion recruits, officers, and senior police officers; and
      (ii) Were hired by MPD, broken down by civilian employees, cadets, cadet conversion recruits, non-cadet conversion recruits, officers, and senior police officers; and
    (C) Copies of the overtime pay spending reports submitted to the Council as described in subsection (d) of this section.
  (1A) Biannually, aggregated data collected in accordance with subsection (a)(4E) of this section;
  (1B) Quarterly, the case closure rates for:
    (A) Violent crimes, by offense, committed with or without the use of a weapon; and
    (B) Non-fatal shootings.
  (2) Annually:
    (A) A listing of all full-time equivalents at MPD, in spreadsheet format, that includes the following fields for each full-time equivalent:
      (i) Position number;
      (ii) Position title;
      (iii) Whether the position is funded or unfunded;
      (iv) Whether the position is filled or vacant;
      (v) Program;
      (vi) Activity;
      (vii) Salary; and
      (viii) Fringe benefits; and
    (B) A report on MPD's overtime spending, which shall include the amount spent fiscal year-to-date, by month, on overtime pay and a description of the staffing plan and conditions justifying the overtime pay; and
  (3) Annually, by the date the annual MPD budget is proposed by the Mayor and transmitted to the Council:
    (A) The approved, revised, and actual MPD budgets for the prior 5 fiscal years and the current fiscal year, the expenditures for those years, and the proposed MPD budget for the next fiscal year, in spread-sheet format, broken down, at a minimum, by program, activity, comptroller source group, fund source, and service level; and
    (B) For the proposed MPD budget for the next fiscal year:
      (i) The total proposed budget for hiring personnel;
      (ii) The gross and net number of personnel MPD anticipates the proposed budget will allow it to hire, broken down by civilian employees, cadets, cadet conversion recruits, non-cadet conversion recruits, officers, and senior police officers; and
      (iii) A crosswalk identifying any proposed actual or paper changes to MPD's internal organization, including its various bureaus, and a narrative rationale for the change.
(d) MPD shall provide a written report every 2 pay periods on MPD's overtime pay spending to the Council that describes the amount spent year-to-date on overtime pay and the staffing plan and conditions justifying the overtime pay.
D.C. Code § 5-605 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6 / § 5-605
§ 5-605. Promulgation of rules and regulations by Mayor.
Status: in_force

The Mayor is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, regulations:
(1) With respect to the determination and establishment of the reasonable value of the hospital, medical, surgical, or dental care and treatment (including prostheses and medical appliances) furnished or to be furnished, or paid or to be paid; and
(2) To provide procedures for distributing the proceeds from recoveries and settlements obtained by either the injured or diseased policeman or fireman or the District of Columbia; provided, that in any event said policeman or fireman, or his guardian, personal representative, estate, dependents, or survivors shall have the right to retain not less than one-fifth of the net amount of any money or other property remaining after the expenses of a suit or settlement have been deducted; and in addition at the time of distribution, an amount equivalent to a reasonable attorney’s fee proportionate to the lien of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 5-403 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-403
§ 5-403. Age limits in original appointments.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which original appointments to the Fire Department may be made.
D.C. Code § 5-1409 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1409
§ 5-1409. Examination; further investigation and autopsy.
Status: in_force

(a) If, in the opinion of the CME, the cause and manner of death are established with a reasonable medical certainty, the CME shall complete a report of the medical examination of the decedent.
(b) If, in the opinion of the CME, or the United States Attorney, further investigation as to the cause or manner of death is required or the public interest so requires, a medical examiner shall either perform, or the CME shall arrange for a qualified pathologist to perform, an autopsy on the body of the decedent and to retain tissues and biological specimens deemed necessary to an investigation. No consent of the next of kin shall be required for an autopsy to be performed under this section.
(c) The medical examiner performing the autopsy shall make a complete record of the findings and conclusions of any autopsy and shall prepare a report thereon.
D.C. Code § 5-404.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-404.02
§ 5-404.02. Integrated Health Care Task Force.
Status: in_force

(a) The Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shall establish an Integrated Health Care Task Force to study nationally recognized best practices and develop recommendations regarding strategies for reducing EMS call volume, improving EMS delivery, and providing for collaboration between agencies, hospitals, health care organizations, and community-based organizations, as well as strategies to achieve these goals by connecting patients with appropriate health care and social services.
(b) The Task Force shall:
  (1) Examine the need for, cost of, and implementation of a pilot community paramedicine program ("program"), including:
    (A) Which District agency should manage the program;
    (B) Whether the program should be a self-sustaining independent entity that links hospitals, practice pharmacies, community health centers, schools, behavioral health services, public health services, nursing homes, and home health services;
    (C) Whether the program should employ case managers who are notified when a patient comes into contact with social service or EMS providers; and
    (D) Whether the program should be staffed with Department civilian EMS employees;
  (2) Determine the usefulness of advice nurses, tele-medicine, and tele-health techniques;
  (3) Examine the need for, cost of, and implementation of transporting EMS patients to destinations other than hospitals;
  (4) Make recommendations on how to best educate the community on medical conditions and resources for non-emergency medical conditions, as well as the proper use of 911;
  (5) Make recommendations on how to connect repeat users of EMS to effective health care and other services while considering the use of technology and data sharing consistent with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, approved August 21, 1996 (110 Stat. 1936; 42 U.S.C. § 1320d, et seq .) ("Act"), and the regulations issued pursuant to the Act;
  (6) Make recommendations for the District to provide additional health care resources to meet the needs identified by the Task Force, if the Task Force concludes that such resources are necessary;
  (7) Develop reporting requirements, performance measurements, or patient surveys that should be used to evaluate programs recommended by the Task Force; and
  (8) Make recommendations for criteria that will enable the District to train and equip members of the Department to provide pediatric care.
(c) The Task Force shall be comprised of the following:
  (1) The Department's Medical Director, who shall chair the Task Force;
  (2) One representative from a District-based college or university;
  (3) Three representatives from organizations for which the primary purpose of the organization is to provide services, education, or outreach to underserved populations with gaps in EMS or health services;
  (4) One representative from the District of Columbia Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, established by § 7-2341.22 ;
  (5) Two labor representatives, one from each labor organization affiliated with the Department;
  (6) One representative from the Department of Aging and Community Living;
  (7) One representative from the Department of Health;
  (8) One representative from the Department of Health Care Finance;
  (9) One representative from the Department of Behavioral Health; and
  (10) One representative from the Office of Unified Communications.
(d) (1) By June 30, 2017, the Task Force shall submit a report to the Mayor and to the Council that includes the definition of the issues identified in subsection (a) of this section, an analysis of the data supporting the objective assessments, and recommendations completed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
  (2) The Task Force shall dissolve after transmitting its report under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(e) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Department" means the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
  (2) "EMS" means emergency medical services.
  (3) "Practice pharmacies" means pharmacies that optimize health outcomes from drug-related treatments, research safe and effective drug use, and develop practices that maximize patient benefit from medications.
  (4) "Task Force" means the Integrated Health Care Task Force established pursuant to this section.
D.C. Code § 5-1416 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1416
§ 5-1416. Personnel, records, functions, and authority transferred.
Status: in_force

All positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or to be available to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and all the functions assigned and authority delegated to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are hereby transferred to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner established pursuant to § 5-1402 :
(1) Commissioner’s Order 70-83, effective March 6, 1970, vesting the Director of the Department of Human Resources with authority over the Chief Medical Examiner and the operations of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner under Public Law 91-358;
(2) Commissioner’s Order 71-16, effective January 26, 1971, establishing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, headed by the Chief Medical Examiner, in the Department of Human Resources with the functions set forth in Public Law 91-358;
(3) Part IV(B)(2) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1979, effective February 21, 1980, vesting the Commissioner of Public Health, Department of Human Services, with administrative authority over the technical programs and services for medical investigation of all deaths, except clearly natural deaths under Public Law 91-358 and Commissioner’s Order 71-16, as amended;
(4) Part III(K) of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1986, effective January 3, 1987, vesting the Director of the Department of Human Services with responsibility for medically investigating and reporting on known or suspected homicides, suicides, medically unattended or accidental deaths and deaths which might threaten public health and safety;
(5) Mayor’s Order 89-62, Establishment of Commission on the Medical Examiner’s Office, effective March 28, 1989;
(6) Part IV(B)(2) of Reorganization Plan 4 of 1996, Establishment of the District of Columbia Department of Health, placing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner under the supervision of the Director of the Department of Health; and
(7) Department of Health Organization Order No. 15, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, dated May 30, 1997, establishing the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the Department of Health.