D.C. Code § 5-1302 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / § 5-1302
§ 5-1302. Service in Armed Forces — Seniority rights.
Status: in_force

(a) Any officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during the period beginning May 1, 1940, and ending December 31, 1946, and: (1) whose name appeared during such service (as a result of a regular or reopened competitive examination for promotion) on any civil service register with respect to such force or Department for promotion to a higher rank or grade; or (2) whose name appeared on such a register as a result of a reopened examination taken subsequent to his release, shall, for the purpose of determining his seniority rights and service in such rank or grade, be held to have been promoted to such rank or grade as of the earliest date on which an eligible standing lower on the same promotion register received a promotion either permanently or temporarily to such rank or grade.
(b) No officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be entitled to the benefits of this section who has reenlisted after June 1, 1945, in the Regular Army or Air Force or after February 1, 1945, in the Regular Navy.
D.C. Code § 5-1411 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1411
§ 5-1411. Delivery of body; expenses.
Status: in_force

(a) Following investigation or autopsy, the CME shall release the body of the decedent to the person having the right to the body for the purpose of burial or other disposition pursuant to law. If after a reasonable time, established by regulation by the Mayor, no authorized person claims the body of the decedent, the CME shall dispose of the body in accordance with the law.
(b) Expenses of transportation of bodies and autopsies performed pursuant to this chapter shall be borne by the District.
(c) Only the CME shall dispose unclaimed bodies in the District without of next of kin or other means of disposition. The Mayor shall prescribe fees and regulations for the storage and disposal of unclaimed bodies.
D.C. Code § 5-802 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 8 / § 5-802
§ 5-802. Completion of disciplinary investigations.
Status: in_force

The Metropolitan Police Department shall complete a disciplinary investigation, including issuing findings pursuant to the general orders, of a member regardless of whether that member resigns or retires while under investigation.
D.C. Code § 5-133.16 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.16
§ 5-133.16. Transfer of ammunition feeding devices prohibited.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in § 7-2507.05 , and § 22-4517 , the Metropolitan Police Department shall not transfer any ammunition feeding device in its possession to any person or entity other than a law enforcement officer or governmental agency for law enforcement purposes.
D.C. Code § 5-742 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-742
§ 5-742. Credit for active service in military or naval forces.
Status: in_force

In determining eligibility for the amount of benefits from the Policemen and Firemen’s Relief Fund, District of Columbia, or the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund (established by § 1-712 ), each member of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and each member of the United States Secret Service who has actively performed duties other than clerical for 10 years or more directly related to the protection of the President, who shall have left active employment in any such Department, force, or Service to perform active service in the military or naval forces of the United States, shall be credited with all periods of honorable active military or naval service performed on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the war as declared by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress.
D.C. Code § 5-114.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-114.03
§ 5-114.03. Inclusion of insurance information on traffic accident reports.
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer responding to the scene of a motor vehicle accident and completing a traffic accident report shall note the following information on the traffic accident report:
  (1) The insurer or provider of insurance for the operator of each motor vehicle involved in the accident; and
  (2) The insurer or provider of insurance for each motor vehicle involved in the accident.
(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, within 90 days of June 8, 2006, the Metropolitan Police Department shall utilize traffic accident report forms that contain adequate space on the form to identify the name of the insurer or provider of insurance for each motorist and motor vehicle involved in a motor vehicle accident. The word “Insurance” shall appear adjacent to the space on the form provided for the required insurance information.
  (2) Until the Metropolitan Police Department makes the form specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection available to officers, officers shall enter the insurance information required by subsection (a) of this section in the narrative section of the existing traffic accident report form known as a PD-10. Until the supply of existing PD-10 forms in the inventory of the Metropolitan Police Department are depleted, officers may enter the required insurance information in the narrative section of the PD-10.
D.C. Code § 5-331.04 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.04
§ 5-331.04. Reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on First Amendment assemblies.
Status: in_force

(a) The MPD shall recognize and implement the District policy on First Amendment assemblies established in § 5-331.03 when enforcing any restrictions on First Amendment assemblies held on District streets, sidewalks, or other public ways, or in District parks.
(b) The MPD may enforce reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on First Amendment assemblies by:
  (1) Establishing reasonable restrictions on a proposed assembly prior to its planned occurrence though the approval of a plan, where the organizers of the assembly give notice;
  (2) Enforcing reasonable restrictions during the occurrence of an assembly for which a plan has been approved, which are in addition to the restrictions set forth in the approved plan, where the additional restrictions are:
    (A) Ancillary to the restrictions set forth in the approved plan and are designed to implement the substance and intent in the approval of the plan;
    (B) Enforced in response to the occurrence of actions or events unrelated to the assembly that were not anticipated at the time of the approval of the plan and that were not caused by the plan-holder, counter-demonstrators, or the police; or
    (C) Enforced to address a determination by the MPD during the pendency of the assembly that there exists an imminent likelihood of violence endangering persons or threatening to cause significant property damage; or
  (3) Enforcing reasonable restrictions on a First Amendment assembly during its occurrence where a plan was not approved for the assembly.
(c) No time, place, or manner restriction regarding a First Amendment assembly shall be based on the content of the beliefs expressed or anticipated to be expressed during the assembly, or on factors such as the attire or appearance of persons participating or expected to participate in an assembly, nor may such restrictions favor non-First Amendment activities over First Amendment activities.
D.C. Code § 5-404 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-404
§ 5-404. Composition; 2-platoon system; services of veterinary surgeon; attendance by police surgeon.
Status: in_force

The Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be composed of and operated upon a 2-platoon system and the personnel thereof shall consist of 1 Fire Chief; such number of Deputy Fire Chiefs, all of whom shall have had at least 5 years of experience in some regularly organized municipal fire department, and battalion fire chiefs as said Mayor of the District of Columbia may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; 1 fire marshal; such number of deputy fire marshals, inspectors, and clerks as said Mayor may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; such number of captains, lieutenants, and sergeants as said Mayor may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; 1 superintendent of machinery; and such number of assistant superintendents of machinery, pilots, marine engineers, assistant marine engineers, marine firemen, privates of class 6, privates of class 5, privates of class 4, privates of class 3, privates of class 2, privates of class 1, hostlers, and laborers as said Mayor may deem necessary from time to time within the appropriations made by Congress; provided, that the Fire Chief of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall have the right to call for and obtain the services of any veterinary surgeon employed by the District who at the time shall not be engaged in a more emergent veterinary service for the District; provided further, that the police surgeons of said District are required to attend, without charge, the members of the Fire Department of said District, and examine all applicants for appointment to, promotion in, and retirement from said Fire Department.
D.C. Code § 5-131.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-131.01
§ 5-131.01. Authorization; detail of local officers; employment and compensation of Director.
Status: in_force

There is hereby authorized to be established in the Metropolitan Police Department a band to perform at such municipal or civic functions and events as may be authorized by the Mayor of the District of Columbia. The Mayor is authorized in his discretion to detail officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the District of Columbia Fire Department to participate in the activities of such band. The said Mayor is authorized to employ, without reference to the civil service laws, 1 Director for such band with compensation at a rate not to exceed the rate of compensation to which a captain in the Metropolitan Police force is entitled.
D.C. Code § 5-353.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3B-i / § 5-353.01
§ 5-353.01. Use of Force Review Board; membership.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established a Use of Force Review Board ("Board"), which shall review uses of force as set forth by the Metropolitan Police Department in its written directives.
(b) The Board shall consist of the following 13 voting members, and may include non-voting members at the Mayor's discretion:
  (1) Seven MPD members appointed by the Chief of Police who hold the rank of Inspector or above, or the civilian equivalent;
  (2) Three civilian members appointed by the Mayor, pursuant to § 1-523.01(e) , with the following qualifications and no current or prior affiliation with law enforcement, including being employed by a law enforcement agency or law enforcement union:
    (A) One member who has personally experienced the use of force by a law enforcement officer;
    (B) One member of the District of Columbia Bar in good standing; and
    (C) One District resident community member;
  (3) Two civilian members appointed by the Council with the following qualifications and no current affiliation with law enforcement, including being employed by a law enforcement agency or law enforcement union:
    (A) One member with subject matter expertise in criminal justice policy; and
    (B) One member with subject matter expertise in law enforcement oversight and the use of force; and
  (4) The Executive Director of the Office of Police Complaints, or their designee.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Metropolitan Police Department shall publish the findings of fact and merits determination for all Use of Force Review Board investigations on its website.
D.C. Code § 5-331.15 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.15
§ 5-331.15. Training for handling of, and response to, First Amendment assemblies.
Status: in_force

The Chief of Police shall ensure that all relevant MPD personnel, including command staff, supervisory personnel, and line officers, are provided regular and periodic training on the handling of, and response to, First Amendment assemblies. The training shall be tailored to the duties and responsibilities assigned to different MPD positions and ranks during a First Amendment assembly. The training shall include instruction on the provisions of this subchapter, and the regulations issued hereunder.
D.C. Code § 5-1003 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 10 / § 5-1003
§ 5-1003. Attendance of witnesses — Neglect or refusal to obey subpoena.
Status: in_force

If any witness, having been personally summoned, shall neglect or refuse to obey the subpoena issued in § 5-1001 , then in that event the chairman of the trial board may report that fact to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or 1 of the judges thereof and said Court, or any judge thereof, is empowered to compel obedience to said subpoena to the same extent as witnesses may be compelled to obey the subpoenas of that Court.
D.C. Code § 5-1138 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1138
§ 5-1138. Funding.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-561.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-561.01
§ 5-561.01. Conversion to new salary schedule, 1997.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-365.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3E / § 5-365.01
§ 5-365.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter , the term:
  (1) "Boxing in" means a practice or tactic in which law enforcement officers intentionally surround a suspect motor vehicle with pursuit vehicles and then reduce the traveling speed of the pursuit vehicles with the intent to stop or slow the suspect motor vehicle.
  (2) "Caravanning" means a practice or tactic in which a law enforcement officer operates a pursuit vehicle without maintaining a reasonable distance between another pursuit vehicle.
  (3) "Crime of violence" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 23-1331(4) .
  (4) "Deploying a roadblock" means a tactic or practice in which a law enforcement officer intentionally places a vehicle or object in the path of the suspect vehicle with the intent to stop the suspect motor vehicle.
  (5) (A) "Deploying a tire deflation device" means a tactic or practice in which a law enforcement officer intentionally places or activates a device that extends across the roadway with the intent to slow or stop a suspect vehicle.
    (B) The term "deploying a tire deflation device" does not include raising bollards or other barricades when:
      (i) The bollard or barricade is clearly visible to the operator of the suspect motor vehicle; and
      (ii) The bollard or barricade is raised in a manner that provides the operator of the suspect motor vehicle adequate time to safely avoid the bollard or barricade.
  (6) "Law enforcement officer" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 23-501(2) .
  (7) "Motor vehicle" means an automobile, all-terrain vehicle, a motorcycle, moped, or any other vehicle designed to be propelled only by an internal-combustion engine or electricity.
  (8) "Paralleling" means a practice or tactic in which a law enforcement officer operates a pursuit vehicle in the same direction and at approximately the same speed as the suspect motor vehicle using another street or highway parallel to the direction or route of the suspect motor vehicle.
  (9) "Pursuit vehicle" means any motor vehicle operated by a law enforcement officer during a vehicular pursuit of a fleeing suspect.
  (10) "Ramming" means a tactic in which a law enforcement officer intentionally causes a pursuit vehicle to come into physical contact with a suspect motor vehicle with the intent to damage, slow, or stop the suspect motor vehicle, regardless of the speed of the pursuit vehicle.
  (11) "Serious bodily injury" means extreme physical pain, illness, or impairment of physical condition, including physical injury that involves:
    (A) A substantial risk of death;
    (B) Protracted and obvious disfigurement;
    (C) Protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ; or
    (D) Protracted loss of consciousness.
  (12) "Vehicular pursuit" means the operation of a pursuit vehicle in a manner that is not consistent with the posted speed limit or other applicable traffic regulations in an attempt to apprehend a suspect who is eluding apprehension while operating a motor vehicle.
D.C. Code § 5-133.11 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.11
§ 5-133.11. Discriminating laws not to be enforced.
Status: in_force

The said Mayor of the District of Columbia shall not enforce any law or ordinance discriminating between persons in the administration of justice.
D.C. Code § 5-119.12 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.12
§ 5-119.12. Sale of unclaimed animals.
Status: in_force

Horses and other animals taken by the police and remaining unclaimed for 20 days may be advertised and sold upon 10 days public notice.
D.C. Code § 5-119.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.01
§ 5-119.01. Property Clerk office created; definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be an office of the Metropolitan Police District known as the Office of the Property Clerk. The Property Clerk shall be a member of the Metropolitan Police force. The staff shall consist of civilians who are not members of the Metropolitan Police force, except that police officers may provide security for lost, stolen, or abandoned property held by the office.
(b) For purposes of §§ 5-119.02 through 5-119.10 and §§ 5-119.12 through 5-119.18 :
  (1) The term “lost property” means any personal property, tangible or intangible, except a motor vehicle, the owner of which is unknown and which has been casually or involuntarily parted with through negligence, carelessness, or inadvertence.
  (2) The term “finder of lost property” means any person other than a public officer of the Metropolitan Police Department who has found lost property.
D.C. Code § 5-1111 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1111
§ 5-1111. Complaint investigation, findings, and determination.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Executive Director refers a complaint for investigation, the Executive Director shall assign an investigator to investigate the complaint.
(b) If the complainant refuses to cooperate in the investigation, the Executive Director may dismiss the complaint in accordance with §§ 5-1107 and 5-1108 .
(c) The Executive Director is authorized to cause the issuance of subpoenas under the seal of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia compelling the complainant, the subject officer or officers, witnesses, and other persons to respond to written or oral questions, or to produce relevant documents or other evidence as may be necessary for the proper investigation and determination of a complaint. The service of any such subpoena on a subject police officer or any other employee of the MPD may be effected by service on the Police Chief or on his designee, who shall deliver the subpoena to the subject police officer or employee. The Police Chief or his designee shall transmit the return of service to the Office. Statements made pursuant to a subpoena shall be given under oath or affirmation.
(d) Employees of the MPD shall cooperate fully with the Office in the investigation and adjudication of a complaint. 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. An employee of the MPD shall not retaliate, directly or indirectly, against a person who files a complaint under this chapter. If a complaint of retaliation is sustained under this chapter, the subject police officer or employee shall be subject to appropriate penalty, including dismissal. Such disciplinary action shall not be taken with respect to an employee’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
(e) When the investigator completes the investigation, the investigator shall summarize the results of the investigation in an investigative report which, along with the investigative file, shall be transmitted to the Executive Director. After reviewing the investigative report and the investigative file, the Executive Director may dismiss the complaint in accordance with §§ 5-1107 and 5-1108 , may direct the investigator to undertake additional investigation, or may refer the complaint to a complaint examiner designated by the Executive Director to determine the merits of the complaint.
(f) Upon receiving a complaint, a complaint examiner may request that the Executive Director order additional investigation, may proceed to determine the merits of the complaint in a fair and expeditious manner based on the investigative report and the investigative file, or may hold an evidentiary hearing. If the complaint examiner determines that an evidentiary hearing is necessary to determine fairly the merits of a complaint, the testimony at such hearing shall be under oath or affirmation, and the parties may be represented by counsel. A complaint examiner shall have the authority to administer an oath or affirmation to a witness.
(g) If, after the Executive Director assigns a complaint to a complaint examiner, the parties indicate to the complaint examiner that they are willing to resolve the complaint through conciliation or mediation, the complaint examiner may act as a conciliator or mediator. If a party already is represented by counsel, that party may continue to be represented by counsel during this conciliation or mediation process. If one party is represented by counsel and the other party is not so represented, the complaint examiner shall, upon request, give the unrepresented party a reasonable time to obtain counsel before commencing the mediation or conciliation process. Any resulting written conciliation or mediation agreement may be confidential as provided in § 5-1110(h) , and neither any such agreement nor any oral nor written statement made by a party during the course of the conciliation or mediation process may be used as a basis for any discipline or recommended discipline of the subject police officer or officers or in any civil or criminal litigation, except as otherwise provided by the rules of court or the rules of evidence.
(h) Upon review of the investigative file and the evidence adduced at any evidentiary hearing, and in the absence of the resolution of the complaint by conciliation or mediation, the complaint examiner shall make written findings of fact regarding all material issues of fact, and shall determine whether the facts found sustain or do not sustain each allegation of misconduct. In making that determination, the complaint examiner may consider any MPD regulation, policy, or order that prescribes standards of conduct for police officers. For purposes of this chapter, these written findings of fact and determinations by the complaint examiner (collectively, the “merits determination”) may not be rejected unless they clearly misapprehend the record before the complaint examiner and are not supported by substantial, reliable, and probative evidence in that record.
(i) If the complaint examiner determines that one or more allegations in the complaint is sustained, the Executive Director shall transmit the entire complaint file, including the merits determination of the complaint examiner, to the Police Chief for appropriate action. If the complaint examiner determines that no allegation in the complaint is sustained, the Executive Director shall dismiss the complaint and notify the parties and the Police Chief in writing of such dismissal with a copy of the merits determination.
D.C. Code § 5-206 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / § 5-206
§ 5-206. Arrests and execution of process on federal reservations in District.
Status: in_force

On and within roads, parks, parkways, and other federal reservations in the environs of the District of Columbia, the several members of the United States Park Police force shall have the power and authority to make arrests without warrant for any felony or misdemeanor committed in the presence or view of such members in violation of any federal law or regulation issued pursuant to law, or for any felony that in fact has been or is being committed in violation of any such law or regulation where they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony, and shall have power to take any person arrested by them, without unnecessary delay, before the federal court having jurisdiction over the offense or before a United States Magistrate specifically designated to try and sentence persons charged with petty offenses as provided in the Act of October 9, 1940 (54 Stat. 1058), or before any other officer having authority to hold or commit for the offense. Such police officers shall also have power upon such roads and within such parks, parkways, and other reservations to execute any warrant or other process issued by a court or officer of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provisions of any federal law or regulation issued pursuant to law; provided, that the power and authority herein granted shall not extend to military personnel for offenses committed on military reservations; provided further, that the power and authority herein granted shall not limit or restrict the investigative jurisdiction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
D.C. Code § 5-133.04a — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.04a
§ 5-133.04a. Watchmen at Municipal Building.
Status: in_force

Policemen shall not be detailed for duty as watchmen at the Municipal Building.
D.C. Code § 5-1114 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1114
§ 5-1114. Metropolitan Police Department disciplinary authority.
Status: in_force

(a) The MPD shall have full authority, under the procedures established pursuant to § 5-133.06 , to initiate disciplinary proceedings against an officer of the MPD with respect to a charge of misconduct within the scope of § 5-1107 prior to the timely filing of a complaint with the Office.
(b) If the MPD has initiated disciplinary proceedings against an officer of the MPD for alleged misconduct, the subsequent timely filing with the Office of a complaint against the same officer or officers, alleging the same misconduct, shall not preclude the MPD from proceeding with its own disciplinary process. Nor shall the fact that the MPD has initiated disciplinary proceedings against a police officer for alleged misconduct preclude the Office from processing a complaint that was timely filed against the same officer and alleging the same misconduct, except that the Police Chief may not punish the same officer more than once for the same act or omission that constitutes misconduct.
(c) When the MPD has not initiated a disciplinary proceeding against a police officer prior to the timely filing of a complaint with the Office, the MPD shall not initiate a disciplinary proceeding against the subject police officer or officers with regard to misconduct alleged in such complaint until the Office disposes of the complaint.
(d) A merits determination by a complaint examiner, on the basis of an evidentiary hearing, that no allegation of misconduct in the complaint is sustained, as well as a decision of a final review panel that reverses in its entirety a merits determination that sustained one or more allegations of the complaint, precludes the MPD from imposing discipline on the subject police officer or officers with respect to any allegation of misconduct contained in the complaint.
(e) A merits determination by a complaint examiner, on the basis of an evidentiary hearing, or a later decision of a final review panel, if any, shall be binding on the subject police officer or officers and on the Police Chief in all subsequent proceedings as to all essential facts determined and all violations found.
(f) If the complaint examiner has not held an evidentiary hearing and the Police Chief imposes termination as a disciplinary action, the affected police officer shall be entitled to a post-termination administrative proceeding as provided by law. A police officer disciplined by the Police Chief, whether by termination or otherwise, shall be entitled to whatever administrative disciplinary proceeding is afforded under any applicable collective bargaining agreement.
D.C. Code § 5-525.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-525.01
§ 5-525.01. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Overtime Settlement Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Overtime Settlement Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Office of the City Administrator in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, there shall be deposited into the Fund:
    (A) Excess Fiscal Year 2015 revenues certified by the Chief Financial Officer in the June 2015 quarterly revenue estimate; and
    (B) Immediately upon completion of the fiscal year-end close, the undesignated and unreserved end-of-the-year fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia.
  (2) The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit into the Fund only the amount necessary to fully satisfy the District’s obligations referenced in subsection (c) of this section. Any excess above that amount shall be deposited into the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia, subject to any allocation required by § 47-392.02 .
(c) The Fund shall be used to pay 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).
District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department v. District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board, et al.
(d) The money deposited into the Fund, and interest earned, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
D.C. Code § 5-111.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-111.01
§ 5-111.01. Clothing — Rules of uniformity; failure to comply with rules.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia shall provide specific rules for uniform clothing of the police force, and any member shall be removed from the force for not complying with such rules.
D.C. Code § 5-335.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-335.02
§ 5-335.02. Post-and-forfeit amounts.
Status: in_force

(a) The Superior Court shall determine the amount of money that is associated with each misdemeanor qualified for resolution using the post-and-forfeit procedure as determined by the OAG pursuant to § 5-335.01(c) .
(b) Within 90 days after the Superior Court issues an updated list of the amount of money associated with each qualified misdemeanor, the Chief of Police shall issue the list of misdemeanors that law enforcement officers are authorized to resolve using the post-and-forfeit procedure. The Chief of Police shall make the list available to the public, including placing the list on the MPD website and having it available for review in each police station.
D.C. Code § 5-204 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / § 5-204
§ 5-204. Medical attendance.
Status: in_force

The park watchmen on April 28, 1902, provided by law and those that may thereafter be provided for by law for service in any of the public squares and reservations in the District of Columbia, shall receive free medical attendance, the same as the Metropolitan Police of said District.
D.C. Code § 5-119.05 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.05
§ 5-119.05. Administration of oaths; certification of depositions.
Status: in_force

The Property Clerk may administer oaths and certify depositions which may be necessary to establish the ownership of any property or money lost, abandoned, or returned to him under the directions of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, including such property or money so returned which is alleged to have been feloniously obtained or to be the proceeds of crime.
D.C. Code § 5-1402 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1402
§ 5-1402. Establishment of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner; appointments, qualifications, and compensation.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a subordinate agency in the Executive branch of the District government, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
(b) The Mayor shall nominate, with the advice and consent of the Council, a person to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner within the OCME pursuant to § 1-523.01(a) . The CME shall be responsible for the management and operation of the OCME. The CME shall appoint a Deputy CME and any other medical examiners the CME finds necessary to carry out the duties of the OCME.
(c) (1) The CME, the Deputy CME, and any medical examiners appointed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall be physicians licensed to practice medicine in the District.
  (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the CME, the Deputy CME, and any medical examiners appointed after October 19, 2000, shall be certified in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology or be eligible for such certification.
  (3) The certification requirement of paragraph (2) of this subsection may be waived by the Mayor for the CME appointed to fill the term beginning on May 1, 2007, and ending on April 30, 2013.
(d) The Mayor shall fix the compensation of the CME pursuant to subchapter X-A of Chapter 6 of Title 1 [ § 1-610.51 et seq.]. The Mayor shall fix the compensation of all medical examiners appointed by the CME pursuant to this section.
(e) The CME shall be appointed for a 6-year term.
(f) If a vacancy in the position of Chief Medical Examiner occurs as a consequence of resignation, disability, death, or a reason other than the expiration of the term of the Chief Medical Examiner, the Mayor shall appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term in the same manner provided in § 1-523.01(a) . A person appointed to fill the unexpired term shall serve only for the remainder of the term.
D.C. Code § 5-762 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-762
§ 5-762. Retired police officer deployment as public school security personnel.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except for disability annuitants, police officers retired from the Metropolitan Police force shall be eligible for rehire at the discretion of the Superintendent of the D.C. Public Schools as security personnel of the D.C. Public Schools without jeopardy to the retirement benefits of the police officers.
  (2) Service pursuant to this section shall not count as creditable service for the purpose of § 5-704 .
  (3) A retired police officer who is rehired under this section shall be paid a salary of no more than that equal to the salary paid a Class 1, Step 1 Officer within the Metropolitan Police Department and shall not be eligible for longevity pay.
  (4) A retired police officer who is rehired pursuant to this section shall be vested with the powers of a Special Police Officer with the Uniform Waivers pursuant to § 5-129.02 , not including the authority to carry a firearm.
(b) All costs associated with the hiring of retired police officers as school security guards shall be absorbed within the D.C. Public Schools budget.
(c) A retired police officer who is rehired pursuant to this section and is vested with the powers of a Special Police Officer would be subject to the requirements of 6A DCMR, Chapter 11, which governs Special Police.
D.C. Code § 5-113.06 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-113.06
§ 5-113.06. Records open to public inspection.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the records to be kept by paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of § 5-113.01 shall be open to public inspection when not in actual use, and this requirement shall be enforceable by mandatory injunction issued by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on the application of any person.
(b) The name, address, date of birth, occupation, and photograph of any person convicted of a violation of Chapter 27 of Title 22 , shall be made available to the public upon written request, in exchange for a reasonable fee established by the Mayor or his or her designee.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the actual addresses of participants in the Address Confidentiality Program established by § 4-555.02 , shall be withheld from public inspection.
D.C. Code § 5-105.06 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-105.06
§ 5-105.06. Assistant to inspector commanding detective bureau.
Status: in_force

On and after June 20, 1942, the Mayor of the District of Columbia may assign to duty as assistant to the inspector commanding the detective bureau in the Metropolitan Police Department any officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force and, during the period of such assignment, the said officer or member shall hold the rank and receive the pay of a captain of police and shall be eligible for assignment, by the said Mayor, as chief of detectives. For the duration of such latter assignment such officer or member shall hold the rank and receive the pay of a Deputy Chief of Police.
D.C. Code § 5-581 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5A / § 5-581
§ 5-581. MPD Overtime Reimbursement Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) This section may be cited as the "MPD Overtime Reimbursement Fund Establishment Act of 2022".
(b) There is established as a special fund, the MPD Overtime Reimbursement Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.
(c) Except as provided in in § 1-325.81 , revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund:
  (1) Fees paid pursuant to § 47-2851.04(d)(2) related to police services; and
  (2) Fees paid pursuant to section 3002 of the Police Escort Reimbursement Amendment Act of 2014, effective February 26, 2015 (D.C. Law 20-155; D.C. Official Code § 5-129.71) .
(d) Money in the Fund shall be used for the purpose of reimbursing MPD for the cost of overtime needed to:
  (1) Staff special events, such as parades, carnivals, and movie productions; and
  (2) Provide security details to establishments, such as bars, nightclubs, and sports teams, that pay for extra police coverage.
D.C. Code § 5-119.13 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.13
§ 5-119.13. Sale of perishable property.
Status: in_force

All perishable property so taken and unclaimed shall be sold at once.
D.C. Code § 5-129.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-129.03
§ 5-129.03. Appointment of special police without pay.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia may, upon any emergency of riot, pestilence, invasion, insurrection, or during any day of public election, ceremony, or celebration, appoint as many special privates without pay, from among the citizens, as he may deem advisable, and for a specified time. During the term of service of such special privates, they shall possess all the powers and privileges and perform all the duties of the privates of the standing police force of the District and such special privates shall wear an emblem to be presented by the Mayor.
D.C. Code § 5-331.10 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.10
§ 5-331.10. Documentation of arrests in connection with a First Amendment assembly.
Status: in_force

(a) The MPD shall cause every arrest in connection with a First Amendment assembly to be documented, in writing or electronically, by the officer at the scene who makes the arrest.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the arrest documentation shall be completed at a time reasonably contemporaneous with the arrest, and shall include:
  (1) The name of the person arrested;
  (2) The date and time of the arrest;
  (3) Each offense charged;
  (4) The location of the arrest, and of each offense;
  (5) A brief statement of the facts and evidence establishing the basis to arrest the person for each offense;
  (6) An identification of the arresting officer (name and badge number); and
  (7) Any other information the MPD may determine is necessary.
(c) (1) The Chief of Police may implement a procedure for documenting arrests in connection with a First Amendment assembly different from that set forth in subsection (b) of this section where the Chief determines that an emergency exists with regard to a specific First Amendment assembly, and that implementation of the alternative procedure is necessary to assist police in protecting persons, property, or preventing unlawful conduct; provided, that any such procedure shall adequately document the basis that existed for each individual arrest.
  (2) The determination of the Chief of Police made pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be made in writing and shall include an explanation of the circumstances justifying the determination.
  (3) The determination of the Chief of Police made pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be valid for a period of 24 hours, and may be renewed by the Chief, or in the Chief’s absence, the Chief’s designee.
D.C. Code § 5-202 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / § 5-202
§ 5-202. Organization.
Status: in_force

The United States Park Police shall be under the exclusive charge and control of the Director of the National Park Service. It shall consist of an active officer of the United States Army, detailed by the Department of the Army, 1 lieutenant with grade corresponding to that of lieutenant (Metropolitan Police), 1 first sergeant, 5 sergeants with grade corresponding to that of sergeant (Metropolitan Police), and 54 privates, all of whom shall have served 3 years to be with grade corresponding to private, class 3 (Metropolitan Police); all of whom shall have served 1 year to be with grade corresponding to private, class 2 (Metropolitan Police) and such others as the Director of the National Park Service deems necessary and are appropriated for by Congress; and all of whom shall have served less than 1 year to be with grade corresponding to private, class 1 (Metropolitan Police).
D.C. Code § 5-717 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-717
§ 5-717. Deferred annuities; refund of deductions; redeposits and interest.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who completes 5 years of police or fire service and who is thereafter separated from his department, except for retirement under § 5-709 , § 5-710 , or § 5-712 , shall be entitled to an annuity commencing on the 1st day of the month during which such member attains the age of 55 or on the 1st day of the 1st month beginning after such member’s separation from his department, whichever month occurs later. Such annuity shall be computed at the rate of 21/2% of his average pay for each year of service up to 20 years of service and at the rate of 3% of his average pay for each year of service after 20 years of service, or, in the case of a member who first became such a member after the end of the 90-day period beginning on July 1, 1977, after 25 years of service, except that such annuity may not exceed 80% of the average pay of such member.
(b) (1) Any member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who completes 5 years of police or fire service and who is thereafter separated from his department (other than a member who retires under § 5-709 , § 5-710 , or § 5-712 ) may elect, at the time of his separation, to receive a refund of the amount of deductions made from his salary under this subchapter. Receipt of such refund by the member shall void all annuity rights under this subchapter.
  (2) (A) Any member who, by electing to receive a refund under paragraph (1) of this subsection, loses annuity rights under this subchapter, may reestablish all such rights at any time prior to attaining the age of 55 by redepositing the amount of such refund plus interest computed in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
    (B) If any member who receives a refund under paragraph (1) of this subsection is subsequently reappointed to any department whose members come under this subchapter and elects, at the time of such reappointment, to redeposit the amount refunded to him under paragraph (1) of this subsection plus interest computed in accordance with subsection (c) of this section, then credit shall be allowed under this subchapter for such member’s prior period of service. Such redeposit (and the required interest thereon) may, at the election of the member, be made in a lump sum or in not to exceed 60 monthly installments, except that if the member dies before depositing the full amount due under the preceding sentence, the requirements of such sentence shall be deemed to have been met.
(c) The interest which is required by subsection (b)(2)(A) and (B) of this section and by subsection (b)(2) of § 5-706 to be paid by a member who redeposits the amount of previously refunded deductions shall be computed as follows:
  (1) Interest shall be paid at a rate which (as determined by the District of Columbia Retirement Board) is equal to the average rate of return on investment (adjusted to the nearest one eighth of 1%) for the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund (established by § 1-712 ) for the period beginning on the 1st day of the 1st month which begins after the end of the service with respect to which the redeposit is made and ending on the last day of the month which precedes the month during which he redeposits the refund if he makes a lump-sum payment or during which he makes the 1st monthly payment if he makes monthly payments, except that for so much of any such period which precedes October 1, 1981, the average rate of interest on interest-bearing obligations of the United States forming a part of the public debt (adjusted to the nearest one eighth of 1%) shall be used in determining the interest rate to be paid on redeposits under this subchapter;
  (2) Interest shall be payable for the period beginning on the 1st day of the 1st month which begins after the end of the period of service with respect to which the redeposit is made and ending on the last day of the month which precedes the month during which he redeposits the refund;
  (3) If a member elects to make his redeposit in monthly installments, each monthly payment shall include interest on that portion of the refund which is then being redeposited.
D.C. Code § 5-1011 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 10 / § 5-1011
§ 5-1011. Oath of members.
Status: in_force

Each member of the trial boards shall take an oath to be administered by the Chief Clerk of the Police Department for the faithful and impartial performance of the duties of the office.
D.C. Code § 5-129.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-129.01
§ 5-129.01. Crossings and intersections; penalty for failure to stop car.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-117.04 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-117.04
§ 5-117.04. Interference with police.
Status: in_force

Any willful interference with the Chief of Police, or with any member of the police force, by any of the persons named in § 5-117.01 [repealed], while in official and due discharge of duty, shall be punishable as a misdemeanor.
D.C. Code § 5-722 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-722
§ 5-722. Police and Firefighters Retirement and Relief Board.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In order to carry out his responsibilities under this subchapter with respect to retirement and disability determinations, and related functions, the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall establish a Police and Firefighters Retirement and Relief Board (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Board”). The Board shall be composed of:
    (A) Members and alternates appointed from among persons who are employees of the District of Columbia, one member and one or more alternates from each of the following:
      (i) The District of Columbia Department of Human Resources;
      (ii) The Office of the Attorney General;
      (iii) The Department of Health;
      (iv) The Metropolitan Police Department; and
      (v) The Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department; and
    (B) (i) One member, and one or more alternates, each of whom shall be a physician, and shall be appointed from among persons who are not officers or employees of the District of Columbia; and
      (ii) One member, and one or more alternates, who shall be appointed from among persons who are not officers or employees of the District of Columbia.
  (2) The member, and one or more alternates, appointed from among employees of the Department of Health shall be physicians.
  (3) All appointments shall be made by the Mayor.
(b) The members appointed under subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section shall be appointed for 2 years, and shall be entitled to receive compensation for each day they are actually engaged in carrying out duties vested in the Board in the same manner as persons employed intermittently under § 3109 of Title 5 of the United States Code. Such members shall be appointed within 90 days after September 3, 1974.
(c) The Mayor shall establish rules for the Board to assure that the Board functions fairly and equitably. The Mayor shall provide the staff necessary for the Board.
(d) In addition to the members and alternates of the Board designated by subsection (a) of this section, in all cases of retirement, disability, or other relief involving a member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division or a member of the United States Secret Service Division, who is covered by this subchapter, a member and alternate of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division or a member and alternate of the United States Secret Service Division, as designated by the Director, United States Secret Service Division, as appropriate shall sit as a member of the Police and Firemen’s Retirement and Relief Board.
D.C. Code § 5-133.13 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.13
§ 5-133.13. Mobile laboratory.
Status: in_force

The Metropolitan Police force shall maintain and operate a motor vehicle equipped with cameras, photographic developing equipment, an electrical generator, floodlights, and such other equipment as may be necessary to permit the use of the vehicle as a mobile laboratory to handle evidence at the scenes of crimes and otherwise to aid in the prevention and detection of crime.
D.C. Code § 5-1404 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1404
§ 5-1404. Former duties of coroner; oaths; teaching; other duties.
Status: in_force

(a) The CME shall be responsible for all the medical functions formerly performed by the coroner in the District consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The CME and such other medical examiners as may be appointed may administer oaths and affirmations and take affidavits in connection with the performance of their duties.
(a-1) The CME may provide pathology and toxicology services to other District government agencies, non-District government agencies, and private entities, and may establish fees or require the payment of costs for the provision of such services.
(b) The CME, and OCME employees authorized by the CME, may teach post-secondary, medical, and law school classes, conduct special classes for government personnel, conduct research, and engage in other activities related to their work.
(c) The CME shall inform the Registrar of Vital Records of all deaths of children 18 years of age or younger as soon as practicable, but in any event, within 5 business days.
(d) The CME, or the CME's designee, shall attend all reviews of deaths by District government fatality review committees and fatality review boards. The CME shall coordinate with such committees and boards in their investigations of deaths.
D.C. Code § 5-410 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-410
§ 5-410. Restrictions on leaving District; or being absent from duty.
Status: in_force

No member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall, unless on leave of absence, go beyond the confines of the District of Columbia, or be absent from duty without permission.
D.C. Code § 5-333.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-333.03
§ 5-333.03. Purpose; scope.
Status: in_force

This subchapter establishes the responsibilities of and procedures for the MPD relating to investigations and preliminary inquiries, including criminal intelligence investigations and inquiries, that may affect activities protected by the First Amendment. This subchapter does not apply to criminal investigations or inquiries that do not involve First Amendment activities.
D.C. Code § 5-1406.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1406.01
§ 5-1406.01. Mass fatality management and response.
Status: in_force

(a) The OCME shall serve as the lead agency for the District's mass fatality management and mass fatality incident response.
(b) The CME shall create a District mass fatality management response plan.
(c) (1) The CME may enter into, request, or provide assistance under a mutual aid agreement with states or local jurisdictions within the National Capital region or with the federal government for the purpose of mass fatality management or mass fatality incident response; provided, that any financial obligation created by a mutual aid agreement is consistent with the limitations under § 47-355.02 , as determined by the General Counsel of OCME after consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
  (2) The CME may enter into a mutual aid agreement that creates a financial obligation for the District if there is clear legal and budgetary authority to do so, as determined by the General Counsel of OCME after a legal sufficiency review by the Office of the Attorney General and a budgetary authority review by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
  (3) Any requests by the CME for federal assistance shall be coordinated with the Mayor's authorized representative, designated pursuant to 44 C.F.R. § 206.41(d).
(d) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Mass fatality incident" means a situation resulting in more human remains to be investigated, recovered, and examined than can be managed using District resources, or any other exceptional circumstance that results in the inability to process human remains under routine conditions.
  (2) "Mass fatality management" means the training of and cooperation among governmental and nongovernmental agencies, organizations, associations, and other entities to ensure the accomplishment of the following after a mass fatality incident:
    (A) The proper recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage, and certification of cause and manner of death of victims; and
    (B) Facilitating access to mental and behavioral health services to family members, responders, and survivors.
  (3) "National Capital region" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 2-1001(b)(1) .
D.C. Code § 5-133.18 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.18
§ 5-133.18. Proceeds from sales of excess vehicles.
Status: in_force

Effective October 19, 2000, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, police vehicles purchased for the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) which have been declared excess, either through age or mechanical faults, shall be auctioned, or otherwise disposed of by the MPD. Revenue not to exceed $500,000 generated by auction or other means of disposal shall be returned to the MPD as Other Revenue, to be used expressly for the purchase of specialty replacement vehicles, including motorcycles. Any revenue in excess of $500,000 shall revert to the General Fund.
D.C. Code § 5-411 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-411
§ 5-411. Extra equipment authorized for volunteer fire organization.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to install under such rules and regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia may prescribe, in any suburb of the said District, such extra apparatus and appliances belonging to the Fire Department of the District of Columbia as may, in his opinion, be available for the use of any volunteer fire organization which may be created in such suburb; and such apparatus and appliances shall be maintained in proper condition for service by the purchase of the necessary supplies out of the appropriations provided for the Fire Department of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 5-1139 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1139
§ 5-1139. Miscellaneous provisions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-712 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-712
§ 5-712. Optional retirement.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on November 27, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version .*
(a) Any member who first becomes employed on or after the first day of the first pay period that begins after October 29, 1996, and who completes 25 years of service, and gives at least 60 days written advanced notice to his department stating his intention to retire and stating the date of which he will retire, may voluntarily retire from the service and shall be entitled to an annuity computed at a rate of 2.5% of the member’s average pay times the number of years of the member’s creditable service; provided that such notice requirement may be waived by the department head when, in his opinion, circumstances justify such waiver; provided further, that whenever the Mayor shall determine that there exists an emergency which is likely to endanger the safety of the public and that the public safety cannot be adequately protected except by suspending the retirement provisions of this subsection, then the Mayor shall be authorized, upon notice to the District of Columbia Retirement Board, to suspend the retirement provisions of this subsection in any 1 or more of the departments under his jurisdiction until such time as, in the opinion of the Mayor, public safety can be adequately protected without such suspension. Any member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia and first becomes such a member after the end of the 90-day period beginning on November 17, 1979, and who completes 25 years of police or fire service and attains the age of 50 years and any other member (other than a member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who first becomes such a member after the end of such 90-day period) who completes 20 years of police or fire service may, after giving at least 60 days written advance notice to his department head stating his intention to retire and stating the date on which he will retire, voluntarily retire from the service and shall be entitled to an annuity computed at the rate of 2.5% of his average pay for each year of service; except that the rate of 3% of his average pay shall be used to compute each year’s police or fire service in excess of:
  (1) Twenty-five years, in the case of a member who becomes a member after the end of such 90-day period; or
  (2) Twenty years, in the case of any other member; provided that such notice requirement may be waived by the department head when, in his opinion, circumstances justify such waiver; provided further, that whenever the Mayor or the Chief of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the Chief of the United States Park Police force, or the Chief of the United States Secret Service Division shall determine that there exists an emergency which is likely to endanger the safety of the public and that the public safety cannot be adequately protected except by suspending the retirement provisions of this subsection, then the Mayor or any of said Chiefs shall be authorized to suspend the retirement provisions of this subsection in any 1 or more of the departments under their respective jurisdictions until such time as, in the opinion of the Mayor or any of said Chiefs, respectively, public safety can be adequately protected without such suspension.
(a-1) For the purposes of the first sentence of subsection (a) of this section, the term “creditable service” means the period of employment with the Metropolitan Police Department for police officers and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia for fire fighters first employed on or after the first day of the first pay period which begins after October 29, 1996, and includes any United States military service including the following:
  (1) Credit for periods of military service prior to the member’s date of separation, that interrupts the member’s service with the Department, unless the member applies for and receives a refund of the member’s salary deductions; and
  (2) Credit for any period of time during which a member is on approved leave without pay to serve as a full-time officer or employee of a labor organization.
(a-2) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, sworn members of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department hired before or on September 11, 2008, may make a one-time election, at their option, in writing, to participate in one of the retirement programs created by subsection (a) of this section; provided, that any and all additional costs above the costs which would otherwise be incurred by the District for that sworn member pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the member, as determined by actuaries appointed by the District of Columbia. The District shall not be responsible for any additional administrative or program costs associated with a retirement program transfer authorized by this subsection. All costs associated with the transfer to a new retirement program under this subsection shall be borne by the member.
(a-3) Notwithstanding any other law, rule, or regulation, sworn members of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department hired after September 11, 2008, shall make a one-time election, at their option, in writing, to participate in one of the retirement programs created by subsection (a) of this section; provided, that any and all additional costs above the costs which would otherwise be incurred by the District for that sworn member pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be paid by the member, as determined by actuaries appointed by the District of Columbia. The District shall not be responsible for any additional administrative or program costs associated with a retirement program selection authorized by this subsection. All costs associated with the selection of a retirement program under this subsection shall be borne by the member.
(b) Any member of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division or of the United States Park Police force or of the United States Secret Service Division, having reached the age of 60 years, to whom this subchapter apply shall, in the discretion of the head of the member's department, be retired from the service and shall be entitled to receive an annuity as computed under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) No annuity granted under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall exceed 80% of the average pay of such member.
(d) In computing an annuity under this section, the police or fire service of a member who has not retired prior to the effective date of this subsection shall include, without regard to the limitation imposed by subsection (c) of this section, the days of unused sick leave credited to him. Days of unused sick leave shall not be counted in determining a member’s eligibility for an annuity under this section.
(e) Any member who is an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who completes 18 years of police or fire service may voluntarily retire from the service on or before December 31, 1980, and shall be entitled to an annuity computed at the rate of 2.5% of the average pay of such member or officer for each year of service; provided, that the amortization payment to the District of Columbia Retirement Board for the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund shall be made from appropriations of the Metropolitan Police and Fire Departments.
(f) Notwithstanding the first sentence of subsection (a) of this section, Charles H. Ramsey, Chief of Police, may voluntarily retire from the service and, effective April 21, 1998, the date of his appointment as Chief of Police, shall be entitled to an annuity computed at a rate of 3.43% of his average pay times the number of years of his creditable service.
(g) Notwithstanding the first sentence of subsection (a) of this section, at the time that Chief of Police Cathy L. Lanier voluntarily retires or is otherwise separated from the Metropolitan Police Department, she shall be entitled to an annuity computed at 71.5% of her average highest base pay for 36 consecutive months, including longevity payments.
(g-1) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, at the time that Chief of Police Peter Newsham voluntarily retires or is otherwise separated from the Metropolitan Police Department, he shall be entitled to an annuity computed at 80% of his average highest base pay for 24 consecutive months.
(h) A member who meets the requirements for receiving an annuity under this subchapter, but for the fact that the member has not yet retired, shall be 100% vested in the member’s annuity.
(i) Each year, the District of Columbia Retirement Board shall set the applicable interest rate, mortality table, and cost-of-living factor to be used in the determination of actuarial equivalents or for other pertinent benefit calculations under the provisions of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 5-208 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / § 5-208
§ 5-208. Environs of the District of Columbia defined.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of §§ 5-206 to 5-208 , the environs of the District of Columbia are hereby defined as embracing Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford Counties and the City of Alexandria in Virginia, and Prince George’s, Charles, Anne Arundel, and Montgomery Counties in Maryland.
D.C. Code § 5-111.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-111.02
§ 5-111.02. Display of United States flag or colors.
Status: in_force

(a) The uniform of officers and members of the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, the Capitol Police, and the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia shall bear a distinctive patch, pin, or other emblem depicting the flag of the United States or the colors thereof.
(b) The Secretary of the Interior in the case in the United States Park Police force, the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, the Capitol Police Board in the case of the Capitol Police, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia in the case of the Metropolitan Police force shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c) This section shall take effect 180 days after June 30, 1970.
D.C. Code § 5-1032 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 10A / § 5-1032
§ 5-1032. Report on misconduct  allegations and grievances.
Status: in_force

The Chief of  Police and the Fire Chief shall, not later than January 15 of each  calendar year, beginning in 2006, deliver a report to the Mayor and  the Council concerning misconduct and grievances filed by or against  members of their respective departments. The report shall contain:
(1) The number of  individuals, of all rank and services, investigated and disciplined  for misconduct, categorized by the nature of the misconduct allegations,  the nature of those misconduct allegations that are substantiated,  and the discipline given for substantiated allegations; and
(2) The number of  formal grievances filed by individuals, including complaints filed  with each agency’s Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, categorized  by the nature of the grievance filed and the nature of those grievances  that are substantiated.
D.C. Code § 5-132.03a — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-132.03a
§ 5-132.03a. DCPS responsibilities for school security.
Status: in_force

(a) By October 1, 2020, DCPS shall be responsible for school security personnel within DCPS schools, and shall:
  (1) Oversee the hiring or contracting of school security personnel for DCPS;
  (2) Deploy school security personnel to DCPS schools;
  (3) Provide oversight over school security personnel and be responsible for administering all disciplinary actions related to school security personnel, including termination;
  (4) Execute, approve, administer, monitor, and provide oversight over any security-related contract for school security personnel; and
  (5) Create and implement school building security and emergency operations plans, in consultation with MPD and the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
D.C. Code § 5-333.05 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-333.05
§ 5-333.05. Authorization for investigations involving First Amendment activities.
Status: in_force

(a) The MPD may conduct a criminal investigation that involves the First Amendment activities of persons, groups, or organizations only when there is reasonable suspicion to believe that the persons, groups, or organizations are planning or engaged in criminal activity, and the First Amendment activities are relevant to the criminal investigation.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a MPD member may undertake an investigation under this section only after receiving prior written authorization from the Commander, Office of the Superintendent of Detectives, or such other MPD commander of similar rank designated by MPD regulations. No MPD member may conduct an investigation involving First Amendment activities without the authorization required by this section.
(c) To obtain authorization for an investigation under this section, a MPD member shall submit a memorandum to the Commander, Office of Superintendent of Detectives, or such other MPD commander of similar rank as designated by MPD regulations:
  (1) Identifying the subject of the proposed investigation, if known;
  (2) Stating the facts and circumstances that create a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity; and
  (3) Describing the relevance of the First Amendment activities to the investigation.
(d) (1) Written authorization of an investigation under this section may be granted for a period of up to 120 days where the designated commander determines that there is reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.
  (2) If the MPD seeks to continue an investigation past 120 days, a new memorandum and approval shall be obtained for each subsequent 120-day period. The new memorandum shall describe the information already collected and demonstrate that an extension is reasonably necessary to pursue the investigation.
  (3) The Chief of Police shall approve investigations open for more than one year, and shall do so in writing, stating the justification for the investigation.
(e) If there is an immediate threat of criminal activity, an investigation under this section may begin before a memorandum is prepared and approved; provided, that written approval must be obtained within 24 hours from the Chief of Police or his designee.
(f) An investigation involving First Amendment activities shall be terminated when logical leads have been exhausted and no legitimate law enforcement purpose justifies its continuance.
D.C. Code § 5-1431.04 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14A / § 5-1431.04
§ 5-1431.04. Subpoena power.
Status: in_force

(a) When necessary for the discharge of its duties, the Committee may issue subpoenas to compel witnesses to appear, testify, or produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, documents, medical records, or other relevant records.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, subpoenas shall be served personally upon the witness or the witness's designated agent, not fewer than 5 business days before the date the witness must appear or the documents must be produced, by a special process server, at least 18 years of age, engaged by the Committee.
(c) If, after a reasonable attempt, personal service on a witness or a witness's agent cannot be effected, a special process server identified in subsection (b) of this section may serve a subpoena by registered or certified mail not fewer than 8 business days before the date the witness must appear, testify, or produce documents.
(d) If a witness who has been personally summoned neglects or refuses to obey the subpoena issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Committee may report that fact to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and the court may compel obedience to the subpoena to the same extent as witnesses may be compelled to obey the subpoenas of the court.
D.C. Code § 5-407 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-407
§ 5-407. Resignation without notice; engaging in strike; conspiracy to obstruct operations of Department.
Status: in_force

(a) No officer or member of said Fire Department, under penalty of forfeiting the salary or pay which may be due him, shall withdraw or resign, except by permission of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, unless he shall have given the said Mayor 1 month previous notice, in writing, of such intention.
(b) No member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall directly or indirectly engage in any strike of such Department. Upon sufficient proof to the Mayor of the District of Columbia that any member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia has violated the provisions of this subsection, it shall be the duty of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to immediately discharge such member from the service.
(c) Any member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who enters into a conspiracy, combination, or agreement with the purpose of substantially interfering with or obstructing the efficient conduct or operation of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia by a strike or other disturbance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or by both.
D.C. Code § 5-607 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6 / § 5-607
§ 5-607. Effect of chapter on other rights of recovery.
Status: in_force

No action taken by the District of Columbia in connection with the rights afforded under this chapter shall operate to deny to the injured or diseased policeman or fireman recovery for any damages or portion thereof not covered by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 5-1417 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1417
§ 5-1417. Regulations and fees.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall promulgate proposed regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter. The proposed regulations shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the regulations, in whole or in part, by resolution within the 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
(b) The Mayor is authorized to establish fees and rates required by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 5-1501.15 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.15
§ 5-1501.15. Rules.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter , including:
    (A) A fee schedule for forensic science services or public health laboratory services provided by the Department, which may account for the provision of bulk services; and
    (B) A fee schedule for reasonable costs related to expert witness testimony provided by Department employees to entities not listed in § 5-1501.06(b) , including the cost of any preparation, travel, and related administrative functions; provided, that no fee shall be charged for costs related to expert witness testimony provided by Department employees:
      (i) Regarding services the Department provided pursuant to § 5-1501.06(a) or (b) ; or
      (ii) When the employee would be testifying as an expert in a criminal case in a District of Columbia court.
  (2) The fee schedule established pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection may be applied on a sliding scale based on a recipient's ability to pay for the services.
(a-1) Not Funded.
(b) The proposed rules shall be submitted to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed rules, by resolution, within the 45-day review period, the proposed rules shall be deemed approved.
D.C. Code § 5-1501.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.01
§ 5-1501.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
(1) “Board” means the Science Advisory Board established by § 5-1501.11 .
(2) “Department” means the Department of Forensic Sciences established by § 5-1501.02 .
(3) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences.
(4) “Forensic science services” means forensic science research, analysis, and related services, including the examination of evidence, the interpretation of results, and the provision of expert testimony, such as for the purposes of a criminal investigation or civil action.
(4A) Not Funded.
(5) “MPD” means the Metropolitan Police Department.
(6) "Public health laboratory services" means monitoring and detecting health threats, including:
  (A) Testing samples in a wide variety of materials for toxins, infectious organisms, and other threats to public health;
  (B) Clinical diagnostic testing;
  (C) Disease surveillance;
  (D) Emergency response support;
  (E) Applied research; and
  (F) Laboratory training.
D.C. Code § 5-133.07 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.07
§ 5-133.07. Police surgeons.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-655.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-655.02
§ 5-655.02. Reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

By January 31, 2018, and by January 31 of each subsequent year, the Department, in coordination with the Police and Fire Clinic, shall submit an annual report to the Council that contains the following information from the preceding calendar year:
(1) The total number of claims made by members in which a presumption was created under § 5-652 ;
(2) The total number of claims made by EMS employees in which a presumption was created under § 5-652 ;
(3) The total number of claims made by members in which a presumption was created under § 5-653 ;
(4) The total number of claims made by EMS employees in which a presumption was created under § 5-653 ;
(5) The total number of claims made by members in which a presumption was created under § 5-654 ; and
(6) The total number of claims made by EMS employees in which a presumption was created under § 5-654 .
D.C. Code § 5-203 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 2 / § 5-203
§ 5-203. Equipment; extra compensation.
Status: in_force

The members of the United States Park Police force shall be furnished with uniforms, means of transportation, and such other equipment as may be necessary for the proper performance of their duties, including badges, revolvers, and ammunition; the United States Army officer detailed as Superintendent of the United States Park Police, who shall use on official business motor transportation furnished and maintained by himself, shall receive an extra compensation of not to exceed $480 per annum. Members detailed to motorcycle service shall each receive an extra compensation of $120 per annum.
D.C. Code § 5-501.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-501.01
§ 5-501.01. Increase denied for unsatisfactory service; removal for inefficiency; additional compensation for outstanding efficiency.
Status: in_force

No annual increase in salary shall be paid to any person who, in the judgment of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, has not rendered satisfactory service, and any private who fails to receive such annual increase for 2 successive years shall be deemed inefficient and forthwith removed from the service by the Mayor; provided, that under such rules and regulations as the Council of the District of Columbia shall promulgate, the Chief of Police and the Fire Chief of the Fire Department shall select and report to the Mayor from time to time the names of privates and sergeants in each Department who by reason of demonstrated ability may be considered as possessed of outstanding efficiency, and the Mayor is authorized and directed to grant to not exceeding 10% of the authorized strength, respectively, of such privates and sergeants in each Department additional compensation at the rate of $5 per month; provided further, that the Mayor may withdraw such compensation at any time and remove any name or names from among such selections.
D.C. Code § 5-105.08 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-105.08
§ 5-105.08. Residence requirements for members of the Police and Fire Departments; waiver thereof; maintenance of telephone at residence.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-635 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-635
§ 5-635. Rules.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 5-1309 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / § 5-1309
§ 5-1309. Protection of emergency 2-way radio communications — Forfeiture of equipment.
Status: in_force

(a) Any 2-way radio and related equipment used to commit a violation of §§ 5-1306 to 5-1309 shall be subject to forfeiture.
(b) Property subject to forfeiture under §§ 5-1306 to 5-1309 may be seized by law-enforcement officials, as designated by the Mayor, upon process issued by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia having jurisdiction over the property, or without process if authorized by other law.
D.C. Code § 5-708 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-708
§ 5-708. Payment of medical expenses — Total disability retirees.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the District of Columbia shall pay the reasonable costs of medical, surgical, hospital, or other related health care services of any officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, 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 who:
  (1) Retires after August 16, 1971, under § 5-710 ; and
  (2) At the time of such retirement, has a disability caused by injury or disease contracted or aggravated in the line of duty, which is determined by, or under regulations of, the Mayor of the District of Columbia (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Mayor”) to be a total disability.
(b) No payment may be made under this section for medical, surgical, hospital, or other related health care services provided a retired officer or member unless:
  (1) At the time such services are provided the disability of the retired officer or member has been determined by, or under regulations of, the Mayor to be a total disability;
  (2) Such services have been determined by, or under regulations of, the Mayor to be necessary and directly related to the treatment of the injury or disease which caused the disability of the retired officer or member; and
  (3) The retired officer or member submits to such medical examinations as the Mayor may require.
(c) The Mayor may determine that the disability of a retired officer or member is a total disability only if the Mayor finds that the retired officer or member is unable (because of the injury or disease causing his disability) to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. In determining whether employment is substantially gainful employment, the Mayor shall take into account the amount of expenses incurred by, or which can reasonably be expected to be incurred by, the retired officer or member in securing the medical, surgical, hospital, or other related health care services necessitated by his disability, and such other factors as the Mayor deems advisable.
(d) In addition to any medical examination required under this subchapter, the Mayor shall require, in each year that payments under this section are made with respect to any retired officer or member, a medical review of the disability of such retired officer or member.
(e) The Mayor may provide for payments under this section to be made either directly to the retired officer or member or to the provider of the medical, surgical, hospital, or other related health care services.
(f) The Mayor shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
(g) There are authorized to be appropriated from revenues of the United States such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the District of Columbia, on a monthly basis, for payments made under this section from revenues of the District of Columbia in the case of retired officers or members of the United States Park Police force, the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division, or the United States Secret Service Division.
D.C. Code § 5-1056 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 10A / § 5-1056
§ 5-1056. Administrative review.
Status: in_force

A member in conditional retirement may challenge the imposition of penalties imposed by §§ 5-1054 and 5-1055 in an administrative proceeding before the District of Columbia Office of Employee Appeals, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [ § 2-501 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 5-127.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-127.02
§ 5-127.02. Affirmations and oaths to depositions.
Status: in_force

The Mayor and the Chief of Police have power to administer, take, receive, and subscribe all affirmations and oaths to any depositions necessary by the rules and regulations of the Mayor, relating to the Metropolitan Police.
D.C. Code § 5-117.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-117.01
§ 5-117.01. Generally.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-1405 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1405
§ 5-1405. Deaths — determinations and investigations; cremations.
Status: in_force

(a) The CME, other medical examiners, and medicolegal investigators (physician assistants or advanced practice registered nurses) licensed under subchapter V of Chapter 12 of Title 3 , are authorized to make determinations of death.
(b) Pursuant to regulations established by the Mayor, the following types of human deaths occurring in the District shall be investigated by the OCME:
  (1) Violent deaths, whether apparently homicidal, suicidal, or accidental, including deaths due to thermal, chemical, electrical or radiation injury and  deaths due to criminal abortion, whether apparently self-induced or not;
  (2) Sudden, unexpected or unexplained deaths not caused by readily recognizable disease, including sudden infant deaths or apparent sudden infant  death syndrome (SIDS) for infants one year of age and younger;
  (3) Deaths under suspicious circumstances;
  (4) Deaths of persons whose bodies are to be cremated, dissected, buried at  sea or otherwise disposed of so as to be thereafter unavailable for  examination;
  (5) Deaths related to disease resulting from employment or on-the-job injury  or illness;
  (6) Deaths related to disease which might constitute a threat to public  health;
  (7) Deaths of persons who are wards of the District government;
  (8) Deaths related to medical or surgical intervention, including operative,  peri-operative, anesthesia, medication reactions or deaths associated with  diagnostic or therapeutic procedures;
  (9) Deaths of persons while in the legal custody of the District;
  (10) Fetal deaths related to maternal trauma, including substance abuse, and  extra-mural deliveries;
  (11) Deaths for which the Metropolitan Police Department, another law enforcement agency, or the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia requests, or a court orders investigation;
  (12) Dead bodies brought within the District without proper  medical certification; and
  (13) All maternal mortalities.
(b-1) For the purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the term:
  (1) "Maternal mortalities" means pregnancy-associated deaths and pregnancy- related deaths, as those terms are defined in § 7-671.01(4) and (5) , and deaths resulting from severe maternal morbidity.
  (2) "Severe maternal morbidity" means one of the following outcomes of labor and delivery that results in short-term or long-term consequences to a birthing parent's health:
    (A) Acute myocardial infarction;
    (B) Acute renal failure;
    (C) Adult respiratory distress syndrome;
    (D) Air and thrombotic embolism;
    (E) Amniotic fluid embolism;
    (F) Anesthesia complications;
    (G) Aneurysm;
    (H) Blood products transfusion;
    (I) Cardiac arrest/ventricular fibrillation;
    (J) Conversion of cardiac rhythm;
    (K) Disseminated intravascular coagulation;
    (L) Eclampsia;
    (M) Heart failure/arrest during surgery or procedure;
    (N) Hysterectomy;
    (O) Puerperal cerebrovascular disorders;
    (P) Pulmonary edema/acute heart failure;
    (Q) Sepsis;
    (R) Shock;
    (S) Sickle cell disease with crisis;
    (T) Temporary tracheostomy; or
    (U) Ventilation.
(c) Clearances by the CME shall be required for all deaths occurring in the District for which cremations are requested regardless of where the cremation will occur.
(d) The Mayor shall, by regulation, prescribe procedures for taking possession of a dead body following a death subject to investigation under subsection (b) of this section and for obtaining all essential facts concerning the medical causes of death and the names and addresses of as many witnesses as it is practicable to obtain.
D.C. Code § 5-333.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-333.01
§ 5-333.01. Short title.
Status: in_force

This subchapter may be cited as the “Police Investigations Concerning First Amendment Activities Act of 2004”.
D.C. Code § 5-116.51 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-116.51
§ 5-116.51. Metropolitan Police Department Body-Worn Camera Fund established.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Metropolitan Police Department Body-Worn Camera Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Metropolitan Police Department.
(b) Funds from the following sources shall be deposited into the Fund:
  (1) All fees that are paid as part of Freedom of Information Act requests for body-worn camera recordings recorded by the Metropolitan Police Department;
  (2) All monies appropriated to the Fund;
  (3) Federal grants to the Fund; and
  (4) Private monies donated to the Fund.
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used for the purpose of procuring a vendor to perform any necessary redactions of body-worn camera recordings.
(d) (1) The money deposited into the Fund, and interest earned, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
  (2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
D.C. Code § 5-409.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-409.01
§ 5-409.01. Paramedic and emergency medical technician lateral transfer to Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, the Mayor is authorized to provide for the transfer of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department personnel holding valid certificates as paramedics or emergency medical technicians to be uniformed firefighters.
  (1) Transfer shall be to the firefighter step and class with a rate of pay closest to, but not lower than, the rate of pay earned by the employee prior to transfer.
  (2) Transferred employees may elect to participate in the District of Columbia Police Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Program established pursuant to Chapter 9 of Title 1 [ § 1-901.01 et seq.]. (“Program”).
  (3) Transfer is conditioned on the transferred employee meeting the requirements for entry-level firefighters, including meeting established medical standards, undergoing a background check, and successfully completing a physical abilities test and the firefighting training program.
  (4) Transferred employees are required to meet citizenship requirements set forth by law or regulation.
  (5) Maximum age limitations for appointment shall not apply to transferred employees.
(a-1) Repealed.
(b) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 2 of Title 1 , may issue rules to implement the provisions of this title [section].
D.C. Code § 5-1413 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1413
§ 5-1413. Records as evidence.
Status: in_force

The records maintained pursuant to § 5-1412 , or reproductions thereof certified by the CME, are admissible as evidence in any court in the District; except that, statements made by witnesses or other persons and conclusions upon nonmedical matters are not admissible.
D.C. Code § 5-113.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-113.03
§ 5-113.03. Reports by other police.
Status: in_force

Reports shall be made to the Chief of Police, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, of each offense reported to, and each arrest made by, any other police force operating in the District.
D.C. Code § 5-1420 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1420
§ 5-1420. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Mayor in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) All funds from fees received by OCME for services provided pursuant to § 5-1404(a-1) shall be deposited in the Fund.
(c) Money in the Fund shall be used to support any personnel and non-personnel expenses associated with District fatality reviews, in addition to other agency expenses.
(d) Any money remaining available in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year, as determined by the Chief Financial Officer in the fiscal year-end close, shall be transferred to the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia as part of the fiscal year-end close.
D.C. Code § 5-132.04 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-132.04
§ 5-132.04. Coordination of school security efforts between DCPS and MPD.
Status: in_force

(a) By October 1, 2020, DCPS and MPD shall enter into a MOA for the purpose of coordinating the agencies' respective security obligations at DCPS schools. The MOA shall:
  (1) Reflect DCPS's role as the administrator of any security-related contract;
  (2) Include provisions for effectuating the transfer of any personnel, property, funds, or records necessary to transfer responsibility for any existing security-related contract from MPD to DCPS;
  (3) Delineate lines of authority, supervision, and communication between MPD and DCPS, including how school resource officers deployed at each school will provide security in coordination with the school's principal and school security personnel; provided, that during emergencies, incident command shall be consistent with the District of Columbia response plan, as defined by § 7-2301(1A) ;
  (4) Include a process for resolving disagreements between DCPS and MPD at all levels; and
  (5) Provide for MPD advice and consultation on DCPS school building security and emergency operations plans.
D.C. Code § 5-123.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-123.01
§ 5-123.01. Prohibitions; affiliation with organization advocating strikes; conspiracy to interfere with operation of police force by strike; notice of intention to resign.
Status: in_force

(a) No member of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia shall be or become a member of any organization, or of an organization affiliated with another organization, which itself, or any subordinate, component, or affiliated organization of which, holds, claims, or uses the strike to enforce its demands. Upon sufficient proof to the Mayor of the District of Columbia that any member of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia has violated the provisions of this section, it shall be the duty of the Mayor of the District of Columbia to immediately discharge such member from the service.
(b) Any member of the Metropolitan Police who enters into a conspiracy, combination, or agreement with the purpose of substantially interfering with or obstructing the efficient conduct or operation of the police force in the District of Columbia by a strike or other disturbance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or by both.
(c) No officer or member of the said police force, under penalty of forfeiting the salary or pay which may be due him, shall withdraw or resign, except by permission of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, unless he shall have given the Chief of Police 1 month’s notice in writing of such intention.
D.C. Code § 5-1108 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1108
§ 5-1108. Dismissal of complaint.
Status: in_force

A complaint may be dismissed on the following grounds:
(1) The complaint is deemed to lack merit;
(2) The complainant refuses to cooperate with the investigation; or
(3) If, after the Executive Director refers a complaint for mediation, the complainant willfully fails to participate in good faith in the mediation process.
D.C. Code § 5-741 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-741
§ 5-741. Payment and deposit of moneys.
Status: in_force

Commencing with July 1, 1935, and thereafter, all moneys on June 14, 1935, required to be deposited to the credit of the Policemen and Firemen’s Relief Fund, District of Columbia, under § 5-706(a) , shall be paid to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia and deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the revenues of said District, except that all moneys required to be deposited with respect to officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia shall be paid to the Custodian of Retirement Funds (as defined in § 1-702(6) ) for deposit in the District of Columbia Police Officers and Fire Fighters’ Retirement Fund established by § 1-712 .
D.C. Code § 5-1501.06a — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.06a
§ 5-1501.06a. Department Laboratory Fund.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a special fund the Department of Forensic Sciences Laboratory Fund ("Fund"), which shall be administered by the Director in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund:
  (1) Annual revenue transferred from the United States Department of Homeland Security for the BioWatch program; and
  (2) Fees collected for forensic science services and public health laboratory services provided by the Department.
(c) Money in the Fund shall only be used to fund the expenses of the Department's laboratories, including the funding of forensic science services, materials, non-grant funded research, equipment, laboratory staff, and trainings.
(d) (1) The money deposited into the Fund shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.
  (2) Subject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.
D.C. Code § 5-127.05 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-127.05
§ 5-127.05. Execution of warrants.
Status: in_force

Any warrant for search or arrest, issued by any judge of the District, may be executed in any part of the District by any member of the police force, without any backing or indorsement of the warrant, and according to the terms thereof; and all provisions of law in relation to bail in the District shall apply to this chapter.
D.C. Code § 5-405 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-405
§ 5-405. Workweek established; hours of duty; days off duty; holidays.
Status: in_force

(a) Beginning with the 1st day of the 1st pay period which begins not less than 120 days after enactment of this amendatory subsection or which begins on or after July 1, 1962, whichever is later, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to establish a workweek for officers and members of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia which will result in an average workweek of not to exceed 48 hours during an administratively established workweek cycle which the Mayor is hereby authorized to establish from time to time.
(b) The Firefighting Division shall operate under a 2-shift system and all hours of duty of any shift shall be consecutive.
(c) The Mayor of the District of Columbia is further authorized and directed to establish a workweek for officers and members of the Fire Department, other than those in the Firefighting Division, of 40 hours, and the hours of work in such workweek shall be performed on consecutive days in such workweek: Provided, that notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the Mayor of the District of Columbia or his designated agent or agents may, whenever the exigencies of the Fire Department require temporary or short-term services of 1 or more officers or members, order such officer, officers, member, or members to perform such services.
(d) The days off duty to which each officer or member of the Fire Department is entitled shall be in addition to his annual leave and sick leave allowed by law. In the case of any shift of the Fire Department beginning on 1 day and extending without a break in continuity into the next day, or in the case of 2 shifts beginning on the same day, the Mayor is authorized to designate the shift which shall be the workday, and the entire shift so designated shall be considered the workday for all pay and leave purposes.
(e) If a holiday shall fall on any day off of any officer or member of the Fire Department, he shall be excused from duty on such other day as is designated by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, and if he is required to be on duty in lieu of such day off, he shall receive compensation for such duty at the rate provided by law for duty performed on a holiday. When any shift of the Fire Department begins on the day before a holiday and extends without a break in continuity into the holiday, or begins on a holiday and extends without a break in continuity into the next day, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized to designate either of such shifts as the holiday workday, and the entire shift so designated shall be considered as the holiday workday for all pay and leave purposes. As used in this subsection, the word “holiday” shall have the same meaning as such word has in § 5-521.02 , and as supplemented by § 6103 of Title 5, United States Code.
(f) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection and in subsection (h) of this section, for Fiscal Years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, no member of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, except for officers, shall work more than 204 hours in 2 consecutive pay periods.
  (2) For Fiscal Year 2015, no member of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, except for officers, shall work more than 228 hours in 2 consecutive pay periods.
(g) For fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, and except as provided in subsection (h) of this section, no officer or member shall be permitted to earn overtime compensation for overtime work performed in a pay period after that officer or member has received sick leave in the same pay period.
(h) The restrictions in subsections (f) and (g) of this section shall not apply during pay periods 1 and 2 of calendar year 2013.
D.C. Code § 5-302 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / § 5-302
§ 5-302. Restrictions on powers and duties of federal law enforcement officers.
Status: in_force

Officers when acting under the authority granted in § 5-301(a) shall be subject to the restrictions imposed on MPD officers under the laws codified in Chapter 1 of this title . These restrictions include, but are not limited to, arrests under § 5-115.01 , use of unnecessary or wanton force under § 5-123.02 , and the use of prohibited techniques, as that term is defined in § 5-125.02(6) .
D.C. Code § 5-1501.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.02
§ 5-1501.02. Establishment of the Department of Forensic Sciences.
Status: in_force

(a) There is established as a subordinate agency in the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia, the Department of Forensic Sciences.
(a-1) Not Funded.
(b) The mission of the Department shall be to provide high-quality, timely, accurate, and reliable forensic science services and public health laboratory services with:
  (1) The use of best practices and best available technology;
  (2) A focus on the delivery of unbiased science and an emphasis on promoting transparency in operations; and
  (2A) Not Funded.
  (3) The goal of enhancing public safety and the fair and balanced administration of justice.
D.C. Code § 5-113.07 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-113.07
§ 5-113.07. Preservation and destruction of records.
Status: in_force

All records of the Metropolitan Police Department shall be preserved, except that the Mayor, upon recommendation of the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department and only pursuant to part B of this subchapter , may cause records which the Metropolitan Police Department considers to be obsolete or of no further value to be destroyed.
D.C. Code § 5-1501.09 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.09
§ 5-1501.09. Reexamination by independent experts.
Status: in_force

The facilities, equipment, or supplies of the Department shall not be used by an independent expert employed by the accused or his or her attorney for any reexamination of materials previously examined by the Department.
D.C. Code § 5-708.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-708.01
§ 5-708.01. Processing claims of injuries allegedly sustained within the performance of duty.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Department” means the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
  (2) “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.
  (3) “Member” means a sworn employee of the Metropolitan Police Department or the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department.
(b) The Director shall determine, based on a review of the unit commander’s report on the cause of the injury or illness and after consultation with the Police and Fire Clinic physicians on the nature of the injury or illness, whether a member’s injury or illness was sustained by the member in the performance of duty within 30 calendar days of a claim being reported to the Department. If the Director fails to meet the 30-day deadline, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the member’s injury or illness was sustained in the performance of duty. Until the presumption is rebutted by a finding by the Director that the injury or illness was not sustained in the performance of duty, the member’s Department shall be responsible for all treatment costs and disability compensation pay.
D.C. Code § 5-431 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-431
§ 5-431. Fire and Emergency Medical Services training for non-District of Columbia personnel.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor may provide training to non-District of Columbia government agencies, organizations, and individuals through the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (“Department”), including hazardous materials training, firefighting training, emergency medical technician training, fire extinguisher safety training, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training.
(b) The Mayor may impose fees to cover the costs of any training provided under subsection (a) of this section. The fees shall be established in accordance with Chapter 5 of Title 2 .
D.C. Code § 5-132.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-132.03
§ 5-132.03. Training for school resource officers.
Status: in_force

The School Safety Division shall develop a training curriculum for all school resource officers. The curriculum shall be focused on training supervisory and on-site personnel so that they will provide appropriate security procedures for the various socioeconomic conditions at each educational facility. The curriculum shall include training in the following areas:
(1) Child development;
(2) Effective communication skills;
(3) Behavior management;
(4) Conflict resolution;
(5) Substance abuse and its effect on youth;
(6) Availability of social services for youth;
(7) District of Columbia laws and regulations;
(8) Constitutional standards for searches and seizures conducted by school resource officers on school grounds; and
(9) Gang and crew violence prevention.
D.C. Code § 5-119.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.03
§ 5-119.03. Registration record.
Status: in_force

All such property and money shall be particularly registered by the Property Clerk in a book kept for that purpose, which shall contain also a record of the names of the persons from whom such property or money was taken, the names of all claimants thereto, the place where found, the time of the seizure, the date of the receipt, the general circumstances connected therewith, and any final disposal of such property and money.
D.C. Code § 5-133.21 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-133.21
§ 5-133.21. Motor vehicle theft prevention teams.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purpose of this section, the term “motor vehicle” means any automobile, motorcycle, truck, truck tractor, truck tractor with semitrailer or trailer, or bus.
(b) The Metropolitan Police Department shall have no fewer than 3 teams, comprised of no fewer than 3 officers each, whose primary responsibilities are the prevention of motor vehicle theft and the recovery of stolen motor vehicles.
D.C. Code § 5-723.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-723.03
§ 5-723.03. Required minimum distributions.
Status: in_force

(a) Distributions shall begin no later than the member’s required beginning date, as defined in section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and shall be made in accordance with all other requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The provisions of this section shall apply for the purposes of determining minimum required distributions under section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and take precedence over any inconsistent provisions of this subchapter; provided, that these provisions are intended solely to reflect the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and accompanying Treasury regulations and are not intended to provide or expand, and shall not be construed as providing or expanding, a benefit or distribution option not otherwise expressly provided for under the terms of this subchapter. The provisions of this section shall apply only to the extent required under section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as applied to a governmental plan, and if special rules for governmental plans are not set forth herein, the special rules are incorporated by reference and shall for all purposes be deemed a part of this subchapter.
(b) (1) The member’s entire interest shall be distributed or begin being distributed to the member no later than April 1 following the later of:
    (A) The calendar year in which the member attains age 70 1/2; or
    (B) The calendar year in which the member retires or terminates employment (the “required beginning date”).
  (2) If the member dies before distributions begin, the member’s entire interest shall be distributed, or will begin to be distributed, no later than as follows:
    (A) If the member’s surviving spouse is the sole designated beneficiary, distributions to the surviving spouse shall begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the member died, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which the member would have attained age 70 1/2, if later;
    (B) If the member’s surviving spouse is not the sole designated beneficiary, distributions to the designated beneficiary shall begin by December 31 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the member died;
    (C) If there is no designated beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the member’s death, the member’s entire interest shall be distributed by December 31 of the calendar year of the 5th anniversary of the member’s death;
    (D) If the member’s surviving spouse is the sole designated beneficiary and the surviving spouse dies after the member but before distributions to the surviving spouse begin, subparagraph (A) of this paragraph shall not apply, and subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this paragraph shall apply as if the surviving spouse were the member. For the purposes of this paragraph and subsection (d) of this section, distributions are considered to begin on the member’s required beginning date or, if this subparagraph applies, the date distributions to the surviving spouse are required to begin under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. If annuity payments to the member irrevocably commence before the member’s required beginning date or to the member’s surviving spouse before the date distributions to the surviving spouse are required to begin under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the date distributions are considered to begin is the date distributions actually commence.
  (3) Unless the member’s interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company or in a single sum on or before the required beginning date, as of the first distribution, calendar year distributions will be made in accordance with subsections (c) and (d) of this section. If the member’s interest is distributed in the form of an annuity purchased from an insurance company, distributions of the annuity will be made in accordance with the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and applicable Treasury regulations. Any part of the member’s interest that is in the form of an individual account described in section 414(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be distributed in a manner satisfying the requirements of section 401(a)(9) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Treasury regulations that apply to individual accounts.
(c) (1) The amount of the annuity is to be determined each year.
  (2) If the member’s interest is paid in the form of annuity distributions, payments under the annuity shall satisfy the following requirements:
    (A) The annuity distributions shall be paid in periodic payments made at intervals not longer than one year;
    (B) Payments will either be non-increasing or increase only as follows:
      (i) By an annual percentage increase that does not exceed the annual percentage increase in a cost-of-living index based on prices of all items (the CPI-W) and issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
      (ii) To provide cash refunds of employee contributions upon the teacher’s death;
      (iii) To pay increased benefits that result from an amendment to this subchapter.
  (3) The amount that must be distributed on or before the member’s required beginning date or, if the member dies before distributions begin, the date distributions are required to begin under subsection (b)(2)(A) or (B) of this section, is the payment that is required for one payment interval. The second payment need not be made until the end of the next payment interval even if that payment interval ends in the next calendar year. Payment intervals are the periods for which payments are received (for example, bi-monthly, monthly, semi-annually, or annually). All of the member’s benefit accruals as of the last day of the first distribution calendar year shall be included in the calculation of the amount of the annuity payments for payment intervals ending on or after the member’s required beginning date.
  (4) Additional benefits accruing to the member in a calendar year after the first distribution calendar year shall be distributed beginning with the first payment interval ending in the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which such amount accrues.
(d) Amounts payable if a member dies before distribution begins are subject to the following requirements:
  (1) If the member dies before the date of distribution of his or her interest begins and there is a designated beneficiary, the member’s entire interest shall be distributed, beginning no later than the time described in subsection (b)(2)(A) or (B) of this section, over the life of the designated beneficiary not exceeding either of the following:
    (A) Unless the benefit commenced is before the first distribution calendar year, the life expectancy of the designated beneficiary, determined using the beneficiary’s age as of the beneficiary’s birthday in the calendar year immediately following the calendar year of the teacher’s death; or
    (B) If the benefit commenced before the first distribution calendar year, the life expectancy of the designated beneficiary, determined using the beneficiary’s age as of his or her birthday in the calendar year that begins before benefits commence; or
  (2) If the member dies before the date distributions begin and there is no designated beneficiary as of September 30 of the year following the year of the member’s death, distribution of the member’s entire interest shall be completed by December 31 of the calendar year of the fifth anniversary of the member’s death; or
  (3) If the member dies before the date distribution of his or her interest begins, the member’s surviving spouse is the member’s sole designated beneficiary, and the surviving spouse dies before distributions to the surviving spouse begin, this subsection shall apply as if the surviving spouse were the member, except that the time by which distributions must begin shall be determined without regard to subsection (b)(2)(A) of this section.
D.C. Code § 5-655.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-655.01
§ 5-655.01. Physical examinations; maintaining eligibility.
Status: in_force

(a) In order to be eligible to make a claim under this chapter that relies on a presumption created by this subchapter , a member shall, in addition to meeting any other requirements as required by this subchapter or rules issued pursuant to § 5-655.03 , have undergone a pre-employment physical examination and complied with any subsequent physical examination requirements, such as annual physical examinations, that are, or were during the period of covered service, applicable to all members.
(b) In order to be eligible to make a claim under this chapter that relies on a presumption created by this subchapter , an EMS employee shall, in addition to meeting any other requirements as required by this chapter or rules issued pursuant to § 5-655.03 , have undergone a pre-employment physical examination and complied with any subsequent physical examination requirements, such as annual physical examinations, that are, or were during the period of covered service, applicable to all EMS employees.
(c) For any member or EMS employee hired after May 1, 2013, the District may require additional, appropriate laboratory and other diagnostic studies to be included as part of the pre-employment physical examination; provided, that any such requirements shall be applicable to all members or EMS employees.
D.C. Code § 5-608 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6 / § 5-608
§ 5-608. Injuries or diseases received or contracted prior to enactment of chapter.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to apply to any hospital, medical, surgical, or dental care or treatment or wage payments based upon an authorized leave of absence which a policeman or fireman is receiving or is entitled to receive from the District of Columbia for an injury received or disease contracted prior to enactment of this chapter.
D.C. Code § 5-1431.03 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14A / § 5-1431.03
§ 5-1431.03. Access to information.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, immediately upon the request of the Committee and as necessary to carry out the Committee purpose and duties, the Committee shall be provided, without cost and without authorization of the persons to whom the information or records relate to, access to:
  (1) All information and records of:
    (A) Any District agency, or a District agency's contractors, including birth and death certificates, law enforcement investigation data, unexpurgated juvenile delinquency records and adult criminal records, intellectual and developmental disabilities records, autopsy reports, parole and probation information and records, school records, and records of human services, behavioral health, housing; and
    (B) Health agencies that provided services to the victim, the victim's family, or an alleged or suspected perpetrator whose acts led to the death of the victim;
  (2) All information and records of any healthcare providers located in the District, including providers of health and mental health services who provided services to the deceased victim, the deceased victim's family, or the alleged or suspected perpetrator whose acts led to the death of the victim;
  (3) All information and records of any public or private child welfare agency, educational facility or institution, or child care provider doing business in the District who provided services to the victim, the victim's family, or the alleged or suspected perpetrator whose acts led to the death of the victim; and
  (4) Information made confidential by § 4-1302.03 or § 4-1303.06 , § 7-231.24(n) , § 7-1203.02 , § 7-1305.12 , §§ 16-2331 , 16-2332 , 16-2333 , and 16-2335 , and § 31-3426 .
(b) The Committee may seek information from entities and agencies outside the District by any legal means available to it.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) of this section, information and records concerning a current law enforcement investigation may be withheld, at the discretion of the investigating authority, if disclosure of the information would compromise a criminal investigation or prosecution.
  (2) If information or records are withheld under paragraph (1) of this section, a report on the status of the investigation shall be submitted to the Committee by the investigating authority every 3 months until the earliest of the following events occurs:
    (A) The investigation is concluded and the information or records are provided to the Committee; or
    (B) The investigating authority determines that providing the information will no longer compromise the investigation and the information or records are provided to the Committee.
(d) All records and information obtained by the Committee pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section pertaining to a deceased victim or any other individual shall be destroyed immediately following the preparation of the Committee's annual report.  All additional information concerning a review, except statistical data, shall be destroyed by the Committee one year after publication of the Committee's annual report.
D.C. Code § 5-119.15 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-119.15
§ 5-119.15. Property delivered to owner preceding trial — Perishable property.
Status: in_force

Perishable property, returned to the Property Clerk as the proceeds of crime, may be delivered to the owner on ample security being taken by the court for his appearance to prosecute the case.
D.C. Code § 5-807 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 8 / § 5-807
§ 5-807. Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall apply upon adoption of regulations by the Chief of Police to implement this chapter. The Chief of Police shall adopt such regulations within 60 days of October 4, 2000.
D.C. Code § 5-351.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3B / § 5-351.01
§ 5-351.01. Use of deadly force.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Deadly force" means any force that is likely or intended to cause serious bodily injury or death.
  (2) "Deadly weapon" means any object, other than a body part or stationary object, that in the manner of its actual, attempted, or threatened use, is likely to cause serious bodily injury or death.
  (3) "Serious bodily injury" means extreme physical pain, illness, or impairment of physical condition, including physical injury, that involves:
    (A) A substantial risk of death;
    (B) Protracted and obvious disfigurement;
    (C) Protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ; or
    (D) Protracted loss of consciousness.
(b) A law enforcement officer shall not use deadly force against a person unless:
  (1) The law enforcement officer actually and reasonably believes that deadly force is immediately necessary to protect the law enforcement officer or another person, other than the subject of the use of deadly force, from the threat of serious bodily injury or death;
  (2) The law enforcement officer's actions are reasonable, given the totality of the circumstances; and
  (3) All other options have been exhausted or do not reasonably lend themselves to the circumstances.
(c) In any grand jury, criminal, delinquency, or civil proceeding where an officer's use of deadly force 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 subject of the use of deadly force:
      (i) Possessed or appeared to possess a deadly weapon; and
      (ii) Refused to comply with the law enforcement officer's lawful order to surrender an object believed to be a deadly weapon prior to the law enforcement officer using deadly force;
    (B) Whether the law enforcement officer, or another law enforcement officer in close proximity, engaged in reasonable de-escalation measures prior to the use of deadly force, including taking cover, requesting support from available mental health, behavioral health, or social workers, waiting for back-up, trying to calm the subject of the use of force, or, if feasible, using non-deadly force prior to the use of deadly force; and
    (C) Whether any conduct by the law enforcement officer prior to the use of deadly force unreasonably increased the risk of a confrontation resulting in deadly force being used.
D.C. Code § 5-401 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-401
§ 5-401. Area of service; division of District into fire companies; pre-hospital care and services; approval required for major changes in manner of fire protection.
Status: in_force

(a) The Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (“Department”) shall provide fire prevention and fire protection within the geographical boundaries of the District of Columbia. The District shall be divided into such fire companies, and other units as the Council of the District of Columbia may from time to time direct. Major changes in the manner the Department provides fire protection and fire prevention shall be approved by act of the Council.
(b) (1) The Department shall provide pre-hospital medical care and transport within the geographical boundaries of the District of Columbia. Major changes in the manner the Department provides emergency medical services shall be approved by act of the Council.
  (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department may contract with third parties to provide supplemental pre-hospital medical care and transportation to persons requiring Basic Life Support.
  (3) A contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall include a provision that precludes the District from liability for any claims arising out of the actions of the third-party contractor and also provides full indemnification to ensure that the District shall not be responsible for any amounts owed to others as a result of the third-party contractor's action or inaction under the contract.
(b-1) The Department shall establish a community cardiopulmonary resuscitation program to conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and emergency medical application training for District residents and employees within the following District facilities:
  (1) District of Columbia Public Schools;
  (2) District of Columbia Public Charter Schools;
  (3) District of Columbia Department of Parks and Recreation facilities; and
  (4) Any other District of Columbia government buildings.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Each third-party contractor that enters into a contract pursuant to subsection (b)(2) of this section shall provide an annual report to the Department and to the Council that includes the following information:
  (1) The number of transports performed;
  (2) The average time between the dispatch of the third-party contractor by the Department and the third-party contractor's arrival to the patient;
  (3) Repealed.
  (4) The average transport time from the location where the third-party contractor meets each patient to the healthcare facility to which the patient is transported;
  (5) Repealed.
  (6) Repealed.
  (7) The range of third-party contractor ambulances available for Department use throughout a 24-hour period;
  (8) The length of the third-party contractor's personnel shifts;
  (9) The number of employees hired by the third-party contractor and their residency; and
  (10) The number of patients who used the third-party contractor's services twice or more times during the reporting period, including the number of times the patient used the services during the previous 12 months.
  (11) Repealed.
  (12) Repealed.
(e) Repealed.
(e-1) No later than January 31 of each year, the Mayor shall provide to the Council a report that includes the following information for the previous fiscal year:
  (1) The number of calls dispatched;
  (2) The number of patients transported via Department Basic Life Support, Advanced Life Support, and by the third-party contractor;
  (3) The average hospital drop time per month that the Department's and the third-party contractor's ambulances remained out of service while waiting to transfer the care of a patient to a healthcare facility;
  (4) The number of patients who used the Department's transport service twice or more during the reporting period, including the number of times the patient used transport services during the previous 12 months;
  (5) The number of total in-service training hours provided to Department uniformed employees;
  (6) In-service time or uptime data for Department ambulances, engines, and ladder trucks;
  (7) Aggregate Department response time data;
  (8) Aggregate patient care and outcomes data;
  (9) Changes to protocols or policies to reroute non-emergency calls;
  (10) An assessment of the number of units, the number of personnel, the amount of training, and associated costs required to provide pre-hospital medical care and transportation without the use of third parties; and
  (11) Other key performance indicators and workload measures as appropriate.
(f) Repealed.
(g) Repealed.
(h) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Advanced life support" means a level of medical care provided by pre-hospital emergency medical services at the paramedic level and in accordance with the national scope of practice for an advanced level provider.
  (1A) "Basic Life Support" means a level of medical care provided by pre-hospital emergency medical services at the basic emergency response technician level and in accordance with the national scope of practice for a basic level provider.
  (2) "Patient care report" means a paper or electronic document that details the patient's pre-hospital status and condition and medication administered by a member of the Department or third-party contractor, from the time of the emergency call to the handover of the patient to a healthcare facility.
D.C. Code § 5-1112 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1112
§ 5-1112. Action by the Metropolitan Police Department.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of a complaint file in which one or more allegations in a complaint has been sustained, the Police Chief shall cause the file to be reviewed within 5 working days after receiving the complaint file. This review shall not be conducted by persons from the same organizational unit as the subject police officer or officers. All persons conducting the review shall be senior in grade or rank to the subject police officer or officers.
(b) The review of the complaint file shall include a review of the personnel file of the subject officer or officers, including any record of prior misconduct by the subject police officer or officers. Within 15 working days after receiving the complaint file from the Police Chief, the reviewing officers shall make a written recommendation, with supporting reasons, to the Police Chief regarding an appropriate penalty from the Table of Penalties Guide in General Order 1202.1 (Disciplinary Procedures and Processes). This recommendation may include a proposal for any additional action by the Police Chief not inconsistent with the intent and purpose of the citizen complaint review process.
(c) The review may include a proposal that the Police Chief return the merits determination to the Executive Director for review by a final review panel as set forth in subsection (g) of this section, if those charged with the review conclude, with supporting reasons, that, insofar as it sustains one or more allegations in the complaint, the merits determination clearly misapprehends the record before the complaint examiner and is not supported by substantial, reliable, and probative evidence in that record. The staff recommendation may not propose the supplementation of the evidentiary record before the complaint examiner.
(d) Within 5 working days after receiving the staff recommendation, the Police Chief shall notify the complainant and the subject police officer or officers in writing of the staff recommendation, and shall afford the complainant and the subject police officer or officers an opportunity to file with the Police Chief, within a reasonable time period set by the Police Chief, a written response to the staff recommendation. The Police Chief shall give full consideration to the written responses received from the complainant and the subject police officer or officers before taking final action with regard to the complaint.
(e) Within 15 working days after receiving the written responses of the complainant and the subject officer or officers, or within 15 working days of the deadline set for receipt of such responses, whichever is earlier, the Police Chief shall issue a decision as to the imposition of discipline upon the subject police officer or officers. The decision of the Police Chief shall be in writing and shall set forth a concise statement of the reasons therefor. The Police Chief may not reject the merits determination, in whole or in part, unless the Police Chief concludes, with supporting reasons, that the merits determination clearly misapprehends the record before the complaint examiner and is not supported by substantial, reliable, and probative evidence in the record before the complaint examiner. The Police Chief may not supplement the evidentiary record.
(f) The Police Chief shall notify the Executive Director, the complainant, and the subject police officer or officers in writing of the action taken by the Police Chief within 10 business days after the action is taken, and shall include in such notice a copy of the decision.
(g) The decision of the Police Chief shall be a final decision with no further right of administrative review, other than as provided in § 5-1114(f) , except in the following circumstances:
  (1) The Police Chief may reopen any closed matter in the interests of fairness and justice; or
  (2) If the Police Chief concludes on the basis of a staff recommendation under subsection (c) of this section, or otherwise, that insofar as it sustains one or more allegations of the complaint, the merits determination clearly misapprehends the record before the complaint examiner, and is not supported by substantial, reliable, and probative evidence in the record, the Police Chief shall return the merits determination to the Executive Director for review by a final review panel comprised of 3 complaint examiners (not including the complaint examiner who prepared the merits determination) selected by the Executive Director. Upon review of the record, and without taking any additional evidence, the final review panel shall issue a written decision, with supporting reasons, regarding the correctness of the merits determination to the extent that the Police Chief has concluded that it erroneously sustained one or more allegations of the complaint. The final review panel shall uphold the merits determination as to any allegation of the complaint that the determination was sustained, unless the panel concludes that the determination regarding the allegation clearly misapprehends the record before the original complaint examiner and is not supported by substantial, reliable, and probative evidence in that record. A copy of the decision of the final review panel shall be transmitted to the Executive Director, the complainant, the subject police officer or officers, and the Police Chief.
(h) If the final review panel concludes that the merits determination sustaining one or more allegations of the complaint should be reversed in its entirety, the Executive Director shall dismiss the complaint, and notify the parties and the Police Chief in writing of such dismissal. If the final review panel concludes that the merits determination should be upheld as to any allegation of the complaint that the determination has sustained, the Police Chief, within 15 working days of receipt of the panel’s decision, shall issue a supplemental decision as to the imposition of discipline upon the subject officer or officers that is fully consistent with the panel’s decision. The supplemental decision of the Police Chief shall be in writing and shall set forth a concise statement of the reasons therefor. The Police Chief shall notify the Executive Director, the complainant, and the subject police officer or officers in writing of the action taken by the Police Chief, and shall include in such notice a copy of the supplemental decision. The supplemental decision of the Police Chief shall be a final decision with no further right of administrative review, other than as provided in subsection (g) of this section and § 5-1114(f) .
D.C. Code § 5-132.32 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-132.32
§ 5-132.32. Metropolitan Police Department community policing working group.
Status: in_force

(a) The Chief of Police of the Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") shall convene a working group to examine national best practices in community policing and make recommendations.
(b) The working group shall be comprised of no fewer than 10 representatives appointed by the Chief of Police from the government, nonprofit and community organizations, and academic institutions.
(c) The working group shall issue a report of its recommendations on best practices in community policing for the MPD’s adoption to the Mayor and the Council no later than July 1, 2017, and biennially thereafter.
D.C. Code § 5-331.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.02
§ 5-331.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) "Chemical irritant" means any:
  (A) Chemical that can rapidly produce sensory irritation or disabling physical effects in humans, which are meant to disappear within a short time following termination of exposure, including tear gas; or
  (B) Substance prohibited by the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, effective April 29, 1997, for law enforcement purposes or as a method of warfare.
(2) “First Amendment assembly” means a demonstration, rally, parade, march, picket line, or other similar gathering conducted for the purpose of persons expressing their political, social, or religious views.
(3) "Less-lethal projectile" means any munition that can cause bodily injury or death through the transfer of kinetic energy and blunt force trauma, including rubber or foam-covered bullets and stun grenades.
(4) "Less-lethal weapons" means:
  (A) Chemical irritants; and
  (B) Less-lethal projectiles.
(5) “MPD” means the Metropolitan Police Department.
D.C. Code § 5-1501.06 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.06
§ 5-1501.06. Powers and duties of the Department.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall provide forensic science services for the District of Columbia, which may include:
  (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; and
  (10) Emerging fields in forensic science.
(b) The Department shall provide the forensic science services described in subsection (a) of this section upon request to:
  (1) District agencies, including:
    (A) The MPD;
    (B) The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner;
    (C) The Office of the Attorney General;
    (D) The Department of Health; and
    (E) The Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department; and
  (2) To the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
(b-1) Not Funded.
(c) The Department also may provide forensic science services to other law enforcement or investigative agencies.
(c-1) The Department shall provide public health laboratory services for the District of Columbia, which may include:
  (1) Disease prevention, control, and surveillance testing;
  (2) Emergency preparedness testing;
  (3) Food surveillance and testing; and
  (4) Reference and specialized testing.
(c-2) The Department shall provide public health laboratory services upon request to District agencies.
(c-3) The Department also may provide public health laboratory services to other government agencies, hospitals, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and other health-related entities.
(d) (1) The Department shall be accredited by an appropriate, bona fide national accrediting organization.
  (2) Department accreditation shall be obtained before January 1, 2014.
  (3) Any forensic unit not included in the Department’s accreditation, and any forensic unit subsequently added to the Department, shall be accredited as soon as possible.
(e) The Department shall provide for the security and protection of evidence and samples in its custody.
(f) The Department shall provide training regarding the collection and preservation of forensic evidence to:
  (1) Law enforcement agencies;
  (2) Hospitals; and
  (3) Other entities or individuals that collect evidence for testing or examination by the Department.
(g) The Department shall, to the extent feasible, complete cases submitted by MPD in the priority order requested by the Chief of Police.
(h) (1) The Department shall make available all records pertaining to the analysis conducted in a particular case to the agency that requested the analysis.
  (2) If the records pertain to a criminal prosecution, the Department shall provide the prosecutor with 2 identical sets of records, one for the government and one for the defense.
  (2A) Not Funded.
  (3) For the purposes of this subsection, the term “records” shall include:
    (A) Lab notes and bench notes;
    (B) Worksheets, graphs, and charts;
    (C) Photographs;
    (D) Raw data;
    (E) Reports;
    (F) Statistical information used to calculate probabilities or uncertainty;
    (G) Any logs related to the equipment or materials used in testing;
    (H) Any written communications or records of oral communications regarding a specific individual case between the Department and any other agency or between the Department and any person not employed by the Department, except as otherwise prohibited by law; and
    (I) Proficiency test results for individual examiners involved in the analysis.
    (J) Not Funded.
(i) The following documents shall be public documents:
  (1) All accreditation documents;
  (2) All of the documents listed in § 5-1501.04(b) ;
  (3) Any investigative report prepared pursuant to § 5-1501.10(c) ;
  (3A) Not Funded.
  (4) Minutes of meetings of the Board; and
  (5) Any other documents as required by law to be public.
D.C. Code § 5-451 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-451
§ 5-451. Physical examinations and agility standards.
Status: in_force

(a) All sworn members of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services 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 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 § 5-417 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-417
§ 5-417. Arson reporting.
Status: in_force

(a) If the Fire Marshal or any agency empowered to investigate the cause of, or circumstances attendant upon, a fire loss involving real or personal property within the District of Columbia or empowered to institute criminal prosecutions for criminal acts causing, or related to, a fire loss has reason to believe that a fire was caused by other than accidental means, the Fire Marshal or such authorized agency may require, by written demand, any insurer investigating a fire loss to release any relevant information in its possession relating to that fire loss. Relevant information may include, but is not limited to:
  (1) The insurance policy in force;
  (2) Applications for an insurance policy;
  (3) The premium payments record;
  (4) The history of previous claims made; and
  (5) Material relating to the investigation of the loss, including statements of any person, proof of loss, and any other evidence relevant to the investigation.
(b) Whenever an insurer has reason to believe that a fire loss in which it has an interest may have been caused by other than accidental means, the insurer shall, for the purpose of having the fire loss investigated, notify the Fire Marshal or an authorized agency in writing and furnish the Fire Marshal or such agency with all relevant information acquired during its investigation of the fire loss.
(c) No insurer (or person acting on behalf of an insurer) who in good faith furnished information pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be liable therefor.
(d) Any information or evidence furnished pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be held in confidence by and among the Fire Marshal and authorized agencies, except that such information or evidence may be released in a criminal or civil proceeding in accordance with applicable court rules.
(e) Whoever shall knowingly: (1) refuse to release any information requested pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; (2) fail to notify or supply information to the Fire Marshal or an authorized agency pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; or (3) fail to hold in confidence information required to be held in confidence in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section shall be fined not more than $10,000.
D.C. Code § 5-116.71 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-116.71
§ 5-116.71. Arrest report and probable cause affidavit transparency requirements.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section was created by emergency legislation that will expire on June 29, 2026.*
(a) Following an arrest, a member of the Metropolitan Police Department shall include the following information, to the extent known at the time, in documentation supporting the arrest, including a probable cause affidavit:
  (1) The name, badge number or other identifying number, and employing agency of each law enforcement officer present at the scene;
  (2) Whether any law enforcement officer present at the scene used force during the arrest and, if so, a description of the force used; and
  (3) The number of unidentified law enforcement officers at the scene and whether any law enforcement officer declined to disclose their identity.
(b) (1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to:
    (A) Impose any legal obligation on any law enforcement officer other than a member of the Metropolitan Police Department; or
    (B) Create a private right of action.
  (2) Failure to comply with any provision in this section shall not be used as evidence or in any other way in any criminal or civil proceeding.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) "Law enforcement officer" means any sworn member of the Metropolitan Police Department or any law enforcement officer, including federal officers.
  (2) "Probable cause affidavit" means any affidavit prepared by a member of the Metropolitan Police Department to establish probable cause following a warrantless arrest.
D.C. Code § 5-656 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 6A / § 5-656
§ 5-656. Applicability.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, this subchapter shall apply as of October 1, 2016.
(b) Section 5-654 shall apply as of October 1, 2017.
(c) Section 5-652 shall apply as of October 1, 2018.
(d) Section 5-653|(a)|(1)|(B) and (b)(1)(B) shall apply as of October 1, 2023.
(e) Section 5-653|(a)|(1)|(C) and (b)(1)(C) shall apply as of October 1, 2027.
D.C. Code § 5-1305 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / § 5-1305
§ 5-1305. Payment of certain tuition expenses.
Status: in_force

If an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force, the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, or the United States Park Police force engages in educational course work in police or fire science or administration, and, if he is eligible for payments or reimbursements under § 4109(a)(2)(C) of Title 5 of the United States Code   for tuition expenses for such course work, the Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of the Interior shall, in accordance with such § 4109(a)(2)(C), pay or reimburse each such officer and member under their jurisdiction for all his tuition expenses for such course work.
D.C. Code § 5-711 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 7 / § 5-711
§ 5-711. Application of amendment to § 5-710.
Status: in_force

The amendment made by Pub. L. 96-122, § 204(a)(1), to § 5-710 shall not apply with respect to officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who apply for disability retirement under § 5-710 prior to the end of the 90-day period beginning on November 17, 1979. The amendment made by Pub. L. 96-122, § 204(a)(2), to § 5-710 shall not apply with respect to injuries incurred or diseases first diagnosed prior to the end of such 90-day period.
D.C. Code § 5-1136 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1136
§ 5-1136. Liability of Board members.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-1501.12 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 15 / § 5-1501.12
§ 5-1501.12. Functions of the Board.
Status: in_force

The Board shall:
(1) Review all reports of allegations of professional negligence, misconduct, or misidentification or other testing error that occurred in the provision of forensic science services or public health laboratory services at the Department;
(2) Periodically review the program standards and protocols related to Department operations;
(3) At least once every 3 years, conduct a review of relevant scientific literature to determine whether modification of any of the manuals and procedures referenced in § 5-1501.04(b) is desirable;
(4) Review and make recommendations as necessary to the Director concerning:
  (A) The quality and timeliness of the forensic science services or public health laboratory services at the Department;
  (B) New scientific programs, protocols, methods of testing, and forensic technologies;
  (C) Plans for:
    (i) The implementation of new programs;
    (ii) Sustaining existing programs;
    (iii) Improving programs, where possible; and
    (iv) The elimination of programs no longer needed;
  (D) Qualification standards for analyst positions within the Department; and
  (E) Any other matters related to the scientific operation of the Department; and
(4A) Not Funded.
(4B) Not Funded.
(5) Advise the Director or the Mayor and Council, when it considers appropriate, on matters relating to the Department, forensic sciences services, or public health laboratory services.
D.C. Code § 5-1107 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 11 / § 5-1107
§ 5-1107. Authority of the Office and processing of complaint.
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(c) of D.C. Law 26-73 shall expire on the applicability date of section 105 of D.C. Law 24-345 .*
(a) The MPD and the Office shall have the authority to receive a citizen complaint against a member or members of the MPD, and any other agency pursuant to subsection (j) of this section that alleges abuse or misuse of police powers by such member or members, including:
  (1) Harassment;
  (2) Use of unnecessary or excessive force;
  (3) Use of language or conduct that is insulting, demeaning, or humiliating;
  (4) Discriminatory treatment based upon a person’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, physical disability, matriculation, political affiliation, source of income, or place of residence or business;
  (5) Retaliation against a person for filing a complaint pursuant to this chapter; or
  (6) Failure to wear or display required identification or to identify oneself by name and badge number when requested to do so by a member of the public.
  (7) Not Funded.
(a-1) If the MPD receives a citizen complaint under subsection (a) of this section, the MPD shall transmit the citizen complaint to the Office within 3 business days after receipt.
(b) If a complaint alleges misconduct that is not within the authority of the Office to review, the Executive Director shall refer the allegation to the Police Chief for further processing by the MPD or the District of Columbia Housing Authority Police Department ("HAPD"), as appropriate.
(b-1) The Office shall have the sole authority to dismiss, conciliate, mediate, adjudicate, or refer for further action to the MPD or the HAPD a citizen complaint received under subsection (a) or (b) of this section.
(c) Any individual having personal knowledge of alleged police misconduct may file a complaint with the Office on behalf of a victim.
(d) To be timely, a complaint must be received by the Office within 90 days from the date of the incident that is the subject of the complaint. The Executive Director may extend the deadline for good cause.
(e) Each complaint shall be reduced to writing and signed by the complainant.
(f) Complaint forms shall conclude with the following words: “I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, and under penalty of perjury, the statements made herein are true.
(g) The Executive Director shall screen each complaint and may request additional information from the complainant. Within 7 working days of the receipt of the complaint, or within 7 working days of the receipt of additional information requested from the complainant, the Executive Director shall take one of the following actions:
  (1) Dismiss the complaint, with the concurrence of one member of the Board;
  (2) Refer the complaint to the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for possible criminal prosecution;
  (3) Attempt to conciliate the complaint;
  (4) Refer the complaint to mediation;
  (5) Refer the complaint for investigation; or
  (6) Refer the subject police officer or officers to complete appropriate policy training by the MPD or the HAPD.
(g-1) (1) If the Executive Director discovers evidence of abuse or misuse of police powers that was not alleged by the complainant in the complaint, the Executive Director may:
    (A) Initiate the Executive Director's own complaint against the subject police officer; and
    (B) Take any of the actions described in subsection (g)(2) through (6) of this section.
  (2) The authority granted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include circumstances in which the subject police officer failed to:
    (A) Intervene in or subsequently report any use of force incident in which the subject police officer observed another law enforcement officer, including an MPD officer, utilizing excessive force or engaging in any type of misconduct, pursuant to MPD General Order 901.07, its successor directive, or a similar local or federal directive; or
    (B) Immediately report to their supervisor any violations of the rules and regulations of the MPD committed by any other MPD officer, and each instance of their use of force or a use of force committed by another MPD officer, pursuant to MPD General Order 201.26, or any successor directive.
(h) The Executive Director shall notify in writing the complainant and the subject police officer or officers of the action taken under subsection (g) or (g-1) of this section. If the complaint is dismissed, the notice shall be accompanied by a brief statement of the reasons for the dismissal, and the Executive Director shall notify the complainant that the complaint may be brought to the attention of the Police Chief who may direct that the complaint be investigated and that appropriate action be taken.
(h-1) The MPD and the HAPD shall notify the Executive Director when a subject police officer or officers completes policy training pursuant to subsection (g)(6) of this section.
(h-2) (1) The Office shall have the authority to audit citizen complaints referred to the MPD or the HAPD for further action.
  (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 auditing 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 or the HAPD to the Office pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
  (4) A Freedom of Information Act request for public records collected under paragraph (1) of this subsection may only be submitted to the MPD or the HAPD.
  (5) 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.
(i) For purposes of § 1-616.01 [repealed], the receipt by the Office of an oral or written complaint shall not constitute knowledge or cause to know of acts, occurrences, or allegations contained in such complaint. For purposes of § 1-616.01 , the MPD shall be deemed to know or have cause to know of the acts, occurrences, or allegations in a complaint received by the Office at the time the MPD receives written notice from the Office that an allegation in a complaint processed by the Office has been sustained.
(j) This subchapter shall also apply to the [HAPD] and to any federal law enforcement agency that, pursuant to Chapter 3 of this title , has a cooperative agreement with the MPD that requires coverage by the Office; provided, that the Chief of the respective law enforcement department or agency shall perform the duties of the MPD Chief of Police for the members of their respective departments.
(k) By February 1 of each year, the Office of Police Complaints shall provide a report to the Council on the effectiveness of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Body-Worn Camera Program, including an analysis of use of force incidents.
D.C. Code § 5-129.51 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-129.51
§ 5-129.51. Metropolitan Police Department Reserve Corps.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall establish a Metropolitan Police Department Reserve Corps (“Reserve Corps”) in the District of Columbia. The purpose of the Reserve Corps shall be to assist full-time, sworn police personnel in both the day-to-day and emergency delivery of law enforcement services, consistent with applicable law.
(b) The Reserve Corps shall have as its membership a corps of unpaid volunteers who fulfill police duties and responsibilities as determined by the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department.
(c) The selection criteria required for and training provided to members of the Reserve Corps shall be similar to the selection criteria required for and training provided to full-time, sworn police personnel. When establishing the criteria, the Chief of Police shall review national standards, such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
(d) 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. The rules shall:
  (1) Prescribe the duties and responsibilities of Reserve Corps members;
  (2) Define the scope of Reserve Corps members’ authority and discretion in carrying out their duties and responsibilities, including any limitations on or restrictions to their authority and discretion; and
  (3) Delineate the supervision Reserve Corps members are to receive.
D.C. Code § 5-113.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-113.02
§ 5-113.02. Records — Criminal offenses.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the records kept under § 5-113.01 , the Metropolitan Police force shall keep a record of each case in which an individual in the custody of any police force or of the United States Marshal is charged with having committed a criminal offense in the District (except those traffic violations and other petty offenses to which the Council of the District of Columbia determines this section should not apply). The record shall show:
  (1) The circumstances under which the individual came into the custody of the police or the United States Marshal;
  (2) The charge originally placed against him, and any subsequent changes in the charge (if he is charged with murder, manslaughter, or causing the death of another by the operation of a vehicle at an immoderate speed or in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner, the charge shall be recorded as “homicide”);
  (3) If he is released (except on bail) without having his guilt or innocence of the charge determined by a court, the circumstances under which he is released;
  (4) If his guilt or innocence is so determined, the judgment of the court;
  (5) If he is convicted, the sentence imposed; and
  (6) If, after being confined in a correctional institution, he is released therefrom, the circumstances of his release.
(b) The Attorney General, the Corporation Counsel, the United States Magistrate for the District, the Clerk of the District Court, the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and the Director of the Department of Corrections shall furnish the Chief of Police with such information as the Mayor of the District of Columbia considers necessary to enable the Metropolitan Police force to carry out this section.
D.C. Code § 5-501.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-501.02
§ 5-501.02. Computation of rates of compensation.
Status: in_force

(a) For all pay computation purposes affecting employees covered by this act or the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958, basic per annum rates of compensation established by this act or the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958, shall be regarded as payment for employment during 52 basic administrative workweeks.
(b) (1) Whenever for any such purpose it is necessary to convert a basic annual rate established by this act or the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958 to a basic biweekly, weekly, daily, half-daily, or hourly rate, the following rules shall govern:
    (A) The annual rate shall be divided by 52 or 26, as the case may be, to derive a weekly or biweekly rate;
    (B) A weekly or biweekly rate shall be divided by 5 or 10, as the case may be, to derive a daily rate;
    (C) A daily rate shall be divided by 2 to derive a one-half daily rate;
    (D) In the case of the Metropolitan Police force, except with respect to computation of holiday pay, a biweekly rate shall be divided by the number of hours constituting the biweekly tour of duty in order to derive an hourly rate;
    (E) In the case of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia:
      (i) A biweekly rate shall be divided by 2 to derive a weekly rate;
      (ii) The weekly rate shall be divided by the number of workdays in the average established workweek to arrive at a daily rate;
      (iii) A daily rate shall be divided by 2 to derive a one-half daily rate; and
      (iv) An hourly rate shall be determined by dividing the daily rate of pay by 12, except for the purpose of computation of holiday pay; and
    (F) In the case of officers and members of divisions of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia other than the Firefighting Division, except with respect to computation of holiday pay, a biweekly rate shall be divided by the number of hours constituting the biweekly tour of duty in order to derive an hourly rate.
  (2) All rates shall be computed to the nearest cent, counting one-half cent and over as a whole cent.
(c) For all officers and employees referred to in this act, or the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act of 1958, each pay period shall cover 2 administrative workweeks except that with respect to employees of the Fire Department the 1st pay period shall be for the period July 1 to July 11, 1953, inclusive.
D.C. Code § 5-105.04 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-105.04
§ 5-105.04. Probation period.
Status: in_force

No person shall receive a permanent appointment who has not served the required probationary period, but the service during probation shall be deemed to be service in the uniformed force if succeeded by a permanent appointment, and as such shall be included and counted in determining eligibility for advancement, promotion, retirement, and pension in accordance with existing law. If at any time during the period of probation, the conduct or capacity of the probationer is determined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, or his designated agent, to be unsatisfactory, the probationer shall be separated from the service after advance written notification of the reasons for and the effective date of the separation. The retention of the probationer in the service after satisfactory completion of the probationary period shall be equivalent to a permanent appointment therein.
D.C. Code § 5-545.06 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 5 / § 5-545.06
§ 5-545.06. Delegation of powers and functions.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Secretary of the Interior are hereby authorized to delegate, from time to time, to their designated agent or agents, any power or function vested in them by §§ 5-541.01 to 5-545.06 , except those powers and functions vested in them by §§ 5-543.05 and 5-545.04 .
D.C. Code § 5-1304 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 13 / § 5-1304
§ 5-1304. Basic workweek established; overtime; special assignments; court duty.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply, unless the context requires otherwise:
  (1) “Authorizing official” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia in the cases of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, and the Secretary of the Interior in the case of the United States Park Police force.
  (2) “Administrative workweek” means a period of 7 consecutive calendar days.
  (3) “Basic workweek” means a 40-hour workweek, excluding roll-call time, in the case of officers and members of the police forces specified in this section; a 40-hour workweek in the case of officers and members of the District of Columbia Fire Department other than those in the Firefighting Division; and an average workweek of 48 hours in the case of officers and members of the Firefighting Division of the District of Columbia Fire Department.
  (4) “Basic workday” means an 8-hour day excluding roll-call time in the case of officers and members of the police forces specified in this section; an 8-hour day in the case of officers and members of the District of Columbia Fire Department other than those in the Firefighting Division; and an average 12-hour workday in the case of officers and members of the Firefighting Division.
  (5) (A) “Off-duty days” means the nonwork days which, when combined with the basic workdays, make up the administrative workweek.
    (B) “Off-duty time” means the time in any basic workday outside the regular tour of an officer or member’s duty.
  (6) “Roll-call time” means that time, not exceeding one-half hour each workday, which is in addition to each basic workday of the basic workweek for reading of rolls and other preparation for the daily tour of duty.
  (7) “Rate of basic compensation” means the rate of compensation fixed by law for the position held by an officer or member exclusive of any deductions or additional compensation of any kind.
  (8) “Premium pay” means compensation not considered as salary for the purpose of computing deductions for life insurance or for computing annuity payments under subchapter I of Chapter 7 of this title .
  (9) “Officer or member” means any employee in the Metropolitan Police force or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, or the United States Park Police force, whose compensation is fixed and adjusted in accordance with subchapter III of Chapter 5 of this title .
  (10) “Court duty” means attendance by an officer or member in his official capacity, excluding his appearance as a defendant, at court or at a quasi-judicial hearing.
  (11) “Special event” or “special assignment” means any planned activity or function which the authorizing official designates in advance as such.
(b) The Mayor of the District of Columbia, or the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be, is authorized and directed to establish a basic workweek of 40 hours to be scheduled on 5 days for the respective police forces referred to in this section; provided, that roll-call time shall be without compensation or credit to the time of the basic workweek.
(c) All officially ordered or approved hours of work (except roll-call time) performed by officers and members in excess of the basic workweek in any administrative workweek, shall be considered as overtime work and shall be compensated for as provided by this section.
(d) (1) Whenever the authorizing official designates an activity or function as a special event, or special assignment, all overtime work in connection with such special event, or special assignment, shall be compensated for by payment as follows:
    (A) For each officer or member who receives compensation at a rate provided for in class 1 through class 4, in subchapter III of Chapter 5 of this title , the overtime work shall be compensated for by payment at one and one-half times the basic hourly rate of such officer or member and all such compensation shall be considered premium pay.
    (B) For each officer or member who receives compensation at a rate provided for classes 5 and above, in subchapter III of Chapter 5 of this title , the overtime work shall be compensated for by payment at the basic hourly rate of such officer or member’s basic compensation (except as otherwise limited by subsection (h)(1) and (2) of this section) and all such compensation shall be considered premium pay.
  (2) An officer or member may elect to receive compensatory time off as provided in subsection (f) of this section in lieu of payment for overtime work as provided in this subsection.
(e) Each officer or member who on any off-duty time performs court duty (excluding the 1st appearance in court on each case), or who performs work, as ordered or approved, on any off-duty day shall be compensated in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.
(f) (1) Overtime work, other than that for which compensation by payment or time off is provided by subsections (d) and (e) of this section, shall be compensated for by compensatory time off at a rate of 1 hour of compensatory time for each hour of overtime work performed. Such compensatory time off shall be granted in accordance with the following provisions:
    (A) The authorizing official, or such person as he may designate to act in his place, may, at the request of any officer or member, grant such officer or member compensatory time off from his scheduled tour of duty in lieu of payment for an equal amount of time spent for overtime work, including the 1st appearance for court duty in each case, if to grant such leave would not unreasonably diminish the number of officers or members available to maintain law, order, and public safety.
    (B) Any officer or member who is eligible for compensatory time off and has made application for such compensatory time off, which application was denied, may within 30 days of such denial make application for compensatory pay at his basic hourly rate of basic compensation and all such compensation shall be considered premium pay.
    (C) Such compensatory time off shall be used within such period of time as the authorizing official shall prescribe. If such officer or member fails to take such compensatory time off within the prescribed period, he shall thereby waive all right to such compensatory time off, unless his failure to take such compensatory time off is due to an official denial of his request for such compensatory time off.
  (2) Such overtime work shall be credited for purposes of compensation in multiples of 1 hour, rounded to the nearest hour in case of fractions thereof. Thirty minutes or more of any such hour shall be credited as 1 hour.
(g) (1) Whenever any officer or member is authorized or directed to return to overtime duty at a time which is not an immediate continuation of his regular tour of duty, such officer or member shall receive credit for not less than 2 hours of overtime work for purposes of compensation under this section.
  (2) Overtime work resulting from the immediate continuation of an officer’s or member’s regular tour of duty which, excluding roll-call time, is 30 minutes or more in excess of the basic workday shall be credited for purposes of compensation under subsection (f) of this section.
(h) (1) No premium pay provided by this section shall be paid to, and no compensatory time off is authorized for, an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia whose rate of basic compensation equals or exceeds the minimum scheduled rate of basic compensation provided for service step 1 in the salary class applicable to the Fire Chief and Chief of Police in subchapter III of Chapter 5 of this title .
  (2) In the case of an officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force or of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia whose rate of basic compensation is less than the minimum scheduled rate of basic compensation provided for service step 1 in the salary class applicable to the Fire Chief and Chief of Police in subchapter III of Chapter 5 of this title , such premium pay may be paid only to the extent that such payment would not cause his aggregate rate of compensation to exceed such minimum scheduled rate with respect to any pay period.
  (3) (A) No premium pay provided by this section shall be paid to, and no compensatory time is authorized for, any officer or member of the United States Park Police whose rate of basic pay, combined with any applicable locality-based comparability payment, equals or exceeds the lesser of:
      (i) One hundred-fifty percent of the minimum rate payable for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule (including any applicable locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law, and any applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law); or
      (ii) The rate of payable for level V of the Executive Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 3 of title 5, United States Code.
    (B) In the case of any officer or member of the United States Park Police whose rate of basic pay, combined with any applicable locality-based comparability payment, is less than the lesser of—
      (i) One hundred-fifty percent of the minimum rate payable for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule (including any applicable locality-based comparability payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law, and any applicable special rate of pay under section 5305 of title 5, United States Code or any similar provision of law); or
      (ii) The rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule contained in subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, such premium pay may be paid only to the extent that such payment would not cause such officer or member’s aggregate rate of compensation to exceed such lesser amount with respect to any pay period.
(i) Each authorizing official is authorized to promulgate such regulations and issue such orders as are necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this section, and to delegate to a designated agent or agents any of the functions vested in the authorizing official by this section.
D.C. Code § 5-105.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-105.01
§ 5-105.01. Appointments; assignments; promotions; applicable civil service provisions; vacancies.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor of said District shall appoint to office, assign to such duty or duties as he may prescribe, and promote all officers and members of said Metropolitan Police force; provided, that all officers, members, and civilian employees of the force except the Chief of Police, the Assistant and Deputy Chiefs of Police, and the inspectors, shall be appointed and promoted in accordance with the provisions of §§ 1101-1103 , 1105, 1301-1303 , 1307, 1308, 2102, 2951, 3302-3306 , 3318, 3319, 3321, 3361, 7152, 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; provided further, that the Assistant Chiefs of Police, Deputy Chiefs of Police, and inspectors shall be selected from among the lieutenants and captains of the force and shall be returned to the same civil service rank when the Mayor so determines: Provided further, that privates of class 1, if found efficient, shall serve 1 year on probation, privates of class 2 shall serve 2 years subsequent to service in class 1, and privates of class 3 shall include all those privates who have served efficiently 3 or more years. In order that the full complement of the Metropolitan Police force may at all times be maintained, as authorized by law, the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized, when vacancies occur in classes 2 and 3 of said Metropolitan Police force, which cannot be filled by promotion, to appoint privates in class 1 equal in number to the positions vacated in said classes 2 and 3; and the respective salaries specifically provided for such vacant positions may be reduced to pay the salaries of the privates so appointed to class 1.
(a-1) (1) The Mayor shall appoint the Chief of Police, with the advice and consent of the Council, pursuant to § 1-523.01(a) .
  (2) The Chief of Police may be selected for appointment from among the ranks of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department, or from outside the department.
  (3) A person selected for appointment as Chief of Police 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 Chief of Police from among the ranks of officers and members of the department shall be paid from the DX Schedule for subordinate agency heads pursuant to § 1-610.52 and, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be subject to the retirement provisions for officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Department.
(b) (1) The Chief of Police shall recommend to the Director of Personnel criteria for Career Service promotions and Excepted Service appointments to Inspector, Commander, and Assistant Chief of Police 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 Chief of Police shall review national standards, such as the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
  (2) All candidates for the positions of Inspector, Commander, and Assistant Chief of Police 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.
(c) Effective April 21, 2003, Charles H. Ramsey, Chief of Police, shall serve in the capacity of Chief of Police for a term of 5 years, except that the Mayor may earlier terminate Chief Ramsey with or without cause.
(d) Effective January 1, 2012, Cathy L. Lanier, Chief of Police, whose appointment was extended by the Mayor on January 2, 2011 (Mayor’s Order 2011-3), shall serve in the capacity of Chief of Police for a term of 5 years, except that the Mayor may earlier terminate Chief Lanier with or without cause.
(e) (1) Effective May 2, 2017, the term of office for Chief of Police shall be 4 years; except, that the Mayor may earlier terminate a Chief of Police with or without cause during that Chief of Police's term of office.
  (2) In the event a Chief of Police leaves office prior to the expiration of a 4-year term, the successor Chief nominated by the Mayor and confirmed by the Council shall serve a new 4-year term of office, subject to removal during that term by the Mayor in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection.
D.C. Code § 5-117.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-117.02
§ 5-117.02. Examination of books and premises.
Status: in_force

The Mayor of the District of Columbia may direct the Chief of Police to empower any member of the police force, whenever such member shall be in search of property feloniously obtained, or in search of suspected offenders, to examine the books of any pawnbroker or his business premises, or the business premises of any licensed vender or dealer in secondhand merchandise, or intelligence office keeper, or auctioneer of watches and jewelry, or suspected private banking house, or other doubtful establishment.
D.C. Code § 5-331.14 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3A / § 5-331.14
§ 5-331.14. Police-media relations.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 90 days of April 13, 2005, the Chief of Police, pursuant to subchapter 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules governing police passes for media personnel.
(b) Within 90 days of April 13, 2005, the Chief of Police shall develop and implement a written policy governing interactions between the MPD and media representatives who are in or near an area where a First Amendment assembly is ongoing and who are reporting on the First Amendment assembly. The policy shall be consistent with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section.
(c) (1) The MPD shall allow media representatives reasonable access to all areas where a First Amendment assembly is occurring. At a minimum, the MPD shall allow media representatives no less access than that enjoyed by members of the general public and, consistent with public safety considerations, shall allow media representatives access to promote public knowledge of the assembly.
  (2) The MPD personnel located in or near an area where a First Amendment assembly is ongoing shall recognize and honor media credentials issued by or officially recognized by the MPD.
  (3) The MPD shall make reasonable accommodations to allow media representatives effectively to use photographic, video, or other equipment relating to their reporting of a First Amendment assembly.
D.C. Code § 5-129.21 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-129.21
§ 5-129.21. Security Officer Advisory Commission.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 5-301 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 3 / § 5-301
§ 5-301. Powers and duties of federal law enforcement officers when making arrests for nonfederal offenses.
Status: in_force

(a) When a federal law enforcement agency has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (“MPD”) to assist MPD in carrying out crime prevention and law enforcement activities pursuant to § 5-133.17 , a sworn federal law enforcement officer of a covered federal law enforcement agency as defined in § 5-133.17(d) (“federal officer”), who in his official capacity is authorized to make arrests, shall, when making an arrest in the District of Columbia for a nonfederal offense, have the same legal status and immunity from suit as an MPD officer if the arrest is made under the following circumstances:
  (1) The federal officer has probable cause to believe that the person arrested has committed a felony;
  (2) The federal officer has probable cause to believe that the person arrested has committed a misdemeanor; or
  (3) The federal officer is rendering assistance to an MPD officer in an emergency at the request of that MPD officer.
(b) A sworn federal law enforcement officer of a covered federal law enforcement agency as defined in § 5-133.17(d) , who in his official capacity is authorized to make arrests, may be authorized by the covered federal law enforcement agency to carry weapons within the boundaries of the District of Columbia while in an off-duty status provided that:
  (1) The cooperative agreement authorizes the federal officer to carry weapons while in an off-duty status; and
  (2) The federal officer has training substantially similar to the weapons training requirements of the MPD.
D.C. Code § 5-419 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 4 / § 5-419
§ 5-419. Cadet program — 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 § 5-115.02 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-115.02
§ 5-115.02. Duty to make known; return notice.
Status: in_force

Every case of arrest shall be made known within 6 hours thereafter to the lieutenant of police on duty in the precinct in which the arrest is made, by the person making the same; and it shall be the duty of the lieutenant within 12 hours after such notice, to make written return thereof, according to the rules and regulations of the Council of the District of Columbia, together with the name of the party arrested, the offense, the place of arrest, and the place of detention.
D.C. Code § 5-1401 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1401
§ 5-1401. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term:
  (1) "CME" means the Chief Medical Examiner within the OCME.
  (1A) “District” means the District of Columbia.
  (2) “Legal custody” includes imprisonment, jail, or detention.
  (2A) "OCME" means the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
  (3) “Ward” means any person in the official custody of the District government, on a temporary or permanent basis, because of neglect, abuse, mental illness or intellectual disability.
D.C. Code § 5-109.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-109.01
§ 5-109.01. Cadet program authorized; purpose; preference for appointment; appropriations.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department ("MPD") shall establish a police officer cadet program for the purpose of instructing, training, and exposing cadets to:
    (A) MPD's operations; and
    (B) The duties and responsibilities of serving as an MPD police officer.
  (2) The police officer cadet program established in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be composed of the following persons residing in the District, who shall have substantial ties to the District, such as currently or formerly residing, attending school, or working in the District for a significant period of time:
    (A) Senior-year high school students; and
    (B) High school graduates under 25 years of age.
(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 MPD 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 § 5-116.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-116.01
§ 5-116.01. Procedures for electronic recording of interrogations.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Metropolitan Police Department shall electronically record, in their entirety, and to the greatest extent feasible, custodial interrogations of persons suspected of committing a crime of violence, as that term is defined in § 23-1331(4) , when the interrogation takes place in Metropolitan Police Department interview rooms equipped with electronic recording equipment.
  (2) The recording required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall commence with the first contact between the suspect and law enforcement personnel once the suspect has been placed in the interview room and shall include all subsequent contacts between the suspect and law enforcement personnel in the interview room.
  (3) Nothing in this subsection shall prevent the Metropolitan Police Department from recording the actions of the suspect while law enforcement personnel are not in the interview room.
(b) The recording required by subsection (a) of this section shall include the giving of any warnings as to rights required by law, the response of the suspect to such warnings, and the consent, if any, of the suspect to the interrogation. If the required warnings have been given prior to placing the suspect in the interview room, the suspect shall be asked to affirm that he was informed of and waived those rights.
(c) (1) If, after a suspect has been given the warnings as to rights required by law and voluntarily waived such rights, the suspect announces that the suspect will voluntarily speak with law enforcement personnel only on the express condition that the interrogation not be further recorded, the remainder of the interrogation need not be recorded. In such a case, the giving of any warnings, the suspect’s response, the suspect’s conditional consent, and all events preceding the conditional consent shall be recorded.
  (2) Law enforcement personnel shall not expressly or implicitly encourage the suspect to give such conditional consent in lieu of a completely recorded interrogation.
D.C. Code § 5-1403 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 14 / § 5-1403
§ 5-1403. Supporting services and facilities.
Status: in_force

(a) The CME shall appoint such qualified professional, investigative, technical and clerical personnel as the OCME may require, including administrators, medicolegal investigators, and a General Counsel. The General Counsel shall be appointed pursuant to subchapter VIII-B of Chapter 6 of Title 1 .
(b) The Mayor shall provide such facilities and equipment as the OCME shall require. The Chief Medical Examiner may arrange or contract for such services, equipment and facilities as deemed necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the OCME, pursuant to Chapter 3 of Title 2 .
D.C. Code § 5-107.01 — DC Code / Title 5 / Chapter 1 / § 5-107.01
§ 5-107.01. Minimum standards for members of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on September 11, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation, click this link: Permanent Version .*
(a) Repealed.
(b) Repealed.
(c) Repealed.
(d) Repealed.
(e) To be eligible for appointment as a sworn member of the Metropolitan Police Department, an applicant shall have either:
  (1) Successfully completed 60 hours of post-secondary education at an accredited college or university; except, that, if the Metropolitan Police Department enters into an agreement with an accredited college or university to award credit hours to recruits successfully completing the Department's initial training program for recruits, an applicant may satisfy up to 20 credits of the 60-credit hour requirements by earning credits through the initial training program for recruits;
  .
  (2) Served in the Armed Forces of the United States, including the Organized Reserves and National Guard, for at least 2 years on active duty and if separated from the military, have received an honorable discharge; or
  (3) Served at least 3 years in a full-duty status with a full-service police department in a municipality or state within the United States and have resigned or retired in good standing.
(f) An applicant shall be ineligible for appointment as a sworn member of the Metropolitan Police Department if the applicant:
  (1) Was previously determined by a law enforcement agency to have committed serious misconduct, as determined by the Chief by General Order;
  (2) Was previously terminated or forced to resign for disciplinary reasons from any commissioned, recruit, or probationary position with a law enforcement agency; or
  (3) Previously resigned from a law enforcement agency to avoid potential, proposed, or pending adverse disciplinary action or termination.