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Council overrides veto, approves Full Accountability and Arrest Reporting Act requiring federal-officer documentation in arrest reports
Summary
The Council unanimously overrode the mayor's veto and approved the Full Accountability and Arrest Reporting Emergency Amendment Act, which requires MPD arrest reports to document federal officers present to the extent known and to expand reporting around serious uses of force.
Councilmember Robert White moved to override the mayoral veto of the Full Accountability and Arrest Reporting Emergency Amendment Act of 2026 and urged colleagues to approve measures to improve transparency when federal officers use force in the District. White cited recent shootings and said families "deserve no less" than better documentation of who was present and what happened. The motion to override was approved unanimously, and the Council then approved the underlying bill unanimously.
White said the bill requires MPD to include, "to the extent known at the time," information about federal officers present in arrest reports; if the officers cannot be identified, MPD should note the inability to collect that information rather than leave the record blank. The bill was presented as a targeted transparency change that gives officers flexibility in field conditions while improving the official record on serious incidents involving federal personnel.
