D.C. law calls for ward seats on police complaints board while its policing section applies

The law calls for nine members on the police complaints board. One member comes from each D.C. ward, and one serves citywide. After the police department member serving when the law passed finishes their term, no board member may be affiliated with a law enforcement agency. This section ends when section 105 of the 2022 policing law begins to apply or 225 days after this law took effect, whichever comes first.

The police complaints director may file a separate complaint against an officer. The separate complaint concerns the officer named in the original complaint. The director must find evidence of abuse or misuse of police powers that the original complainant did not allege. This includes certain failures to intervene or report after seeing another officer use excessive force or commit misconduct, and certain failures to report rule violations or uses of force. This authority ends when section 105 of the 2022 policing law begins to apply or 225 days after this law took effect, whichever comes first.

Specific clauses in three sections of D.C. law refer to victims under 18. The wording appears in specific clauses about victims; one set concerns sexual assault victims. This section ends when section 4 of a separate 2026 D.C. law begins to apply or 225 days after this law took effect, whichever comes first.