{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-1505","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 44-1505","heading":"Police to arrest law violators at request of member; evidence of membership.","body":"Members of the Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia, upon application of a member of the Washington Humane Society who has viewed a violation of a law or regulation of the District for the prevention of cruelty to animals, shall arrest the offending party without a warrant, and take him before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for trial. Proper evidence of membership to a police officer shall be the exhibition of a badge or certificate of membership in the Society.","path":["Title 44. Charitable and Curative Institutions.","Chapter 15. Washington Humane Society."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/44-1505","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"b9ce1b1fac2cc7cfe9ea438672885f3f058a40dd5bce70380685197d4ab611ee","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-1504","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-1506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}