District of Columbia § 5-303 Public information program; priority at the scene.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 5-303 — Public information program; priority at the scene.

District of Columbia § 5-303

Title 5Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.

Ch. 3Federal Law Enforcement Officer Cooperation With Metropolitan Police Department.

This text of District of Columbia § 5-303 (Public information program; priority at the scene.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering District of Columbia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

D.C. Code § 5-303 (2026).

Text

(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.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

(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.