{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-132.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 5-132.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:\n\n(1)\n“Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools.\n\n(1A)\n“DCPS” means the District of Columbia Public Schools.\n\n(1B)\n\"MOA\" means the Memorandum of Agreement into which DCPS and MPD enter pursuant to § 5-132.04.\n\n(2)\n“MPD” means the Metropolitan Police Department.\n\n(2A)\n“Public charter schools” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 38-1800.02(29).\n\n(3)\n\"School resource officer\" means a sworn MPD officer assigned to DCPS or public charter schools for the purpose of working in collaboration with DCPS, public charter schools, and community-based organizations to ensure that DCPS schools, public charter schools, and their grounds are safe environments for students, teachers, and staff through the use of culturally competent, developmentally-appropriate, and community-oriented policing strategies and practices.\n\n(4)\nRepealed.\n\n(5)\n\"School security personnel\" means individuals, including unarmed security guards, that DCPS hires or contracts to support safety in DCPS schools.\n\n(5A)\n\"Security-related contract\" means any contract to provide physical or personal security services, including school security personnel, at DCPS schools.\n\n(6)\nRepealed.","path":["Title 5. Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences.","Chapter 1. Metropolitan Police.","Subchapter XVI-A. Contracting Procedures for Public School Security."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/5-132.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"922505763234efa5c9aead78e921c43d58397ff55452b8facd9c6589400a1cc8","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-131.05","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-5-132.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}