2021 District of Columbia Code
Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences
Chapter 3 - Federal Law Enforcement Officer Cooperation With Metropolitan Police Department
§ 5–303. Public information program; priority at the scene
(a) The Chief of Police shall establish a continuing public information program to inform the public, at a minimum, of which police agencies located in the District of Columbia have authority to make arrests anywhere in the District.
(b) Any cooperative agreement with a federal law enforcement agency shall include procedures that establish clearly which agency has priority at the scene. In addition, before entering into a cooperative agreement, the Chief of Police shall make a finding as to:
(1) Whether misconduct by the federal officers should be covered by the Police Complaint Board; and
(2) Whether the public information program should be supplemented to inform the public of information concerning the specific cooperative agreement, and if so, how.
(May 9, 2000, D.C. Law 13-100, § 4, 46 DCR 794; Mar. 2, 2007, D.C. Law 16-191, § 25, 53 DCR 6794.)
Effect of AmendmentsD.C. Law 16-191, in subsec. (b)(1), substituted “Police Complaint Board” for “Citizen Complaint Review Board ”
