2016 District of Columbia Code
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties. §§ 22-101 - 22-5215
Chapter 36 - Crimes Committed Against Certain Persons. §§ 22-3601 - 22-3602
§ 22–3602. Enhanced penalty for committing certain dangerous and violent crimes against a citizen patrol member.
(a) For purposes of this section, the term “citizen patrol” means a group of residents of the District of Columbia organized for the purpose of providing additional security surveillance for certain District of Columbia neighborhoods with the goal of crime prevention. The term shall include, but is not limited to, Orange Hat Patrols, Red Hat Patrols, Blue Hat Patrols, or Neighborhood Watch Associations.
(b) Any person who commits any offense listed in subsection (c) of this section against a member of a citizen patrol (“member”) while that member is participating in a citizen patrol, or because of the member’s participation in a citizen patrol, may be punished with a fine up to 1 1/2 times the maximum fine otherwise authorized for the offense or may be imprisoned for a term of up to 1 1/2 times the maximum term of imprisonment otherwise authorized for this offense, or both.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall apply to the following offenses: taking or attempting to take property from another by force or threat of force, forcible rape, or assault with intent to commit forcible rape, murder, mayhem, kidnapping, robbery, burglary, voluntary manslaughter, extortion or blackmail accompanied by threats of violence, assault with a deadly weapon, simple assault, aggravated assault, or a conspiracy to commit any of the foregoing offenses as defined by an Act of Congress or law of the District of Columbia if the offense is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year.
(Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164, § 202; as added Aug. 20, 1994, D.C. Law 10-151, § 401, 41 DCR 2608.)
Prior Codifications1981 Ed., § 22-3902.
Emergency LegislationFor temporary addition of section, see § 401 of the Omnibus Criminal Justice Reform Emergency Amendment Act of 1994 (D.C. Act 10-255, June 22, 1994, 41 DCR 4286).
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