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Subject: Prosecution Report (PD Form 163) |
Series Number Change 401
05 Effective Date
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The purpose of this
order is to establish the policy and procedures for the preparation of PD Form
163 (Prosecution Report). This order consists of the following parts:
PART I Responsibilities
and Procedures for Members of the Department
PART II Responsibilities and Procedures for Special
Assignment Personnel
PART III Responsibilities
and Procedures for Supervisory and Command Personnel
PART I
A. Offenses Requiring PD Form 163.
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PD Form 163 (Prosecution Report) shall be carefully executed for:
1. Every case which will go to the Grand Jury.
2. All United States District Court cases.
4. All
prisoners processed through the Identification Branch, Identification and
Records Division, who have been arrested for violation of firearms laws and
regulations.
B. Delivering PD Form 163 to Prosecutor.
1. The
arresting officer will report to the Police Liaison Office in the Superior
Court, pick up the copies of the PD Form 163, and take them to the prosecutor
for papering.
2. in those cases in which the prisoner is not required to be
processed through the Identification Branch, the arresting officer shall retain
the original and first carbon copy of the report and present these two copies
to the prosecutor at the D.C. Superior Court.
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3. Arresting
officers with disorderly conduct cases scheduled f or court shall report to the
Office of the Corporation Counsel for a hearing on the case prior to appearing
in court.
A
written fact sheet shall be executed in longhand, in original only, and
presented to the Assistant Corporation Counsel at the time of the hearing to
assist him in reviewing the case.
PART II
A. Distribution of PD Pore 163.
On
all adult cases and cases of juveniles, 16 and 17 years of age charged with
offenses under Title 16, Section 2301 of the D.C. Code, which must be processed
through the Identification Branch, the arresting officer shall handprint PD
Form 163. A separate PD Form 163 shall be made out on each codefendant. in all other juvenile cases which must be processed through
the Identification Branch, the Youth Division Officer or South Services
Officer, shall prepare PD Pore 379 (Court). These forum
shall be distributed as follows:
1. Adults processed through the Identification
Branch:
a. Original
fore (page 1) for Identification Branch files.
b. Pages 2 and 3 furnished to the U.S. Attorney’s Office or the Corporation Counsel's Office, the case may be, at the Superior Court, or the U.S. Magistrate's Clerk’s Office in the United States District Court House.
d. Page
5 retained by the arresting officer’s element until final disposition of the
case is obtained and entered on the for.. When the
final disposition is obtained, the arresting officer’s element copy shall be
forwarded to the Identification and Records Division.
2. Juveniles processed through the
Identification Branch:
a. 16
and 17 year olds charged under Title 16, Section 2301, of the D. C. Code,
distribute the PD Forms the same as in the case of an adult.
b. A
copy of PD Form 379 (Court) shall be forwarded to the Identification Branch
when a juvenile is not charged under Title 16, Section 2301.
3. Adults
processed for summary traffic arrests at the district and not fingerprinted or
photographed and who will not be transferred to the Central Cellblock.
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a. Original
to Administrative Branch, Identification and Records Division with the morning
papers.
b. Pages
2.and 3 (copy 2 of PD Fore 163A) shall be hand carried by the arresting officer
along with the Number 1 copy of the T.V.C. to the Corporation Counsel’s Office
on the day set for court.
c. Page
4 for the arresting officer.
d. Page
5 retained by the arresting officer’s element as a thirty—day file copy.
B. Identification Branch Number.
The information
system being developed in the U. S. Attorney’s Office at Superior Court
requires that the Metropolitan Police Department Identification Branch number
be inserted on the prosecutor’s copies of PD Form 163 for any prisoner who was
processed through the Identification Branch. In order to insure that this
number is obtained and inserted on the report form, the following procedure
shall be followed.
1. Pages
1, 2, and 3 of PD Form 163 shall accompany the prisoner to the identification
Branch.
2. The
Identification Branch officer processing the prisoner shall retain the original
of the form (page 1), and insert the identification number of the prisoner on
the copies of PD Form 163 (prosecutor's copies). Copies of PD Form 163
pertaining to adults shall be forwarded to the clerk at the Central Cellblock.
C. Delivering PD Form 163 to Court.
1. The
clerk at the Central Cellblock shall forward all PD Form 163 of adult prisoners
to the Police Court Liaison Officer daily with the first van load of prisoners.
PD Forms 163 for prisoners processed at the Identification Branch after the
normal transfer of prisoners shall be delivered to the Police Court Liaison
Office by the officer delivering the prisoners to court.
2. The
prosecutor’s copies of PD Form. 163 on female prisoners shall be forwarded to
the Police Liaison Office with the regular delivery of PD Forms 163 to court. The prosecutor’s copies of PD Fore. 163 on female prisoners
are not to accompany the prisoner to the Women's
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3. The
prosecutor’s copies of PD Forms 163 on prisoners released on bond and/or
citation release program shall be forwarded to the Police Liaison Office by the
officer delivering the first van load of prisoners to court. The prosecutor’s
copies of PD Form 163 on prisoners released on bond and/or citation release
program are not to be returned to the arresting officer’s element.
PART III
Reviewing
PD Form 163.
The importance of
thorough reporting for successful prosecution and efficiency of operation
cannot be overemphasized. Commanding officers of the reporting organizational
elements shall cause all completed PD Forms 163 to be checked by officials
under their command who shall complete item 43 before forwarding such forms to
the Identification Branch with the prisoner.
General
Order No. 401.5
(Revised