Eyewitness Identification Reform in D.C.

The Metropolitan Police Department has a policy that comports with some recommended elements of a robust protocol, including blind administration of lineups. A critical reform, namely the taking of a confidence statement, is not included in the policy. Effective: 2007; Amended most recently: 2013.

Read the policy.

 

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