An Act to amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemens Salary Act of 1958, as amended, to increase salaries, to adjust pay alignment, and for other purposes.
PL 87-882 (S.3705), enacted 10/24/1962

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Public Law 87-882 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as 
amended, to increase salaries, to adjust pay alinement, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 101 of 
the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 
(72 Stat. 480), as amended (sec. 4-823, et seq., D.C. Code, 1961 edition), 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 101. The annual rates of basic compensation of the officers 
and members of the Metropolitan Police force and the Fire Depart-
ment of the District of Columbia shall be fixed in accordance with the 
following schedule of rates: 
"SALARY SCHEDULE 
'Salary class and title 
Class 1: 
Subclass (a) 
Fire private. 
Police private. 
Subclass (b) 
Private assigned as— 
Technician I. 
Plainclothesman. 1 
Subclass (c) 
Private assigned as— 
Technician II. 
Station clerk. 
Motorcycle oflficer. 
Class 2: 
Subclass (a) 
Fire inspector. 
Subclass (b) 
Fire inspector assigned as— 
Technician I. 
Subclass (c) 
Fire inspector assigned as— 
Technician II. 
Class 3 
Assistant marine engineer. 
Assistant pilot. 
Detective. 
Class 4: 
Subclass (a) 
Fire sergeant. 
Police sergeant. 
Subclass (b) 
Detective sergeant. 
Subclass (c) 
Police sergeant assigned as— 
Motorcycle officer. 
Class 5 
Fire lieutenant. 
Police lieutenant. 
Detective lieutenant. 
Class 6 
Marine engineer. 
Pilot. 
Class?. 
Fire captain. 
Police captain. 
Detective captain. 
Class 8 
Assistant Superintendent of Ma-
chinery. 
Battalion Are chief. 
Deputy fire marshal. 
Police inspector. 
Class 9 
Deputy Fire Chief. 
Deputy Chief of Police. 
Fire marshal. 
Superiatendent of Machinery. 
Classic 
Fire Chief. 
Chief of Police. 
Serv-
ice 
step I 
$5,650 
5,920 
6,190 
6,550 
6,820 
7,090 
6,990 
7,450 
7, J 
7,5 
8,350 
8,915 
9,475 
10,975 
12,676 
17,000 
Serv-
ice 
step 2 
$5,950 
6,220 
6,490 
6,850 
7,120 
7,390 
7,290 
7,750 
8,190 
8,230 
8,725 
9,290 
9,850 
11,375 
12,975 
17,400 
Serv-
ice 
steps 
$6,250 
6,620 
6,790 
7,150 
7,420 
7, 
7,590 
8,050 
8,490 
8,530 
9,100 
9,665 
10,225 
11,775 
13,376 
17,800 
Serv-
ice 
step 4 
$6,550 
6,820 
7,090 
7,450 
7,7to 
7,990 
7, 
8,360 
8,790 
8,830 
9,475 
10,040 
10,600 
12,175 
13,776 
18,200 
Serv-
ice 
step 6 
$6,850 
7,120 
7,390 
Serv-
ice 
step 6 
$7,150 
7,420 
7,f 
Lon-
gevity 
step 7 
$7,450 
7,720 
7,f 
7,750 
8,020 
8,290 
8,190 
8,650 
9,090 
9,130 
9,860 
10,415 
10,975 
12,576 
14,175 
18,600 
Lon-
gevity 
step 8 
$7,750 
8,020 
8,290 
8,050 
8,320 
8,590 
8,490 
8,950 
9,390 
9,430 
10,225 
10,790 
11,350 
12,976 
14,676 
19,000 
Lon-
gevity 
step 9 
$8,050 
8,320 
8,590 
8,360 
8,620 
8.790 
9,250 
9,690 
9,730 
October 24, 1962 
[S. 3705] 
District of Co-
lumbia Police and 
Firemen's Salary 
Act of 1958, 
amendment. 
' Service as such for over 60 consecutive calendar days.' 
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Adjustment of 
compensation 
rates. 
72 Stat. 482. 
D.C. Code 4 
824. 
Longevity rates. 
72 Stat. 480. 
D.C. Code 4-
823 note. 
72 Stat. 484. 
D.C. Code 4-
832. 
D.C. Code 4-
829, 4-832. 
SEC. 2. The rates of basic compensation of officers and members to 
whom the amendment made by the first section of this Act apply shall 
be adjusted in accordance with this section, and on and after the eflfec-
tive date of this Act section 201 of the District of Columbia Police 
and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958 shall not apply to any such officer 
or member whose rate of basic compensation is so adjusted in accord-
ance with this section. 
Such rates of basic compensation shall be 
adjusted as follows: 
(a) Each officer and member receiving basic compensation immedi-
ately prior to the effective date of this Act at one of the scheduled 
service or longevity rates of a class or subclass in the salary schedule 
in the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, 
as amended, shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corre-
sponding scheduled service or longevity rate in effect on and after 
the effective date of this Act, except that: 
(1) Each private who immediately prior to the effective date of this 
Act was serving in service step 6, or longevity steps 7 or 8 in any sub-
class in class 1, and had a total of thirteen or more years of service as 
of the first day of the first pay period which began after January 1, 
1958, shall, on the effective date of this Act, be advanced from service 
step 6 to longevity step 7, or from longevity step 7 to longevity step 8, 
or from longevit}^ step 8 to longevity step 9, as the case may be, and 
receive the appropriate scheduled rate of basic compensation for such 
step in the subclass in which he is serving. 
Any active service imme-
diately prior to the effective date of this Act which each such private 
has rendered in the service step or longevity step from which he is 
being advanced will be credited to him for subsequent advancement 
purposes under the provisions of section 401 of the District of Colum-
bia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, except that 
such active service provision shall not apply to any "private assigned 
as detective, class 1, subclass (c), immediately prior to the effective 
date of this Act. 
(2) Each private who, immediately prior to the effective date of this 
Act, was serving in a position bearing the title of station clerk in class 
1, subclass (b), shall be placed in the corresponding title in class 1, 
subclass (c), and shall receive basic compensation (1) at the service 
step or longevity step in subclass (c) corresponding to that service step 
or longevity step in which he was serving immediately prior to the 
effective date of this Act, or (2) at the longevity step to which he is 
entitled under the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 
this section. Any active service which each private so assigned as 
station clerk has rendered in the service step or longevity step in which 
he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this Act will 
be credited to him for subsequent advancement purposes under the 
provisions of section 303 or section 401, as the case may be, of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as 
amended. 
(3) Each private who immediately prior to the effective date of this 
Act was serving in a position bearing the title of detective or precinct 
detective in class 1, subclass (c) or subclass (d), shall on the effective 
date of this Act, after the application of the provisions of paragraph 
(1) of subsection (a) of this section, be placed in and receive basic 
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compensation at a scheduled rate in class 3, with the title of detective 
as follows: 
From— 
To— 
Detective, class 1, subclass (c) : 
Detective, class 3 : 
Service steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 
Service step 1. 
Service step 5 
Service step 2. 
Service step 6 
Service step 3. 
Longevity step 7 
Service step 4. 
Longevity step 8 
Longevity step 7. 
Longevity step 9 
Longevity step 8. 
From— 
To— 
Precinct detective, class 1, subclass (d) : 
Detective, class 3 : 
Service steps 1, 2, and 3 
Service step 1. 
Service step 4 
Service step 2. 
Service step 5 
Service step 3. 
Service step 6 
Service step 4. 
Longevity step 7 
Longevity step 7. 
Longevity step 8 
Longevity step 8. 
Longevity step 9 
Longevity step 9. 
In computing the time served by each officer or member so assigned 
from detective, class 1, subclass (c), to detective, class 3, on the effec-
tive date of this Act for purposes of advancement to the next higher 
scheduled service step or longevity step as provided in section 303 or 
401, as the case may be, of the District of Columbia Police and Fire- 
72 stat. 483, 
men's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, such time shall commence as *^^'Q code 4-
of the effective date of this Act. 
Any active service which each 829^ 4-832. 
officer or member so assigned from precinct detective, class 1, subclass 
(d), to detective, class 3, has rendered in the service step or longevity 
step in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date 
of this Act will be credited to him for subsequent advancement pur-
poses under the provisions of section 303 or section 401, as the case may 
be, of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 
1958, as amended. 
(4) Each private who immediately prior to the effective date of this 
Act was serving in a position bearing the title of detective sergeant 
in class 1, subclass (e), shall on the effective date of this Act, after the 
application of the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of 
this section be placed in the corresponding title in class 4, subclass (b), 
and shall receive the scheduled rate of basic compensation at a service 
step or longevity step as follows: 
From— 
To— 
Detective sergeant, class 1, subclass (e) : 
Detective sergeant, class 4, subclass (b) : 
Service steps 1, 2, and 3 
Service step 1. 
Service step 4 
Service step 2. 
Service step 5 
Service step 3. 
Service step 6 
Service step 4. 
Longevity step 7 
Longevity step 7. 
Longevity step 8 
Longevity step 8. 
Longevity step 9 
. 
Longevity step 9. 
Any active service which each officer or member so assigned as detective 
sergeant has rendered in the service step or longevity step in which he 
was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this Act will 
be credited to him for subsequent advancement purposes under provi-
sions of section 303 or section 401, as the case may be, of the District 
of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended. 
(5) Each officer and member who, immediately prior to the effective 
date of this Act, was in class 3, subclass (a), as corporal, or in class 3, 
subclass (b), as corporal assigned as motorcycle officer, shall, on the 
effective date of this Act be placed in and receive basic compensation 
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at a scheduled rate in class 4, subclass (a), or class 4, subclass (c), as 
the case may be, with the title of sergeant as follows: 
From— 
To— 
Corporal, class 3, subclass (a) : 
Sergeant, class 4, subclass (a) : 
Service steps 1 and 2 
, 
Service step 1. 
Service step 3 
. 
Service step 2. 
Service step 4 
Service step 3. 
Longevity step 7 
Service step 4. 
Longevity step 8 
Longevity step 7. 
Longevity step 9 
Longevity step 8. 
From—• 
To— 
Corporal assigned as motorcycle officer, class 8, 
Sergeant assigned as motorcycle officer, 
subclass (b) : 
class 4, subclass (c) : 
Service steps 1 and 2 
Service step 1. 
Service step 3 
Service step 2. 
Service step 4 
Service step 3. 
Longevity step 7 
Service step 4. 
Longevity step 8 
Longevity step 7. 
Longevity step 9 
Longevity step 8. 
In computing the time served by each officer or member so assigned 
from corporal to sergeant or from corporal to sergeant assigned as 
motorcycle officer on the effective date of this Act for purposes of 
advancement to the next higher scheduled service st«p or longevity 
step as provided in section 303 or 401, as the case may-be, of the District 
D.c. Code 4- 
of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, 
829, 4-832. 
such time shall commence as of the effective date of this Act. 
(6) Each officer or member who was a sergeant in class 4 immedi-
ately prior to the effective date of this Act, and who was a sergeant 
prior to July 1, 1953, shall be advanced to and shall receive the 
scheduled rate of basic compensation for longevity step 9 in class 4. 
Each officer or member who was a sergeant in class 4 immediately prior 
to the effective date of this Act and who was promoted to sergeant after 
June 30,1953, and prior to the effective date of the District oi Columbia 
Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, shall, if immediately prior to 
the effective date of this Act he was serving in longevity step 7 or 
service step 4 or any lower service step, be advanced to the second 
higher scheduled step in class 4 above such step in which he was so 
serving or if, immediately prior to the effective date of this Act he 
was serving in longevity step 8 he shall be advanced to longevity step 
9 in class 4, and shall receive the scheduled rate of basic compensation 
for the step to which he is advanced. Each officer or member who was 
a sergeant in class 4 immediately prior to the effective date of this Act 
and who was promoted to sergeant on or after the effective date of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, shall 
be advanced to and receive the scheduled rate of basic compensation 
for the next higher scheduled step in class 4. Any active service which 
each such sergeant has rendered in the service step or longevity step 
in which he was serving immediately prior to the effective date of this 
Act will be credited to him for subsequent advancement purposes 
under the provisions of section 303 or section 401, as the case may be, 
of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, 
as amended. 
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(7) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation at sched-
uled longevity step 9, in classes 5 through 10, respectively, of the 
District of Columbia Police and Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as 
amended, shall be placed in and receive the rate of basic compensation 
at the scheduled longevity step 8, in classes 5 through 10, respectively, 
of the above schedule. 
SEC. 3. (a) Section 203(b) of the District of Columbia Police and 
Firemen's Salary Act of 1958, as amended, is amended by deleting 
therefrom "Fire Marshal". 
(b) Title I I of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new section: 
"SEC. 204. The aide to the Fire Marshal shall be included as a fire 
inspector in class 2, subclass (a)." 
(c) The first sentence of section 304 of such Act is amended to read 
as follows: "Any officer or member who is promoted or transferred to 
a higher class shall receive basic compensation at the lowest scheduled 
rate of such higher class which exceeds his existing rate of compensa-
tion by not less than one step increase of the class from which he is 
promoted or transferred: Provided, That any such officer or member 
serving in a subclass other than subclass (a) of any class (who is not 
assigned as a detective sergeant in class 4, subclass (b)) shall receive 
basic compensation at the lowest scheduled rate of such higher class 
which exceeds by one step increase the rate shown for subclass (a) in 
the same step in w^hich he was serving in the class from which pro-
moted: Provided 
further, 
That such scheduled rate in the higher 
class shall not be less than his existing rate of pay." 
(d) Section 401 (a) (2) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
" (2) Not more than three successive longevity step increases may be 
granted to any officer or member in classes 1 through 4, nor more than 
two successive longevity step increases may be granted to any officer or 
member in classes 5 through 10; nor shall any officer or member be 
granted a longevity step increase above the maximum scheduled 
longevity step in the subclass in which he is serving or, if there are no 
subclasses in his class, in the class in which he is serving." 
SEC. 4. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to increase the 
salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police force and 
the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, United States Park 
Police, the White House Police, and for other purposes", approved 
September 8, 1960 (Public Law 86-734) is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect as of the first day of the first pay 
period beginning after January 1,1963. 
Approved October 24, 1962. 
D.C. Code 4-
826. 
D.C. Code 4-
824-4-826. 
Promotion or 
transfer. 
D.C. Code 4-
830. 
Longevity step 
increases. 
D.C. Code 4-
832. 
Repeal. 
74 Stat. 868. 
D.C. Code 4-
823. 
Effective date.