District of Columbia Code
Title 5 - Police, Firefighters, Medical Examiner, and Forensic Sciences
Chapter 5 - Salaries

Subchapter I - General

§ 5–501.01. Increase denied for unsatisfactory service; removal for inefficiency; additional compensation for outstanding efficiency - No annual increase in salary shall be paid to any...

§ 5–501.02. Computation of rates of compensation - (a) For all pay computation purposes affecting employees covered by...

Subchapter II - Holiday Compensation

§ 5–521.01. Compensation for working on holidays - Under regulations promulgated by the Council of the District of...

§ 5–521.02. “Holiday” defined - As used in § 5-521.01, the word “holiday” means the...

§ 5–521.03. Applicability of subchapter to United States Secret Service Uniformed Division and United States Park Police force - The provisions of this subchapter shall be applicable to the...

Subchapter II-A - Fire and Emergency Medical Services Overtime Settlement Fund

§ 5–525.01. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Overtime Settlement Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Fire...

§ 5–525.02. Applicability - If funds deposited under § 5-525.01(b) are sufficient to fully...

Subchapter III - Salary Classifications

Part A - Salary Schedules

§ 5–541.01. Salary schedule; maximum compensation permitted - (a) Except as provided in subsections (a-1) and (b) of...

Part B - Method of Assignment of Employees to Salary Schedules

§ 5–542.01. Adjustments - The rates of basic compensation of officers and members in...

§ 5–542.02. Additional compensation for helicopter pilot, bomb disposal, or scuba diving duty - Each officer or member of the Metropolitan Police Force, including,...

§ 5–542.03. Classification of aide to Fire Marshal - The aide to the Fire Marshal shall be included as...

Part C - Method of Appointment, Advancement, Promotion, and Demotion

§ 5–543.01. Minimum rate for original appointments; rates for reappointments - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

§ 5–543.02. Technicians’ positions - (a) The Mayor of the District of Columbia, in the...

§ 5–543.03. Service step adjustments - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (5) of this section,...

§ 5–543.04. Promotion or transfer - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) or (c)...

§ 5–543.05. Demotion - Whenever any officer or member of the Metropolitan Police force,...

Part D - Longevity

§ 5–544.01. Service longevity - (a)(1) In recognition of long and faithful continuous service, each...

Part E - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 5–545.01. Basic compensation of officers and members of United States Park Police and United States Secret Service Uniformed Division - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

§ 5–545.03. Subchapter not construed to decrease compensation; exception as to vacancy - Nothing contained in §§ 5-541.01 to 5-545.06 shall be construed...

§ 5–545.04. Council authorized to promulgate regulations - The Council of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized...

§ 5–545.05. Retroactive salary - (a) Retroactive salary shall be paid by reason of §§...

§ 5–545.06. Delegation of powers and functions - The Mayor of the District of Columbia and the Secretary...

§ 5–545.06a. Council authorized to change or suspend provisions - (a) The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized...

Subchapter IV - Conversion of New Salary Schedule

§ 5–561.01. Conversion to new salary schedule, 1997 - Repealed. (Oct. 10, 1997, 111 Stat. 1285, Pub. L. 105-61,...

§ 5–561.02. Conversion to new salary schedule, 2000 - (a)(1) Effective on the first day of the 1st pay...

Subchapter V - Federal Law Enforcement Pay Reform

§ 5–563.01. Termination of existing special salary rates and adjustments - Beginning on December 21, 2000: (1) No existing special salary...

§ 5–563.02. Freeze of current rate for locality-based comparability adjustments - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the Law Enforcement...