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HR 2096 - Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act - National Key Vote

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Title: Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that rescinds certain changes that were made in 2023 to the District of Columbia (DC) law governing the discipline of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers.

Highlights:

  • Rescinds certain changes that were made in 2023 to the District of Columbia (DC) law governing the discipline of Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers (Sec. 2).

  • Amends and reinstates a 90-day statute of limitations (i.e., time limit) for initiating a corrective or adverse action against any MPD officer or civilian employee. The bill also allows officer disciplinary matters to be negotiated as part of a collective bargaining agreement (Sec. 2).

  • Repeals and eliminates the MPD police chief's authority to increase the police trial board's recommended penalty for officer misconduct (Sec. 2).

  • Repeals and eliminates a requirement that MPD publish a schedule online of disciplinary hearings for which the proposed action is termination, including the date, time, and underlying allegations (Sec. 2).

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