Title 5, Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.

(a) The MPD shall fully and accurately advise persons arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly of all potential release options when processing them for release from custody or for presentation to court. (b)(1) The MPD shall provide a written notice identifying all …

(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 gover…

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 d…

(a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Bodily injury" means physical pain, physical injury, illness, or impairment of physical condition. (2) "Significant bodily injury" means a bodily injury that to prevent long-term physical damage or to abate severe pain requires hospitali…

The provisions of this subchapter are intended to protect persons who are exercising First Amendment rights in the District of Columbia, and the standards for police conduct set forth in this subchapter may be relied upon by such persons in any action alleging violations of statu…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Police Investigations Concerning First Amendment Activities Act of 2004”.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “First Amendment activities” means constitutionally protected speech or association, or conduct related to freedom of speech, free exercise of religion, freedom of the press, the right to assemble, and the right to petition the g…

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…

The MPD shall conduct all investigations and preliminary inquiries involving First Amendment activities for a legitimate law enforcement objective and, in so doing, shall safeguard the constitutional rights and liberties of all persons. MPD members may not investigate, prosecute,…

(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 F…

(a) The MPD may initiate a preliminary inquiry involving First Amendment activities, to obtain sufficient information to determine whether or not an investigation is warranted, where: (1) The MPD receives information or an allegation the responsible handling of which requires fur…

(a) The investigative techniques used in any particular investigation or preliminary inquiry shall be dictated by the needs of the investigation or inquiry. (b) The MPD shall employ minimization procedures in all investigations and preliminary inquiries involving First Amendment …

(a) Within 90 days of April 13, 2005, the Chief of Police, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, and in accordance with this subchapter, shall issue rules governing investigations and preliminary inquiries involving First Amendment activities, including the authorizat…

(a) A MPD member may initiate a preliminary inquiry relating to a First Amendment assembly, for public safety reasons, without authorization, as follows: (1) Members may gather public information regarding future First Amendment assemblies and review notices and approved assembly…

Nothing in this subchapter shall be interpreted as prohibiting any MPD member from, in the course of their duties, visiting any place, and attending any event that is open to the public, or reviewing information that is in the public domain, on the same terms and conditions as me…

(a) Information to be retained in an Intelligence Section file shall be evaluated for the reliability of the source of the information and the validity and accuracy of the content of the information prior to filing. The file shall state whether the reliability, validity, and accu…

(a) Authorizations of investigations and preliminary inquiries involving First Amendment activities are to be reviewed every 90 days by a panel of no fewer than 3 MPD commanding officers designated by the Chief of Police. (b) The Commander, Office of the Superintendent of Detecti…

The provisions of this subchapter are intended to protect persons who are exercising First Amendment rights in the District of Columbia, and the standards for police conduct set forth in this subchapter may be relied upon by such persons in any action alleging violations of statu…

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “MPD” means the Metropolitan Police Department. (2) “OAG” means the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. (3) “Post-and-forfeiture procedure” means the mechanism in the criminal justice system in the Di…

(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…

Beginning March 15, 2015, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Mayor shall submit a public report to the Council, identifying the total amount of money collected the previous year using the post-and-forfeit procedure and the number of criminal charges, by specific charge, resol…

Every member of the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”), while in uniform, shall wear or display the nameplate and badge issued by the MPD, or the equivalent identification issued by the MPD, and shall not alter or cover the identifying information or otherwise prevent or hind…

(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, o…

(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…

(a) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2021, District law enforcement agencies shall not acquire the following property through any program operated by the federal government: (1) Ammunition of .50 caliber or higher; (2) Armed or armored vehicles, including aircraft and watercraft; (3) Bay…

(a) District law enforcement agencies shall maintain the following information regarding any less-lethal weapon in their inventory on a publicly accessible website: (1) A description of the less-lethal weapon, including: (A) How the less-lethal weapon is used or deployed; (B) The…

(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…

(a) A law enforcement officer shall not engage in a vehicular pursuit of a suspect motor vehicle unless the law enforcement officer actually and reasonably believes: (1) The fleeing suspect: (A) Has committed or attempted to commit a crime of violence; or (B) Poses an imminent th…

(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 Di…

The Council ratifies the interpretation and application of the public duty doctrine by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals up through the decision of September 25, 2014, in Allen v. District of Columbia, No. 10-CV-1425, and extends the public duty doctrine to claims against…

(a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia shall appoint, assign to such duty or duties as he may prescribe, promote, reduce, fine, suspend, with or without pay, and remove all officers and members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia; provided further, that all offi…

The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to determine and fix the minimum and maximum limits of age within which original appointments to the Fire Department may be made.

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 organi…

(a)(1) The Mayor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Council in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection, a Medical Director of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (“Department”), who shall hold the rank of Assistant Fire Chief. The Medical Di…

(a) The Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department shall establish an Integrated Health Care Task Force to study nationally recognized best practices and develop recommendations regarding strategies for reducing EMS call volume, improving EMS delivery, and providing for colla…

(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 wor…

For furnishing uniforms and all other official equipment prescribed by Department regulations as necessary and requisite in the performance of duty, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated a sum for each member of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, to be expen…

(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 wri…

(a) For the purpose of recording annual and sick leave on the hourly basis for officers and members of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, the workday of any workweek shall be considered to be 12 hours. (b) For the purposes of recording o…

(a) In lieu of the annual leave to which officers and members of the Firefighting Division of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia are entitled under the provisions of §§ 6302 to 6305, and 6310 of Title 5, United States Code, such officers and members shall be entitled…

(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 sh…

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.

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 Co…

The right of use and occupancy of the buildings and appurtenances known as the Union, Franklin, Columbia, and Anacostia Engine Houses, granted to the City of Washington for the purposes of the Fire Department, shall continue during the pleasure of Congress so long as used for suc…

(a) On and after June 29, 1956, the Mayor of the District of Columbia in his discretion may authorize the construction, in whole or in part, of firefighting apparatus in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department ("Department")" repair shop. (b) The Department shall: (1) …

(a) The Mayor is hereby authorized in his or her discretion to enter into and to renew reciprocal agreements, for such period as he or she deems advisable, with the appropriate county, municipal, and other governmental units in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties, Maryland, a…