Section 6-A103. PERSONNEL

 

103.1The Metropolitan Police Force of the District of Columbia shall consist of one (1) chief of police and any number of assistant chiefs, deputy chiefs, inspectors, captains, lieutenants, sergeants, investigators, technicians, and privates as Congress may from time to time authorize.

 

103.2Officers assigned as station clerks shall be designated as desk sergeants while so assigned and shall be obeyed and respected as sergeants of the force, but shall be subordinate to sergeants promoted in accordance with District government merit system regulations. When on active duty and during absence of other superior officers, they shall be in charge of the station.

 

103.3A station clerk shall be discreet and courteous and shall call the attention of his or her superior to any matters requiring special attention.

 

103.4A station clerk shall be held responsible for money received as bond or collateral, property taken from prisoners, either as evidence of crime or for safekeeping, and for any other money or valuables entrusted to that station clerk by virtue of that official position and he or she shall see that all property which should be forwarded to the property clerk is forwarded to that official in conformity with law and department orders.

 

103.5It shall be a requisite to permanent assignment as a station clerk that he or she be bonded in compliance with existing law.

 

103.6When prisoners show evidence of injury, the station clerk shall immediately advise the officer then in command, who shall institute a prompt and thorough investigation to ascertain how the injury was sustained, and if necessary, submit a complete report to the commanding officer with recommendation.

 

103.7The civilian employees of the Metropolitan Police Department shall consist of any number of positions as Congress may from time to time authorize.

 

103.8REPEALED

 

103.9REPEALED

 

103.10No former member of the Metropolitan Police Department who has resigned shall be eligible for reinstatement as a member of the Department unless he or she shall meet the requirements of §103.8, except the height requirement regarding female officers as contained in §103.8(c); Provided, that an applicant for reinstatement may be examined and appointed if he or she has not passed his or her thirty-fifth (35th) birthday at the time of appointment.

 

103.11Former members requesting reinstatement pursuant to §103.10 shall not be required to take the mental test specified by §103.8(f).

 

103.12All requests for reinstatement pursuant to §103.10 shall be made in writing to the Chief of Police.

 

103.13REPEALED

 

103.14REPEALED

 

103.15REPEALED

 

103.16REPEALED

 

103.17REPEALED

 

103.18REPEALED

 

103.19REPEALED

 

authority

The authority unless otherwise indicated for repealed and revised provisions in this section is the Omnibus Police Reform Amendment Act of 2000, D.C. Law 13-160, title 2, § 206 amends § 1:3 of the Metropolitan Police Department Manual, issued January 14, 1972.

source

Regulation No. 72-2, approved January 14, 1972, 18 DCR 417 (February 7, 1972); Commissioner's Order No. 72-15, issued January 14, 1972, 18 DCR 492 (March 20, 1972); Regulation No. 73-14, approved June 14, 1973, 19 DCR 1175 (June 25, 1973); D.C. Law 2-71, effective April 18, 978, 24 DCR 6856 (February 17, 1978); D.C. Law 3-32, effective October 18, 1979, 26 DCR 778 (August 17, 1979); and D.C. Law 3-42, effective December 21, 1979, 26 DCR 2082 (November 9,1979); and D.C. Law 6-197, 34 DCR 513 (January 23, 1987).and further amended by(An Act) effective October 04, 2000, Omnibus Police Reform Amendment Act of 2000, D.C. Law 13-160, published at 47 DCR 4619 (June 2, 2000).

EditorNote

In light of § 422 of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, P.L. 93-198, 87 Stat. 774, references to the "United States Civil Service Commission" have been replaced by references to the "District government merit system," the "D.C. Office of Personnel" or by "Department as appropriate. See §§ 103.2, 103.8(1), 103.13.