{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-107.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-107.03","heading":"Establishment of District of Columbia Police Officers Standards and Training Board.","body":"(a)\nThere is hereby established the Police Officers Standards and Training Board (“Board”).\n\n(b)\nMembership on the Board shall consist of the following 15 persons who shall be voting members:\n(1)\nThe Mayor or the Mayor’s designee;\n(2)\nChief of Police, Metropolitan Police Department or the Chief of Police’s  designee;\n(2A)\nExecutive Director of the Office of Police Complaints or the Executive Director's designee;\n(3)\nThe Attorney General for the District of Columbia or the Attorney General's designee;\n(4)\nUnited States Attorney for the District of Columbia or the United States  Attorney’s designee;\n(5)\nAssistant Director in Charge, Washington Field Office, Federal Bureau of  Investigation or the Assistant Director’s designee;\n(6)\nRepresentative of the District of Columbia Superior Court appointed by  the Mayor in consultation with the Chief Judge of the Superior Court;\n(7)\nOne criminal justice educator appointed by the Mayor;\n(8)\nOne police representative appointed by the certified collective bargaining agent, and one police representative appointed by the Mayor in consultation with the Chief of Police; and\n(9)\nFive community representatives appointed by the Mayor, each with expertise in one of the following areas:\n(A)\nOversight of law enforcement;\n(B)\nJuvenile justice reform;\n(C)\nCriminal defense;\n(D)\nGender-based violence or LGBTQ social services, policy, or advocacy; and\n(E)\nViolence prevention or intervention.\n\n(b-1)\nThe Mayor, in consultation with the Chief of Police, shall appoint one Metropolitan Police Department Reserve Corps representative as an advisory, nonvoting member of the Board.\n\n(c)\nThe following persons may be advisory, nonvoting members of the Board:\n(1)\nThe Executive Director, Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions; and\n(2)\nThe Director, Division of Training and Standards, Virginia Department of Criminal Justice.\n\n(d)\nThe appointments to the Board shall be for a 3-year term.\n\n(e)\nNo member shall serve beyond the time when he or she holds the office or employment by reason of which he or she was initially eligible for appointment and any member chosen to fill a vacancy created otherwise than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired portion of the term of the member whom he or she succeeds.\n\n(f)\nThe members shall receive no salary but members shall be reimbursed for their expenses lawfully incurred in the performance of their official functions.\n\n(g)\nMembers appointed to the Board by the Mayor may be removed by the Mayor for incompetence, neglect of duty, or misconduct.\n\n(h)\nThe Chairperson shall be appointed by the Mayor from among the voting members of the Board and the vice chair shall be elected from among the voting members.\n\n(i)\nThe Board shall hold its initial meeting by September 1, 2020. Thereafter, the Board shall meet a minimum of twice each calendar year and at other times as it or the Board’s Chairperson may determine. The majority of the voting members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the performance of duties or for the exercise of any of its authority. Advisory members shall be entitled to participate in the business and deliberation of the Board, but shall not be entitled to vote. The Board shall establish its own procedures and requirements with respect to the place and conduct of its meetings.","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/5-107.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d903edd94b9cf87caf085fe8df2dda4c42a2fc6a770c4f4c66464032d6ff3582","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-107.02a","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-107.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}