records—general provisions

records—general provisions Sec. 301. (a) Section 386 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4–134), is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 386. The Board of Commissioners shall cause the Metropolitan Police force to keep the following records: “(1) General complaint files, in which shall be entered every complaint preferred upon personal knowledge of the circumstances thereof, with the name and residence of the complainant; “(2) Records of lost, missing, or stolen property; “(3) A personnel record of each member of the Metropolitan Police force, which shall contain his name and residence; the date and place of his birth; his marital status; the date he became a citizen, if foreign born; his age; his former occupation; and the dates of his appointment and separation from office, together with the cause of the latter; and “(4) Such other records as the Board of Commissioners considers necessary for the efficient operation of the Metropolitan Police force.” (b) Section 389 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4–135), is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 389. The records required to be kept by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 386 shall be open to public inspection when not in actual use.” (c) Section 390 of the Revised Statutes, relating to the District of Columbia, as amended (D. C. Code, sec. 4–137), is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 390. All records of the Metropolitan Police force shall be preserved, except that the Board of Commissioners, upon recommenda-67 Stat. 100tion of the major and superintendent of police, may cause records which it considers to be obsolete or of no further value to be destroyed.”