{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-116.51","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-116.51","heading":"Metropolitan Police Department Body-Worn Camera Fund established.","body":"(a)\nThere is established as a special fund the Metropolitan Police Department Body-Worn Camera Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Metropolitan Police Department.\n\n(b)\nFunds from the following sources shall be deposited into the Fund:\n(1)\nAll fees that are paid as part of Freedom of Information Act requests for body-worn camera recordings recorded by the Metropolitan Police Department;\n(2)\nAll monies appropriated to the Fund;\n(3)\nFederal grants to the Fund; and\n(4)\nPrivate monies donated to the Fund.\n\n(c)\nMoney in the Fund shall be used for the purpose of procuring a vendor to perform any necessary redactions of body-worn camera recordings.\n\n(d)\n(1)\nThe money deposited into the Fund, and interest earned, shall not revert to the unrestricted fund balance of the General Fund of the District of Columbia at the end of a fiscal year, or at any other time.\n(2)\nSubject to authorization in an approved budget and financial plan, any funds appropriated in the Fund shall be continually available without regard to fiscal year limitation.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 1. Metropolitan Police.","Subchapter VIII-B. Body-Worn Cameras.","Part B. Metropolitan Police Department Body-Worn Camera Fund."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-116.51","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"67d2b153a8621b739d69f3588551cd14aa28858669efa9d396d19d2aeb85fbde","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-116.33","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-116.71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}