2 U.S.C. § 1968: Citation release

Summary

The Chief of the Capitol Police, with the Capitol Police Board’s approval, may pick an officer to be in charge of citation release. The D.C. Superior Court may appoint that officer to accept bail or collateral from people charged in that court. That officer may issue citations and follow the same citation and failure-to-appear rules that apply to Metropolitan Police Department officials under D.C. law. The U.S. District Court for D.C. may also allow that officer to accept bonds for people arrested on writs or other court papers, the same way a Metropolitan Police official would.

Title 2, §1968

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(a)In general

The Chief of the Capitol Police, with the approval of the Capitol Police Board, may designate a member of the Capitol Police to have responsibility for citation release.

(b)Authority

(1)In the same manner as provided for with respect to an official of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia under section 23–1110(a) of the District of Columbia Code, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall have the authority to appoint the member of the Capitol Police designated under subsection (a) of this section to take bail or collateral from persons charged with offenses triable in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Pursuant to that authority—

(A)the citation power described in subsection (b) of section 23–1110 of the District of Columbia Code shall be exercised by such member of the Capitol Police in the same manner as by an official of the Metropolitan Police Department; and

(B)paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of section 23–1110 of the District of Columbia Code, relating to failure to appear, shall apply with respect to citations under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.

(2)The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have the power to authorize the member of the Capitol Police referred to in subsection (a) of this section to take bond from persons arrested upon writs and process from that court in criminal cases in the same manner as provided for with respect to an official of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia under the third sentence of section 23–1110(a) of the District of Columbia Code.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was classified to section 212a–5 of former Title 40, prior to the enactment of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107–217, § 1, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062.

§1968 Citation Release

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Title 2, §1968

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