The Chief of Police shall ensure that all relevant MPD personnel, including command staff, supervisory personnel, and line officers, are provided regular and periodic training on the handling of, and response to, First Amendment assemblies. The training shall be tailored to the duties and responsibilities assigned to different MPD positions and ranks during a First Amendment assembly. The training shall include instruction on the provisions of this subchapter, and the regulations issued hereunder.
(Apr. 13, 2005, D.C. Law 15-352, § 115, 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