D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B874
There is hereby established the District of Columbia Police Training and Standards Board ("Board").
Membership on the Board shall consist of the following 11 persons who shall be voting members:
The following persons may be advisory, nonvoting members of the Board:
The appointments to the Board shall be for a 3-year term.
No member shall serve beyond the time when he or she holds the office or employment by reason of which he or she was initially eligible for appointment. Any member chosen to fill a vacancy created otherwise than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired portion of the term of the member whom he or she succeeds.
The members shall receive no salary, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses lawfully incurred in the performance of their official functions.
Members appointed to the Board by the Mayor may be removed by the Mayor for incompetence, neglect of duty, or misconduct.
The Chairperson shall be appointed by the Mayor from among the voting members of the Board and the vice chair shall be elected from among the voting members.
The Board shall hold its initial meeting promptly after the appointment and qualification of its members. Thereafter, the Board shall meet a minimum of twice each calendar year and at other times as it or the Board's Chairperson may determine. The majority of the voting members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the performance of duties or for the exercise of any of its authority. Advisory members shall be entitled to participate in the business and deliberation of the Board, but shall not be entitled to vote. The Board shall establish its own procedures and requirements with respect to the place and conduct of its meetings.
Duties of the Board; standards for applicants; continuing education program.
The Board shall establish application and appointment criteria that include the following:
The administrative work of the Board shall be carried out by members of the Metropolitan Police Department as appointed by the Chief of Police.
Notwithstanding the standards established by the Board in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the Chief of Police is authorized to deny employment to any applicant based upon conduct occurring while the applicant was a minor if, considering the totality of the circumstances, the Chief of Police determines that the applicant has not displayed the good moral character or integrity necessary to perform the duties of a sworn member of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Each applicant selected for appointment as a sworn member of the Metropolitan Police Department shall successfully complete an initial training program developed by the Training and Standards Board, unless the applicant receives a waiver pursuant to § 874.69.
The Training and Standards Board shall determine:
Prior to deployment, each applicant shall successfully complete an initial firearms training program developed by the Board.
The Board shall determine the appropriate sequence, content, and duration of the initial training program and of the initial firearms training program.
The Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to utilize the services of other law enforcement agencies or organizations engaged in the education and training of law enforcement personnel to satisfy any portion of the initial training program or the initial firearms training program.
The Chief of Police is authorized to modify or waive the initial training program and initial firearms training program requirements for either of the following:
The Training and Standards Board shall:
The Metropolitan Police Department is authorized to utilize the services of other law enforcement agencies or organizations engaged in the education and training of law enforcement personnel to satisfy any portion of the required continuing education or the firearms training program. The Board shall establish guidelines for the approval of any training program.
The Training and Standards Board shall:
Any applicant who met the age requirement at the time of application and who was denied appointment on the basis of racial discrimination, as determined by the Director of the Office of Human Rights, may be appointed notwithstanding the applicant's age at the time of that determination.
Applications for appointment to the Metropolitan Police Department shall be made on forms furnished by the Metropolitan Police Department.
Appointments to the Metropolitan Police Department shall be for a probationary period to be determined by the Training and Standards Board. Continuation of service after the expiration of that period shall be dependent upon the conduct of the appointee and his or her capacity for the performance of the duties to which assigned, as indicated by reports of superior officers. The probationary period shall be an extension of the examination period.
If the Police and Fire Clinic shall find any probationer physically or mentally unfit to continue his or her duties, that probationer shall be required to appear before the Police and Firefighter's Retirement and Relief Board. That Board shall make any findings as are required pursuant to section 12(i) of the Policemen and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act and those findings shall be incorporated in a recommendation submitted to the Mayor.
Each police officer appointed shall maintain a level of physical fitness to be determined by the Training and Standards Board. The final determination with respect to inappropriate fitness levels shall be made by the Medical Director of the Police and Fire Clinic.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B874