Title 5 — Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.
18 chapters · 391 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 5-1031 Commencement of corrective or adverse action
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no corrective or adverse action against any sworn member or civilian employee of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shall be commenced more than 90 days, not including Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays,…
D.C. Code § 5-1032 Report on misconduct allegations and grievances
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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 conta…
D.C. Code § 5-1051 Definitions
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For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Chief” means the Chief of the Department. (2) “Conditional retirement” means that a member has retired or resigned from the Department while under disciplinary investigation for serious misconduct. (3) “Department” means the Fir…
D.C. Code § 5-1052 Completion of disciplinary investigations
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The 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 § 5-1053 Conditional retirement
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(a) If a member of the Department retires or resigns while under disciplinary investigation, that member shall be deemed to be in conditional retirement until the disciplinary investigation is completed and factual findings are made. (b) A member who is in conditional retirement …
D.C. Code § 5-1054 Penalties in lieu of discipline for members in conditional retirement
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(a) The Department shall set the level of discipline for a member in conditional retirement as if he or she continued to be a member of the Department. (b) A member in conditional retirement who would have received suspension as discipline had he or she remained a member of the D…
D.C. Code § 5-1055 Payments of penalties and collection of debts
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Penalties assessed against a member in conditional retirement as provided in § 5-1054 shall be treated as a debt owed to the District of Columbia government, pursuant to § 1-629.03, and may be collected by the District of Columbia government, pursuant to § 1-629.04, or by any oth…
D.C. Code § 5-1056 Administrative review
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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 § 5-1057 Applicability
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This subchapter shall apply upon adoption of regulations by the Chief to implement the provisions of this chapter. The Chief shall adopt such regulations within 60 days after March 11, 2015.