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District of Columbia Official Code
Division I - GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICTTitle 5 - POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, MEDICAL EXAMINER, AND FORENSIC SCIENCESChapter 1 - METROPOLITAN POLICE
Subchapter XIV - GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES
Section 5-127.03 - Duty to respect and obey Chief of Police

D.C. Code § 5-127.03

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Current through codified legislation effective September 4, 2024
Section 5-127.03 - Duty to respect and obey Chief of Police

It shall be the duty of the police force to respect and obey the Chief of Police as the head and chief of the police force, subject to the rules, regulations, and general orders of the Council of the District of Columbia and the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

D.C. Code § 5-127.03

R.S., D.C., § 344; June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 107, ch. 180, § 6.

Office of Major and Superintendent of Metropolitan Police abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 5-105.01.

Merit system, application to police officers and firefighters, see 1-632.03. .