The Police Complaints Board (the "Board" or "PCB") and the Office of Police Complaints ("OPC") were established on March 26, 1999 by the Council of the District of Columbia in the Office of Citizen Complaint Review Establishment Act of 1998 (the "Act"), D.C. Law 12-208, subsequently codified as Chapter 11 of Title 5 of the D.C. Official Code. D.C. Official Code §§ 5-1101et seq., as amended. The Board is the governing authority of OPC and has power to promulgate rules implementing the provisions of the Act. D.C. Official Code § 5-1106(d).
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-A2100