The District is constituted a police district, to be called "The Metropolitan Police District of the District of Columbia." D.C. Code § 5-101.01 R.S., D.C., § 321. Council Police Misconduct and Personnel Management Special Committee Creation Emergency Resolution of 1997: Pursuant to Resolution 12-344, effective December 16, 1997, the Council approved the creation of a special committee for the Council of Police Misconduct and Personnel Management. Special Committee on Police Misconduct and Personnel