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Written Directives: General Orders

In order to help promote transparency, the MPD has posted policy statements issued by the Chief of Police (e.g., general orders, executive orders, and other directives) that are currently in effect for the department. As new and updated policies are published, they will be posted here. For additional information, the Policy and Standards Branch can be contacted in writing at 441 4th Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20001 or at [email protected].

Written Directives: General Orders

G.O. Number Date Title
GO-100.11 4/25/2006

Medical Services
GO-100.12 1/9/1998 Optional Sick Leave
GO 100.14 7/26/2018

Compliance with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act
GO-100.21 1/9/1998 Physical Examinations
GO-100.22 8/9/2017

No Smoking Policy
GO-100.23 9/20/1982 Pre-Five Year Tenure Physical Examination
GO-100.24 9/11/2015 Drug Screening Program
GO-100.25 1/9/1998 Random Drug Screening Program

GO-101.00

 6/3/2016

Directives System

GO-101.02 7/19/2017 Establishment of the Citizen Volunteer Corps
GO-101.03 10/18/2017

Organization, Authority and Rules of the MPD Reserve Corps

Related Order: EO-23-004
Retired Reserve Corps Members- Carrying Concealed Firearms

 
GO-101.04 1/29/2004 Member Critical Injury or Line of Duty Death Notifications
GO-101.05 9/14/2023 Ceremonial Honor Guard
GO-101.08 5/14/2021 Command Succession to Acting Chief of Police
GO-101.09 7/28/2011

Duties and Responsibilities of Sworn Officials
GO-101.10 3/10/2022 Organization of the Metropolitan Police Department
GO-101.12 3/13/2012

Senior Police Officers
GO-110.11 11/9/2023

Uniform, Equipment, and Appearance Standard
GO-120.13 5/25/2004 Employee Indebtedness
GO-120-20 11/27/2022 Administrative Investigations
GO-120.21 11/27/2022

Sworn Employee Discipline
GO-120.22 4/1/1977 Procedures for Handling Instances of Tardiness
GO-120.24 5/2/2010

Revocation/Restoration of Police Powers
GO-120.25 11/27/2022

Office of Police Complaints Investigation
GO-120.28 2/1/2019 Personnel Performance Management System (PPMS) and the Supervisory Support Program (SSP)
GO-201.01 9/15/2014 Non Uniformed Assignments
GO-201.03 8/10/1998 Grievance Procedures
GO-201.04 11/21/1980 Special Assignment Positions
GO-201.05 3/1/2001

Awards Policy

GO-201.06 9/5/2003

Sworn Personnel Service and Longevity Step Increases

GO-201.07 2/27/2018 Police Officer Probationary Period
GO-201.08 5/22/2009

Outside Training
GO-201.09 6/23/2023

Equal Employment Opportunity
GO-201.10 8/17/2023 Recruiting Referral Program
GO-201.11 11/23/1993 Transfers and Changes in Assignments
GO-201.12 6/14/2011 Legal Counsel for Employees
GO-201.13 2/27/2006 Photographing and Fingerprinting Employees of the Department
GO-201.15 12/4/1977 Retirement Program
GO-201.17 4/16/2004

Outside Employment
GO-201.18 11/23/1993 Detail Assignments
GO-201.19 11/23/2011 Employee Personnel Records
GO-201.20 12/30/2021

Performance Management and Development
GO-201.21 1/6/2005 Limitations on Work Hours
GO-201.22 3/5/2024 Telework and Alternative Work Schedules
GO-201.23 12/20/2006 Station Clerk Duties
GO-201.25 11/9/2023 Patrol Officer First Class
GO-201.26 4/6/2011

Duties, Responsibilities and Conduct of Members of the Department
GO-201.27 5/3/2017

The Master Patrol Officer Program
GO-201.28 5/26/2023 Metropolitan Police Employee Assistance Program (MPEAP)
GO-201.29 03/19/2008 Police Officer Initial Training Program
GO-201.30 7/27/2001 Scheduling and Attendance of In-Service Training
GO-201.31 5/6/2001 Policing for Prevention: Use of High Visibility Patrol Tactics
GO-201.33 8/19/2016

Field Training Program
GO-201.35 3/25/2001 Customer Service Standards and Testing
GO-203.01 8/19/2008 Use of the Twenty-Four Hour Time System and the Energy Policy Act of 2005
GO-203.02 10/7/2010 Displaying and Handling of the United States Flag
GO-204.01 4/13/2001 Media
GO-204.02 9/17/1991 Police Sponsored Community Programs and Services
GO-204.04 3/28/2024

Ride-Along Program

GO-204.05 11/16/2010 Freedom of Information
GO-204.06 6/13/2003 Victim/Witness Services
GO-205.02 12/9/1991 Forms Management and Printing Control Programs
GO-205.03 7/9/1978 Records Retention and Disposition
GO-206.01 11/5/1978

Time and Attendance
GO-206.02 8/5/2019 Granting Advanced Annual or Sick Leave or Leave without Pay
GO-207.01 4/30/1992 Clearance Procedures
GO-301.01 12/28/1979

Vehicle Operation and Maintenance
GO-301.02 10/15/2021 Patrol Special Mission Units
GO-301.03 7/20/2023

Vehicular Pursuits
GO-301.04 9/16/2010

Motor Vehicle Take Home Program

GO-301.05 12/15/2006

Off-Duty Use of Government-Owned or Leased Motor Vehicles

GO-301.07 9/13/2010 Use of Privately Owned Vehicles for Official Metropolitan Police Department Business

GO-301.08

 10/23/1981 Vehicular Driving Safety Program
GO-301.09 11/12/2014

Police Bikes
GO-301.10 10/27/1980 Motorscooters
GO-301.11 7/9/2008 Operation and Use of Police Segways
GO-302.01 2/28/2023

Calls for Police Service
GO-302.02 10/26/2012 Radio Broadcasts and Look-Outs
GO-302.03 7/13/2022 Social Media
GO-302.05 10/27/1980 Radio Communications
GO-302.06 4/30/1992

The Washington Area Law Enforcement System (WALES)
GO-302.07 10/30/2023 BOLO Application Use and Management
GO-302.08 11/27/2013

Metropolitan Police Department Wide Area Network (MPDNet)
GO-302.09 3/21/2012 Use and Operation of Mobile Data Computers
GO-302.10 2/21/2007 Mobile Device Security
GO-302.11 10/17/2013 Telecommunications Devices
GO-302.12 3/28/2014 CJIS Security
GO-302.13 3/12/2024

Body-Worn Camera Program
GO-303.01 9/19/2023

Traffic Enforcement
GO-303.03 6/20/2019

Tow Crane Operation and Enforcement

GO-303.07 10/23/2020 Police Arrangements for Election Day and Early Voting
GO-303.09 10/28/2020 License Plate Reader Program
GO-304.01 10/11/1987

Operation and Management of Criminal Investigations
GO-304.02 6/4/2018 Welfare Checks
GO-304.03 11/1/2012 Missing Person Report
GO-304.04 7/12/2011

Interception of Wire and Oral Communications
GO-304.05 6/12/2003 Confidential Funds
GO-304.06 2/16/2016

Adult Sexual Assault Investigations
GO-304.07 4/18/2013

Procedures for Obtaining Pretrial Eyewitness Identification
GO-304.08 8/28/2023

Crime Scene Response and Evidence Collection
GO-304.09 5/18/2004 Truth Verification Devices
GO-304.10

9/1/2023

Field Contacts, Stops, and Protective Pat Downs
GO-304.11 3/28/2024

Intrafamily Offense
GO-304.12 8/16/2010 Confidential Sources, Confidential Informants, and Cooperating Witnesses
GO-304.13 4/30/2004 The Use of Photographs in Criminal Investigations
GO-304.14 11/27/2013

Interaction with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Person
GO-304.15 3/19/2007

Unbiased Policing

GO-304.16 2/2/2006 Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations
GO-304.17 7/18/2008 Bait Car Program
GO-304.18 10/14/2020

Language Access Program
GO-304.19 7/19/2012 Video Recording, Photographing, and Audio Recording of Metropolitan Police Department Members by the Public
GO-304.20 3/12/2024 Civil Protection Orders and Criminal Restraining Orders
GO-305.01 9/1/2023

Handling Juveniles
GO-305.02 9/11/2020 Youth Bullying Prevention
GO-306.01 11/30/2023 Canine Program
GO-307.01 6/15/2015

Handling Drug Complaints and Investigations
GO-307.02 11/24/2021 Naloxone Program
GO-307.03 7/13/2022 Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
GO-307.04 3/12/2024 Drug Free Zones
GO-308.02 6/2/1980

Nuisances, Incidentals, Defects and PD Form 61D (Violation Citation)
GO-308.04 2/9/2015

Interacting with Mental Health Consumers
GO-308.07 9/28/1993 Private Security
GO-308.12 8/6/2013 Diplomats, Foreign Nationals and Resident Aliens

GO-308-13

 7/23/1979 Casual Clothes Units
GO-308.14 10/31/2011 Interactions with Homeless Persons
GO-308.15

3/13/2012

 Reimbursable Details for ABC Establishments
GO-309.03 4/4/2006 Forcible Entries/Property Damage Caused by MPD Police Action
GO-309.05 3/2/2007 Handling Kidnapping/Extortion Cases
GO-309.06 11/18/2010

Child Abuse and Neglect
GO-310.01 3/7/2003 U.S. Capitol Police
GO-310.03 12/1/1971 Executive Protective Service
GO-310.04 8/30/2002 Mutual Aid Agreement
GO-310.06

4/15/2019

 Metro Transit Police
GO-310.07 1/9/1998 Metropolitan Police Department's Functional Relationship with the District of Columbia Housing Authority Police Department
GO-310.08 5/2/2023

School-Based Incidents and Offenses

GO-401.01 7/19/2012

Field Reporting System

GO-401.02 10/31/2019

 

Crash Review Board CRB
GO-401.03 1/14/2015 https://go.mpdconline.com/GO/GO_401_03.pdf
GO-401.04 12/1/1971 Reporting Violations of the ABC Regulations and General License Law
GO-401.07 9/3/2004 Animal Complaints and Reporting Animal Bitings
GO-401.08 1/24/2020 Next of Kin Notifications
GO-401.10 7/22/2022 Telephone Reporting Unit Walk in Reporting System
GO-401.11 2/10/2012 Citizen Online Reporting System
GO-403.01 3/29/2018 Solicitation and Acceptance of Donations
GO-404.01 2/6/2004 Deposits with the DC Treasurer
GO-404.02 3/13/2012 Processing Reimbursable Details
GO-404.06 7/31/2002 Roll Call Training
GO-501.02 1/5/2015 Handling Interactions with Transgender Individuals
GO-501.03 11/3/2023 District of Columbia Stabilization Center
GO-501.04 1/30/2007 Conducting Police Business in Federal Government Buildings
GO-501.05 7/15/2004 Arrests of Armed Forces Personnel
GO-501.07 12/1/1971 Arrest Procedures by Members of Departments Other than the Metropolitan Police Department
GO-501.08 8/15/2005 Arrest of Escapees From the D.C. Department of Corrections
GO-502.01 3/28/2014

Transportation of Prisoners
GO-502.02 8/26/2015 Handling Cases Involving Persons Suspected of "Driving While Intoxicated (PerSe)" or "Operating While Under the Influence"
GO-502.03

5/6/2009

Service of Communicable Disease Removal and Detention Orders

GO-502.04 4/24/2018

Pre-Arrest Diversion Pilot Program
GO-502.05 11/16/2021

Detention Journal

GO-502.06 3/29/2007

Citation Release Program
GO-502.07 4/1/2014

Medical Treatment and Hospitalization of Prisoners
GO-503.03 12/19/2005

List of Bond and Collateral Applicable in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
GO-503.04 3/7/1986 Procedures and Responsibilities for the Acceptance of Collateral and Cash Bond
GO-601.01 4/30/1992

Recording, Handling and Disposition of Property Coming into the Custody of the Department
GO-601.02 2/3/2004 Preservation of Potentially Discoverable Material
GO-601.03 Revised
7/9/2013		 Handling and Accounting for Seized and Forfeited Property
GO-602.01 6/20/2019 Automobile Searches and Inventories
GO-603.01 12/23/1983 Requisitioning Supplies and Services
GO-603.07 3/28/2024 Closed Circuit Television Cameras
GO-701.01 12/31/2008

Courts and Hearings
GO-701.03 9/29/2010

Handling Assaults on Police Officers
GO-701.04 11/10/2011

Service of Civil Summons and Subpoenas Upon Members of the Department
GO-701.06 8/2/2005

Court Appearance Notifications
GO-702.01 10/18/2023

Arrest Warrants
GO-702-02 4/27/2023 Warrantless Searches
GO-702.03 9/8/2022 Search Warrants
GO-800.02 12/26/2006 Incident Command System
GO-801.01 9/1/2023

Crowd Management and Civil Unrest
GO-802.02 11/3/2006 Radiation Detection Program
GO-802.04 6/1/2009

Hazardous Materials
GO-802.05 3/23/2007 Point of Distribution (POD) Program
GO-802.06 08/19/2011

Suspicious Activity Reporting Program
GO-803.02 3/6/2012

Snow Deployment Plan
GO-803.03 7/15/2004 Electrical Power Crisis
GO-803.04 8/27/2003 Emergency Response Plan
GO-803.05 1/27/2010 Emergency Traffic Posts
GO-803.06 3/28/2024 Real Time Crime Center
GO-803.07 12/14/2010 Air Support Unit
GO-803.08 8/1/2014 MPD Emergency Communications Operating Plan During Major System Failures (REDACTED)
GO-804.01 2/3/2011 Responding to Campus Incidents
GO-805.02 4/26/2004 The Special Threat Action Team
GO-805.04 4/21/2009

Bomb Threats and Explosive Devices
GO-806.01 1/6/2012 Reimbursable Details, Police Escorts, and Special Events
GO-901.01 6/12/2008

Handling of Service Weapons
GO-901.02 7/17/1996 Wearing of Personal, Non-Issued Pistols and Holsters
GO-901.04 3/28/2024 Less Lethal Weapons
GO-901.07 3/28/2024

Use of Force
GO-901.10 10/7/2002 Carrying Weapons and Transporting Prisoners Aboard Aircraft
GO-902.01 12/15/2023

Firearms Registration and Concealed Pistol Licenses
GO-902.02 9/8/2022 Gun Offender Registry (redacted)