D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10-A, § 1114
1114.1 MPD is the primary law enforcement agency for Washington, DC. The District is divided into seven Police Districts and 56 Police Service Areas (PSAs) that provide the basic building blocks for community policing. Map 11.2 shows the police districts, the PSAs, and the location of police stations as of 2017. In addition to police headquarters in the Henry J. Daly Building, there are seven police stations, three substations, and a variety of additional facilities, including the Metropolitan Police Academy, impoundment lot, and evidence control warehouse.
1114.2 In addition to MPD, the Protective Services Division (PSD) of DGS is a police force responsible for law enforcement activities and physical security of all properties owned or leased by the District, or otherwise under its control. PSD's mission is executed through direct staffing at critical locations, response and monitoring of contract security guards, and electronic security systems.
1114.3 Change or growth within Washington, DC's neighborhoods, including the development of new housing areas, requires periodic assessments of MPD facilities and personnel needs. In 2015, DGS released a needs assessment that included space estimates for replacing many of MPD's administrative and training facilities as well as adding correctional facilities and fire/emergency medical services (EMS) facilities. The District will determine an approach to renovating the Daly Building, including opportunities for a public-private partnership that enables efficiencies and cost savings.
1114.3a Text box: A Safer, Stronger DC
Launched in 2015, A Safer, Stronger DC is an innovative initiative that integrates outreach with community building, support, and stabilization, as well as public health and economic opportunity, to foster a holistic community-based model for violence prevention and public safety for neighborhoods that have been hardest hit by crime. This initiative provides intensive focus on families and individuals likely to become victims or perpetrators of crime while also providing improved re-entry services and job training for formerly incarcerated individuals. Through investments in education, employment, home and business security, emergency response, public safety, and criminal justice system diversion programs, the District has focused on addressing the causes of violence and laid the foundation for District residents to live in communities where they feel safe and supported. The initiative has also strengthened connections between communities and the agencies, investments, and programs that serve them. Together, these measures help make Washington, DC safer and stronger.
1114.3a1 Text box: Critical Physical Facilities and Infrastructure in Washington, DC Within Washington, DC a network of facilities provides essential support functions in
case of disasters and emergencies. Critical facilities and infrastructure, such as government buildings, utility plants, fiber optic telecommunications lines, highways, bridges, and tunnels, are critical assets to the continuity of operations within the District. These facilities are considered critical in maintaining the overall functionality of the District’s emergency services network. These facilities are essential in ensuring the provision of infrastructure, critical systems, and other government services. In the event of a disaster that compromises any of these structures or services, the cascading effects could be detrimental. During such a breakdown, an effective response will depend on the adaptability of the whole community, including District residents, first responders, and emergency managers.
1114.3a2 The restoration of services to these facilities is essential to successful response and recovery operations. In addition to the District government structure and facilities, Washington, DC is home to the three branches of the federal government and numerous structures and spaces of national symbolic prominence. While these are federal assets, it is incumbent upon District government officials to collaborate with federal partners to mitigate loss.
See also the Infrastructure Element for information on critical facilities.
Provide updated and modern police facilities to meet the public safety needs of current and future Washington, DC residents, businesses, workers, and visitors.
1114.5 Map 11.2. Police Stations, Police Districts, and PSA, as of 2017
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The information contained in this publication is confidential.
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(Source: MPD, 2017)
1114.6 Policy CSF-4.1.2: Coordination of Public Facility Planning and Management with PSD
Coordinate physical security risk assessments with PSD at the onset of, and throughout the process of, modernization, use changes, or new development of lands and buildings controlled by the District.
1114.7 Policy CSF-4.1.3: Cross-Sector Partnerships to Support A Safer, Stronger DC
Continue to build partnerships and advance community outreach and support, community stabilization, community building, economic opportunity, and public health objectives to reduce violence in those neighborhoods most affected by it.
Explore public-private partnerships to fund the construction of new police facilities, including the development of new and remodeled police stations within mixed-use projects on existing police station sites. In such cases, any redevelopment should conform to the other provisions of this Comprehensive Plan, including the preservation of usable neighborhood open space.
SOURCE: District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; 31 DCR 1049 (March 9, 1984)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; 32 DCR 873 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-129; 37 DCR 55 (January 5, 1990)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989 NCPC-Recommended Amendments, and Closing of Public Alleys in Square 669, S.O. 88-452, Act of 1990, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-132; 37 DCR 2213 (April 6, 1990)); as amended by District Government Land Use Temporary Amendment Act of 1994, effective October 1, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-190; 41 DCR 5360 (August 12, 1994)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1994, effective October 6, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-193; 41 DCR 5536 (August 19, 1994)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Amendment Act of 1994, effective March 21, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-235; 42 DCR 30 (January 6, 1995)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-110; 43 DCR 530 (February 9, 1996)); as amended by Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-255; 44 DCR 1271 (March 7, 1997)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 27, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-275; 46 DCR 1441 (February 19, 1999)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1999, effective April 12, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-91; 47 DCR 520 (January 28, 2000)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-300; 54 DCR 924 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-353; 56 DCR 1117 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-361; 58 DCR 908 (February 4, 2011)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)).