Title 5 — Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.
18 chapters · 391 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 5-201 United States watchmen to be known as United States Park Police; powers and duties
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The watchmen provided by the United States government for service in any of the public squares and reservations in the District of Columbia shall, after August 5, 1882, be known as the “United States Park Police.” They shall have and perform the same powers and duties as the Metr…
D.C. Code § 5-202 Organization
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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 li…
D.C. Code § 5-203 Equipment; extra compensation
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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 detai…
D.C. Code § 5-204 Medical attendance
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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 Dist…
D.C. Code § 5-205 Special police
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The Director of the National Park Service, in his discretion, may appoint special policemen, without compensation, for duty in connection with the policing of the public parks and other reservations under his jurisdiction within the District of Columbia, such special policemen to…
D.C. Code § 5-206 Arrests and execution of process on federal reservations in District
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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 …
D.C. Code § 5-207 Rules and regulations
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The Secretary of the Interior, with the approval or concurrence of the head of the agency having jurisdiction or control of any road, park, parkway, or other federal reservation, or his duly authorized representative, is hereby authorized to make all needful rules and regulations…
D.C. Code § 5-208 Environs of the District of Columbia defined
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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 Co…