2023 District of Columbia Code › Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences › Chapter 5 - Salaries › Subchapter III - Salary Classifications › Part B - Method of Assignment of Employees to Salary Schedules › § 5–542.01. Adjustments

§ 5–542.01. Adjustments.
The rates of basic compensation of officers and members in active service on the effective date of the District of Columbia Police and Firemen’s Salary Act Amendments of 1972 shall be adjusted as follows:
(1) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of subclass (a) or (b) of salary class 1 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and received basic compensation in salary class 1 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each such officer or member shall be placed at the respective service step in which he was serving immediately prior to such date. Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such date at one of the scheduled longevity step rates of subclass (a) or (b) of salary class 1 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 1 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each such officer or member shall be placed in a service step as follows:
From—Class 1, subclass (a) or (b):
To—Class 1:
Longevity step A
Service step 7.
Longevity step B
Service step 8.
Longevity step C
Service step 9.
(2) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of subclass (a) or (b) of salary class 2 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 2 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each shall be placed at the respective service step in which he was serving immediately prior to such date. Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such date at one of the scheduled longevity step rates of subclass (a) or (b) of salary class 2 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 2 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each such officer or member shall be placed in a service step as follows:
From—Class 2, subclass (a) or (b):
To—Class 2:
Longevity step A
Service step 5.
Longevity step B
Service step 6.
Longevity step C
Service step 7.
(3) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of salary class 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled service step and salary class in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date. Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such date at one of the scheduled longevity step rates of salary class 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall receive basic compensation at the corresponding salary class in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each shall be placed in a service step as follows:
From—Class 3:
To—Class 3:
Longevity step A
Service step 5.
Longevity step B
Service step 6.
Longevity step C
Service step 7.
From—Class 5:
To—Class 5:
Longevity steps A and B
Service step 5.
From—Class 6, 7, 8, or 9:
To—Class 6, 7, 8, or 9:
Longevity steps A and B
Service step 4.
(4) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of subclass (a), (b), or (c) of salary class 4 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 4 in the salary schedule in effect on or after such date, and each shall be placed at the respective service step in which he was serving immediately prior to such date. Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such date at one of the scheduled longevity step rates of subclass (a), (b), or (c) of salary class 4 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in salary class 4 in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, and each shall be placed in a service step as follows:
From—Class 4, subclass (a), (b), or (c):
To—Class 4:
Longevity step A
Service step 5.
Longevity steps B and C
Service step 6.
(5) Each officer or member receiving basic compensation immediately prior to such effective date at one of the scheduled service step rates of salary class 10 or 11 in the salary schedule in effect on the day next preceding such effective date shall receive a rate of basic compensation at the corresponding scheduled service step and salary class in the salary schedule in effect on and after such date, except that any such officer or member who immediately prior to such date was serving in service step 4 of salary class 10 or in service step 3 of salary class 11 shall be placed in and receive basic compensation in a service step as follows:
From—Class 10:
To—Class 10:
Service step 4
Service step 3.
From—Class 11:
To—Class 11:
Service step 3
Service step 2.
(Aug. 1, 1958, 72 Stat. 482, Pub. L. 85-584, title II, § 201; Aug. 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 634, Pub. L. 92-410, title I, § 103.)
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 4-407.
1973 Ed., § 4-824.
Section References
This section is referenced in § 1-632.03 and § 5-545.06a.
Cross References
Merit system, application to police officers and firefighters, see 1-632.03.
References in Text
The effective date of the Police and Firemen’s Salary Act Amendments of 1972, referred to throughout this section, is prescribed by § 118 of the Act of August 29, 1972, 86 Stat. 634, Pub. L. 92-410.