D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-A111
Pursuant to the Detective Adviser Act of 2004 (Detective Advisor Act), effective September 30, 2004 (D.C. Law 15-194; D.C. Official Code § 5-129.31) , there is hereby established within the Metropolitan Police Department the temporary full-time or part-time position of "Detective Adviser" subject to the rules of the Excepted Service of the District of Columbia Government, except as specified in these rules or otherwise required by law or regulation.
Except for disability annuitants, members who, regardless of rank, served in an investigative unit with the Metropolitan Police Department and who have retired in good standing from the Metropolitan Police Department shall be eligible for rehire to the position of Detective Adviser at the discretion of the Chief of Police.
A retired police officer rehired under these rules shall not incur annuitant liability for salary earned from the District of Columbia Government, nor jeopardize his/her retirement benefits.
Service as a Detective Adviser shall not count as creditable service for the purposes of section 12(c) of An Act Making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the Government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, and for other purposes (Police and Firemen's Retirement and Disability Act), approved September 1, 1916 (39 Stat. 718; D.C. Official Code § 5-704) or have any negative impact on the unfunded liability of the D.C. Police Officers and Fire Fighters' Retirement Fund.
Detective Advisers shall have no police powers.
If authorized by and qualified under § 3(a) of the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, approved July 22, 2004 (118 Stat. 865; 18 U.S.C. § 926(c)) , a Detective Adviser may, at the discretion of the Chief of Police, carry a concealed firearm in accordance with Department guidelines.
A Detective Adviser shall be equivalent in rank to a Detective Grade L.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-A111