{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-101.04","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-101.04","heading":"Police Services Areas.","body":"(a)\nBy January 1, 2001, the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (“MPD”) shall submit to the Council a study performed by MPD on the efficacy of the Police Service Area (“PSA”) model, including:\n(1)\nWhether re-engineering of the model is necessary;\n(2)\nWhether PSA boundaries need to be redrawn; and\n(3)\nWhether PSA staffing is appropriate.\n\n(b)\nBy April 1, 2001, the Chief of MPD shall submit a plan to the Council for redeploying sworn officers into the PSA system. Pursuant to this redeployment plan, a minimum of 60% of all sworn officers who are available for full duty would be assigned to the PSA system. For this purpose, these officers would be assigned to street patrol and available to respond to calls for service.\n\n(c)\nThe requirement set forth in subsection (b) of this section does not preclude the Chief of Police from also submitting alternatives to the redeployment plan required by the Council.\n\n(d)\n(1)\nUntil MPD attains 3,700 sworn officers, the Chief of the MPD shall deploy sworn officers as necessary to ensure that a minimum of 62% of all sworn police personnel are assigned to direct service delivery in the PSAs. Sworn officers assigned to PSAs shall not be deployed outside of their respective PSAs at any time, unless responding to an emergency situation.\n(2)\nFor the purposes of this subsection, the term:\n(A)\n“Sworn police personnel” is limited to all of the sworn lieutenants, sergeants, and officers.\n(B)\nEmergency situation” means any extraordinary occurrence in the District of Columbia which requires the use of sworn police personnel to protect the health and safety of residents and visitors, including civil disorder, riots, acts of terrorism, or natural disasters.”\n\n(e)\nThe deployment of sworn officers to the PSAs shall be based on the following considerations:\n(1)\nThe number of Part 1 offenses;\n(2)\nDrug activities;\n(3)\nThe number of arrests;\n(4)\nThe need for traffic enforcement; and\n(5)\nThe number of calls for service.\n\n(f)\nUntil MPD attains 3,800 sworn officers, all newly sworn officers who were recruited by MPD to become police officers shall be assigned to neighborhood patrols in the PSAs.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 1. Metropolitan Police.","Subchapter I. Police Districts; Police Services Areas."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-101.04","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"4668465173e4ab7f2219c3c298a05efd09b5ae83274049550b162c0ac827ff28","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-101.03","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-103.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}