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Code · U.S. Code · Title 2 - THE CONGRESS · CHAPTER 29— CAPITOL POLICE · SUBCHAPTER II— POWERS AND DUTIES · § 1968

§ 1968. Citation release

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(a)In general The Chief of the Capitol Police, with the approval of the Capitol Police Board, may designate a member of the Capitol Police to have responsibility for citation release.
(b)Authority
(1)In the same manner as provided for with respect to an official of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia under section 23–1110(a) of the District of Columbia Code, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall have the authority to appoint the member of the Capitol Police designated under subsection
(a)of this section to take bail or collateral from persons charged with offenses triable in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Pursuant to that authority—
(A)the citation power described in subsection
(b)of section 23–1110 of the District of Columbia Code shall be exercised by such member of the Capitol Police in the same manner as by an official of the Metropolitan Police Department; and
(B)paragraph
(4)of subsection
(b)of section 23–1110 of the District of Columbia Code, relating to failure to appear, shall apply with respect to citations under subparagraph
(A)of this paragraph.
(2)The United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall have the power to authorize the member of the Capitol Police referred to in subsection
(a)of this section to take bond from persons arrested upon writs and process from that court in criminal cases in the same manner as provided for with respect to an official of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia under the third sentence of section 23–1110(a) of the District of Columbia Code.
(Pub. L. 104–186, title I, § 108, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1723.)
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§ 1968
Citation release
Pub. L.Pub. L. 104–186, title I, § 108
Stat.110 Stat. 1723
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107–217, § 1
Stat.116 Stat. 1062
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