No emergency area or zone will be established by using a police line to encircle, or substantially encircle, a demonstration, rally, parade, march, picket line, or other similar assembly (or subpart thereof) conducted for the purpose of persons expressing their political, social, or religious views except where there is probable cause to believe that a significant number or percentage of the persons located in the area or zone have committed unlawful acts (other than failure to have an approved assembly plan) and the police have the ability to identify those individuals and have decided to arrest them; provided, that this section does not prohibit the use of a police line to encircle an assembly for the safety of the demonstrators.
(Apr. 13, 2005, D.C. Law 15-352, § 108, 52 DCR 2296.)
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences
Chapter 3A - First Amendment Rights and Police Standards
Subchapter I - First Amendment Assemblies
§ 5–331.03. Policy on First Amendment assemblies
§ 5–331.04. Reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on First Amendment assemblies
§ 5–331.05. Notice and plan approval process for First Amendment assemblies — Generally
§ 5–331.07. Police handling and response to First Amendment assemblies
§ 5–331.08. Use of police lines
§ 5–331.09. Identification of MPD personnel policing First Amendment assemblies
§ 5–331.10. Documentation of arrests in connection with a First Amendment assembly
§ 5–331.12. Prompt release of persons arrested in connection with a First Amendment assembly
§ 5–331.14. Police-media relations
§ 5–331.15. Training for handling of, and response to, First Amendment assemblies
§ 5–331.16. Use of riot gear and riot tactics at First Amendment assemblies