A commission as a special police officer under the provisions of D.C. Official Code § 4-114 (1981), shall be for one (1) year or less in the discretion of the Mayor.
The order of the Mayor directing the issuance of a commission shall not be transmitted to the applicant, but shall be directed to the Chief of Police, ordering him or her to issue the commission in the name of the Mayor upon a form to be approved by the Mayor.
The form to be approved pursuant to § 1108.2 shall contain the following information:
The commission shall be made out in duplicate, the original delivered to the special police officer appointed, and the copy retained in the files of the Chief of Police with the endorsement on that copy that the applicant has received the original and agrees to its terms.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-A1108