D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-A702
Officials or officers of the department assigned to duty as station clerks are authorized to receive cash bond or collateral for the appearance of defendants in court, and to determine eligibility for release under citation release program. Cash bond or collateral shall only be taken in the office of the station house, bureau, or division.
In cases where the amount of bond or collateral to be deposited for the appearance of a defendant in court is not fixed by court schedule listing as published by the Chief of Police, it shall be determined by analogy by the commanding officer of the district, bureau, or division to which the arresting officer is attached, or in his or her absence, by the officer in charge.
No member of the force or employee of the department shall, directly or indirectly, by inference or suggestion, or in any manner whatsoever, initiate a request for the services of a bondsman.
Commanding officers and persons in charge of district station houses or other places where prisoners are held in custody shall see that bondsmen, agents, clerks, or representatives of bondsmen strictly comply with the provisions of the District of Columbia Code. When the conditions set forth in the District of Columbia Code have been complied with, the bondsman or his or her authorized agent shall be permitted to see the prisoner concerned, but in no case shall a bondsman or his or her representative be permitted to enter the cell room or other room where prisoners are confined.
Station clerks shall, upon request, furnish to authorized persons, upon forms provided for the purpose, a transcript of a record of arrest, addressed to the clerk of the proper court, which transcript shall show the name of the prisoner, the time of arrest, and the nature of the charge, and shall contain any information of an extraordinary nature as should properly be in the possession of the clerk of the court to aid him or her in fixing adequate bond.
Upon presentation of the requisite order from the proper court to the effect that bond has been given for the appearance of a prisoner, or upon receipt of deposit of the requisite amount of collateral for the prisoner's appearance, the prisoner shall be immediately released and advised as to the time he or she is to appear. Except in cases in which defendants can elect to forfeit, defendants depositing collateral shall be advised it is for their court appearance.
The bond and collateral lists established by the Superior Court for the District of Columbia shall be strictly fulfilled by members of the force and no member shall accept or require greater or lesser collateral than that specified in these lists.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-A702