Section 6-A206. BADGES, CAP PLATES, IDENTIFICATION CARDS, AND REVOLVERS

 

206.1A member of the force, when off-duty any place in the District of Columbia, shall carry his or her badge, identification card, and service pistol except in his or her residence and as the Chief of Police may designate by general order.

 

AUTHORITY: The authority for provision 206.1 is pursuant to An Act, “Omnibus Budget Support Act of 2002”, short title- “Off Duty Service Pistol Authorization Amendment Act of 2002”, effective October 01, 2002, D.C. Law 14-190.

 

SOURCE: “Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Support Act of 2002”, -“Off Duty Service Pistol Authorization Act of 2002, Subtitle B, § 2712 of (the Act) 14-403 published at 49 DCR 6968 (July 26, 2002).

 

206.2When off duty and not in full uniform, a member of the force shall wear his or her service revolver in such a manner as to conceal it from view.

 

206.3A member of the force admitted to a hospital for treatment while in an off-duty status shall leave his or her service revolver in a safe place at home or surrender it to an official of the department for safekeeping during the hospital confinement.

 

206.4A member of the force admitted to a hospital for treatment during the course of a tour of duty shall surrender his or her service revolver to an official of the department for safekeeping during the hospital confinement.

 

206.5When a member of the force is under professional care of a member of the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons, and when, in the opinion of that Board Member, an officer should be relieved of the immediate possession of his or her service revolver, that officer, upon direction of the Board Member, shall forthwith surrender his or her service revolver to the police official on duty at the Police and Fire Clinic or, if at a place other than the Police and Fire Clinic, to an official of this department.

 

206.6Service revolvers received pursuant to §206.5 shall be forwarded for safekeeping to the commanding officer of the district, bureau or division to which the officer is attached.

 

206.7In each instance in which an officer surrenders his or her service revolver upon direction of a member of the Board of Police and Fire Surgeons, the Administrator of the Police and Fire Clinic shall submit a written report to the Chief of Police at the earliest practicable time.

 

206.8When a member of the force severs his or her connection with the department, the member shall deliver to his or her commanding officers their revolver, badge, identification card, and cap plates at the expiration of his or her last active tour of duty. The member shall also return to the Property Division all government property issued to him or her. All articles of uniform shall be in a clean and sanitary condition.

 

authority

Provision 206.1 is amended pursuant to "Off Duty Service Pistol Authorization Amendment Act of 2002", § 2712 of (the Act) for the Regulation Enacting the Police Manual for the District of Columbia, issued January 14, 1972 (Reg. 72-2).

source

Regulation No. 72-2, approved January 14, 1972, 18 DCR 417 (February 7, 1972); as amended by Act of 2002, DC Act 14-403 effective 10-1-02, 49 DCR 6968 (July 26 2002).