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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 6. PERSONNEL |
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SubTilte 6-A. POLICE PERSONNEL |
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Chapter 6-A11. SPECIAL POLICE |
Section 6-A1100. APPOINTMENT: GENERAL PROVISIONS
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1100.1Special police officers may be appointed by the Mayor for duty in connection with the property of or under the charge of a corporation or individual requesting the appointment or appointments.
1100.2Special police officers appointed pursuant to § 1100.1 shall be strictly confined in their authority to the particular place or property which they are commissioned to protect.
1100.3Commissions issued to special police officers shall specify the following information:
(a)The particular place or property they are commissioned to protect;
(b)Any waiver of the uniform requirement; and
(c)In the case of §1101.2, any requirement for storage or special provisions for transportation of firearms or other dangerous weapons.
1100.4The Mayor is empowered by law to appoint any number of special privates for duty in connection with any emergency, such as riot or pestilence, or during any day or days of public election, ceremony, or celebration, the authority of privates so appointed being general.
1100.5Each appointment of a special police officer shall be made for a specified time, and no person appointed shall legally exercise any authority conferred by that appointment after the date of expiration of that appointment.
1100.6Special police officers appointed under the provisions of either §1100.4 or §1100.5 shall be amenable to the rules laid down for the government of the Metropolitan Police Force in so far as those rules are applicable.
1100.7No person shall be appointed as a special police officer under the Act of March 3, 1899 (D.C. Official Code §4-114) (1981) or R.S.D.C. No. 378 and 379, June 11, 1878 (D.C. Official Code § 4-130) (1981) unless he or she meets the following requirements:
(a)Have reached the age of twenty-one (21) years;
(b)Be a citizen of the United States;
(c)Be of good moral character;
(d)shall be approved for appointment by the Chief of Police, shall possess a high school diploma or a general equivalency diploma, or one year of experience as a special police officer in the District of Columbia, shall be able to read, write, and speak the English language, and shall be certified by a licensed physician as physically and psychologically fit to perform the duties of a special police officer.
(e)An applicant who has been dishonorably discharged from the military shall be ineligible to be commissioned as a special police officer.
(f)Special police officers shall be required to satisfactorily complete pre-assignment, onthe-job, and in-service training programs which have been prescribed and approved by the Mayor.
(g)Pre-assignment training shall include at least sixteen (1 6) hours of training on arrest powers, search and seizure laws, the District of Columbia Official Code, and the use of force. Pre-assignment training shall include an additional twenty-four (24) hours of training generally relating to the special police officer's duties and specifically including:
(1)Terrorism awareness, including building evacuation, unattended packages, and unknown substances;
(2)Emergency procedures, including evacuation and first-aid; and
(3)Customer service and interaction with tourists.
(h)Special police officers shall satisfactorily complete a 16-hour, on-the-job training course within ninety (90) working days following employment, and an 8-hour annual in-service training course.
(i)Special police officers shall also satisfy all additional initial and re-qualification training standards for firearms and other equipment, as applicable.
(j)Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a security agency from voluntarily providing training programs and courses which exceed the minimum requirements of this chapter. Upon satisfactory completion of a required training course, a special police officer shall receive from his or her employer a certificate evidencing satisfactory completion thereof.