Superior Court Issues Order Regarding Access to Juvenile Police Records

October 13, 2021

On October 7 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Order 21-12  authorizing the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) to inspect, compile, and analyze data and information from law enforcement records provided by the Metropolitan Police Department. 

The CJCC may use the data for the purposes described in the Restricted Data Use Agreement Between the DC Courts and CJCC, but it shall not disclose this information to any other person or for any other purpose without prior approval of the D.C. Superior Court chief judge. Reports or final analysis shall not contain information that makes it possible to identify any party, witness, social worker, judicial officer, or other person involved in the case.