In D.C. Non-Citizens Can Now Work as Police Officers
Ashan Benedict, Interim Washington D.C. Police Chief
While current federal law prohibits non-U.S. citizens from working in law enforcement, Washington D.C. has joined the push to allow non-citizen green card holders to work as police officers.
Immigrants without U.S. citizenship will soon be able to get badges and guns, and authorized to arrest Americans in the nation’s capital, as the city’s Police Department (DC MPD) struggles to recruit and retain police officers. New hires, including non-citizen green card holders, will even be offered up to $25,000 in signing bonuses.
“As an agency, we truly believe that a workforce that represents our community brings a variety of ideas,
