Criminal Justice Coordinating Agreement Resolution of 1998
PR 12-832

DC Watch Home

Council Period 12

Council Period 13

Council Period 14

Council Period 15

Election 1998

Election 2000

Election 2002

themail

Search DCWatch

Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp

A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

To authorize the Chairman of the Council and the Chairperson of the Council Committee on the Judiciary to sign an Agreement establishing the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council to coordinate criminal justice system activities and to provide assistance to the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, and repealing the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Metropolitan Police Department.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the "Criminal Justice Coordinating Agreement Resolution of 1998".

Sec. 2. The Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, and the Chairperson of the Council Committee on the Judiciary, are each authorized to sign an Agreement, dated May 28, 1998, regarding the coordination of the criminal justice system in the District of Columbia, with the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, the Chief Management Officer, the Corrections Trustee of the District of Columbia, the Offender Supervision Trustee of the District of Columbia, and three members of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority.

Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately.

Back to top of page

May 28, 1998

AGREEMENT

This is entered into by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department ("the MPD"), the Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, the Chair of the Judiciary Committee of the Council of the District of Columbia, the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, the Chief Management Officer, the Corrections Trustee of the District of Columbia, the Offender Supervision Trustee of the District of Columbia, and three members of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority ("the Authority") — or their respective successors — hereafter referred to collectively as "the Parties".

WHEREAS, there is a need for coordination of the criminal justice system, the identification of areas of mutual interest to the Parties, and the mobilization of the resources of the Parties to improve the justice system;

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to ensure the safety of persons living, working or visiting the District of Columbia and their property, to reduce the occurrence and fear of all types of crime, and to improve the quality of life throughout the District of Columbia;

WHEREAS, the Parties recognize that the criminal justice system must be coordinated and organized to permit the most effective and efficient use and deployment of personnel and technology resources;

WHEREAS, the Parties recognize that the agencies within the criminal justice system must recruit the finest available personnel, provide for the continuing training and professional development of officers and personnel of all ranks, and prepare officers and other personnel for promotion to positions of increasing responsibility;

WHEREAS, the Parties recognize that the MPD is an integral part of the criminal justice system; that the organization, staffing and operation of the MPD should be designed to maximize the level of police services and visibility at the community level, that the MPD's capacity to deal with homicide, gangs, drugs, domestic violence, and all other types of crimes and criminal behavior must be maintained, and that the MPD must establish trust and respect within the community;

WHEREAS, Congress in Public Law 105-174 has validated an employment agreement signed by the Chief of the MPD, the Mayor, and the Authority.

The Parties agree that:

1. The District of Columbia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council ("Coordinating Council") is hereby established by and between the hereto signed Parties and their successors in office;

2. The Coordinating Council shall use its best efforts to coordinate the activities and mobilize the resources of the Parties in improving public safety in and the criminal justice system of the District of Columbia;

3. The Parties shall cooperate with and support the Coordinating Council and each other in carrying out the purposes of this Agreement;

4. The Coordinating Council shall assist the Chief of the MPD in discharging his/her responsibilities by:

a. Meeting regularly with the Chief of the MPD and his/her staff to:

Receive reports on the state of the MPD:

Receive reports on MPD plans and operations;

Receive reports on the latest D.C. crime statistics;

Receive such other reports as the Coordinating Council deems appropriate relating to crime and other law matters and to their impact on the criminal justice system of the District of Columbia;

b. Making recommendations regarding operational, organizational and personnel matters as are believed necessary to improve public safely in the District of Columbia and maintain the efficiency and effectiveness of the MPD.

5. The Coordinating Council also shall:

a. Define and analyze issues and procedures in the criminal justice system, identify alternative solutions, and make recommendations for improvements and changes in the programs of the criminal justice system;

b. Receive information from, and give assistance to, other District of Columbia agencies concerned with, or affected by, issues of public safety and the criminal justice system;

c. Make recommendations regarding operational. organizational and personnel matters as are believed necessary to improve public safety in other criminal justice agencies.

6. The business of the Coordinating Council shall be conducted and its decisions made, insofar as possible, by consensus. When consensus cannot be achieved, the will of the majority of the Coordinating Council shall prevail;

7. The Memorandum of Understanding dated December 10, 1996 among the Mayor, the Council of the District of Columbia, the Chief Judge of the Superior Court, the United States Attorney, the Corporation Counsel, and the Authority is hereby rescinded and replaced.

Marion Barry, Jr., Mayor of the District of Columbia
Eugene N. Hamilton, Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Andrew F. Brimmer, Chair, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority
Stephen D. Harlan, Vice Chair, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority
Constance Newman, Member, District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Authority
John L. Clark, Corrections Trustee of the District of Columbia
Linda Cropp, Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia
Jack Evans, Chair, Committee on the Judiciary, Council of the District of Columbia
Wilma Lewis, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
John M. Ferren, Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia
Camille C. Barnett, Chief Management Officer
Jay A. Carver, Offender Supervision Trustee of the District of Columbia
Charles H. Ramsey, Chief, Metropolitan Police Department