District of Columbia

The District of Columbia Brady List includes all known issues of police misconduct, do not call status, decertification, public complaints, use-of-force reports, and citizen reports.

District of Columbia is not in compliance with the nationwide, public-facing, platform of record: The Brady List; or:

Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS] Brady doctrine (1963);
US Freedom of Information Act (1967);
State Sunshine Law (see, below);
Open Government Act (2007);
Open Government Initiative (2009); and,
Open Government Directives (2009) issued by the United States Department of Justice.

Search Organizations

There are currently 5 organizations listed on the District of Columbia Brady List, including: Law Enforcement Organizations [LEOrgs], Prosecutor Offices, and State Peace Officer Standards & Training [POST] departments.

Bar Association of the District of Columbia

Department of Corrections

District of Columbia Bar

District of Columbia Office of the Attorney General

District of Columbia Police Officer Standards & Training [DCPOST] Board

Contact Information

Freedom of Information Act

D.C. Code § 2-531, et seq.

The District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act, D.C. Code § 2-531-540, provides for public access to records of the government of Washington, D.C. Anyone may request public records and a statement of purpose is not required. The statute requires a response in 15 working days. There is no formal system for separate handling of larger or smaller requests or to request expedited processing if a request is delayed.

We the People

We the People have a Right to Know according to the Supreme Court of the United States [SCOTUS], past Presidents (of both major political parties), Congress, and the United States Department of Justice. As an expression of that Right to Know, we have coordinated valuable information from a number of resources into a single, public-facing, searchable database.