Conducting Police Business in Government Buildings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The purpose of this order is to establish the procedures for conducting police business in government buildings and maintaining cooperation with these agencies. This order consists of the following parts:

 

PART I     Responsibilities and Procedures for Members of the Department

PART II    Responsibilities and Procedures for Supervisory and Command Personnel

 

PART I

 

A.    City Post Office.

 

The following procedures for questioning and/or apprehending postal employees assigned to the City Post Office, North Capitol Street and Massachusetts Avenue, shall be adhered to:

 

1.            When interviewing an on—duty employee, as a police witness in cases of minor importance, the officer shall proceed to Room 3114, Office of the Superintendent of Employment, between the hours 0830 and 1700, Mondays through Fridays. At any other time, he shall proceed to the inf or— mat ion window in the main lobby and request contact with the tour super­intendent on duty.

2.            When interviewing an on—duty employee as a police suspect in cases of minor importance the officer shall proceed as indicated above. Appropriate arrangements will be made for the desired interview on the premises. If the suspect is arrested, a postal inspector shall then be notified.

3.            In cases of major importance when the employee is on duty, the officer shall make contact with a postal inspector during regular business hours, Mondays through Saturdays. After regular hours on business days and on Sundays, a postal inspector can be reached through the City Post Office telephone operator.

4.            A postal inspector should be present in each case of major importance when the employee is a su8pect or the subject of a police warrant. If the postal inspector is not immediately available, the officer shall proceed through the Office of the Superintendent of Employment or the employee’s tour superintendent pending the notified postal inspector’s arrival.

5.            If an off—duty employee is arrested, a postal inspector shall be notified so that postal administrative features may be properly covered.

 

B.    Navy Department Buildings.

 

1.          Members of this department having official business at the following Navy Department

        buildings shall telephone the Navy Department Provost Marshal’s Office at Fort McNair:

       

a.       Main Navy Group — including T—3 (“N” and “W”) Buildings and Department of

      Defense areas in the Munitions Building.

b.      Potomac Annex.

 

General Order 501.4

Effective Date:  December 1, 1971

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2.          This procedure will assist the Provost Marshal in carrying Out his assigned duties as liaison officer with civilian authorities. He will cooperate and assist members of the department having official duties to perform. Directories, telephones, and contacts in the various offices with­in the buildings for locating persons are at hand and personnel are avail­able to act as liaison or escort. Where the occasion warrants, office space is provided to law enforcement officials where contact can be made, as required, to assist both parties concerned.

 

C.        United States Government Buildings.

 

1.        An agreement has been entered into with the General Services Administration to employ the following procedure in connection with the service of warrants, subpoenas, and other police business at any of the government buildings under its jurisdiction:

 

a.      Whenever a member of the Metropolitan Police Department has a warrant to be served on a person employed in any of the buildings under the control of the General Services Administration in the District of Columbia, the police officer shall proceed to the guard office of the particular building and inform the guard that he has a warrant for the arrest of the employee. If the warrant is for a misdemeanor, the guard will contact the employee by telephone and request that he come to the guard office for service. If the warrant is for a felony, the guard will go with the police officer to the office or room where the person is employed and the police officer shall make the arrest.

 

b.     Whenever a member of the Metropolitan Police Department has a subpoena to be served on a person employed in any of the buildings under the control of the General Services Administration in the District of Columbia, the police officer shall proceed to the guard office of the particular building and inform the guard that he has a subpoena for the employee; the guard will contact the person by telephone and request that he come to the guard office for service.

 

2.        Should the person named in either the warrant for a mis­demeanor or the subpoena fail to arrive at the guard office for service within a reasonable time, the guard and the police officer shall proceed to the office of the person in question and the service shall be made by the police officer.

3.        Members of the force shall adhere to this agreement. In the event an officer experiences any difficulty in seeking the cooperation of a guard, he shall submit a report in writing to the Chief of Police.

 

D.        Pan American Union.

 

1.        An agreement has been entered into with the Pan American Union to employ the following procedure in connection with the service of warrants, subpoenas, and other police business at any of the buildings under its jurisdiction:

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Order 501.4

Effective Date:  December 1, 1971

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a.      Whenever a member of the Metropolitan Police has a warrant to be served on a person employed in any of the buildings under the control of the ?an American Union, the police officer shall contact the Director, Department of Administrative Affairs, in the Administration Building, 19th & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 116. In the absence of the director, the official to be contacted is the Personnel Officer of the Pan American Union, whose office is in Room 106 of the same building. The hours of the Pan American Union are from 0845 to 1730 hours.

 

b.     If the warrant is for a misdemeanor, the director will contact the employee by telephone and request that he come to the director’s office for service. If the warrant is for a felony, the director will go with the police officer to the office or room where the person is employed and the police officer shall make the arrest.

 

c.      Whenever a member of the Metropolitan Police Department has a subpoena to be served on a person employed in any of the buildings under the control of the Pan American Union. the police officer shall proceed to the director’s office and inform him that he has a subpoena for the employee the director will contact the person by telephone and request that he come to his office for service.

 

2.        Should the person named in either the warrant for a misdemeanor or the subpoena fail to arrive at the Director’s office for service within a reasonable time, the director and the police officer shall proceed to the office of the person in question and the service shall be made by the police officer.

3.        Members of the force shall adhere to this agreement. In the event an officer experiences any difficulty in seeking the cooperation of the director, he shall submit a report in writing to the Chief of Police.

 

PART II

 

Commanding Officers.

 

Commanding officers shall direct all members of their commands who have occasion to conduct police business at the listed Navy Department Buildings to strictly comply with the procedure outlined by the Navy Depart­ment Provost Marshal.

 

 

 

 

Jerry V. Wilson

Chief of Police