{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-107.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-107.02","heading":"Mandatory continuing education program for sworn members of the Metropolitan Police Department.","body":"(a)\nThe Department shall implement a program of continuing education for its sworn members, which shall consist of a minimum of 32 hours of training each year.\n\n(b)\nThe continuing education required by subsection (a) of this section shall include, at a minimum, instruction on:\n(1)\nCommunity policing;\n(2)\nRecognizing and preventing biased-based policing, racism, and white supremacy;\n(3)\nLimiting the use of force and employing de-escalation tactics;\n(4)\nProhibited techniques, as that term is defined in § 5-125.02(6);\n(4A)\nBest practices for identifying, and interacting with individuals living with, Alzheimer's Disease or other dementias, and the risks such individuals face, such as wandering and elder abuse[;]\n(5)\nMental and behavioral health awareness;\n(6)\nLinguistic and cultural competency;\n(7)\nThe constitutional requirements for conducting searches and seizures, including the use of protective pat-downs, and the limitations on the use of consent searches, as described in § 23-526; and\n(8)\nThe duty of a sworn officer to report, and the method for reporting, suspected misconduct or excessive use of force by a law enforcement officer that a sworn member observes or that comes to the sworn member's attention, as well as any governing District laws and regulations and Department written directives.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 1. Metropolitan Police.","Subchapter IV. Metropolitan Police Department Application, Appointment, and Training Requirements."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-107.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8b61852506501098ebe219b99b7ddef239e6c6ef2c6b40a780e1e5e37c5c69ae","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-107.01a","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-107.02a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}