{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-121.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-121.02","heading":"Duty in making arrest.","body":"It shall be the duty of every person prosecuting the business of a private detective, who may arrest a person for crime, to bring the person arrested, with all evidence of the alleged crime, including property or money which may become evidence, immediately to the office of the Chief of Police, or to the proper court, where the case shall undergo an examination.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 1. Metropolitan Police.","Subchapter XI. Private Detectives."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-121.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"5c9782300532319e2aaccdf7b1b48046e379d0af0e73b3645728c530df66fb43","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-121.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-121.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}