Was the Junior Police and Citizens Corps Boys Club in Washington D.C. in the United States in the 1950's started by the same group as the national Boys & Girls Club?

1. Origins: a local police club created in 1934, not described as a BGCA chapter

Contemporary reporting and court records identify the D.C. police club as a locally incorporated charitable corporation organized in 1934, with incorporators including civilians and a police official described as the Founder — language that treats the Metropolitan Police Boys Club as its own entity rather than as an original branch of the national movement ^[1]. Historical accounts in The Washington Post and philanthropy coverage likewise describe the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs as “founded” in 1934 to keep D.C. youths out of trouble and as partly staffed and governed in concert with the Metropolitan Police Department ^{[2] [3]}.

2. The national Boys & Girls Club movement is older and separately organized

The national Boys & Girls Clubs (Boys & Girls Clubs of America, BGCA) traces its lineage to mid‑19th century efforts (around 1860) and developed into a federated national organization with a headquarters, regional centers and a separate institutional history — a background distinct from the D.C. police clubs’ local founding ^[4]. FundingUniverse’s history and other summaries demonstrate BGCA’s longer, separate national evolution ^[4].

3. Relationship before 2003: collaborative but independent operation

Sources depict the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs as “founded and partly staffed by the D.C. police department but financially independent,” indicating operational ties to the police but distinct governance and finances from the national organization prior to the 2003 merger ^[3]. The local clubs kept police officers serving as coaches and mentors even after the local merger with the regional Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, emphasizing a hybrid, community‑police model rather than a straight national chapter model ^[2].

4. Merger in 2003: local police clubs became part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington

In 2003 the Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs merged with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington after philanthropic rescue funding, with the regional Boys & Girls Clubs taking over day‑to‑day operations while the clubhouses retained police ties and some local governance ^{[2] [3]}. Reporting specifies that the Greater Washington group is “the local arm of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America,” so post‑merger the former police clubs were integrated into the regional affiliate ecosystem connected to the national movement ^[2].

5. What the sources do not say — limits to asserting a single founding group

Available sources do not claim the Metropolitan Police Boys Club in D.C. was started by the same group or organizers who founded the national Boys & Girls Clubs movement; instead they treat the police clubs as a distinct, locally incorporated organization with police involvement beginning in 1934 ^{[1] [3] [4]}. If your question asks whether the exact same founding individuals or governing body created both the national organization and the D.C. police club, current reporting and the court record do not report that connection ^{[1] [4]}.

6. Competing perspectives and implicit agendas in the sources

Contemporary philanthropic and local media coverage framed the 2003 merger positively as a rescue that preserved police mentorship and local identity while bringing in broader resources ^{[2] [3]}. Institutional histories of BGCA emphasize a long national lineage and institutional continuity; the police club sources emphasize community policing and local origins. Those differing emphases reflect implicit agendas: BGCA histories promote national legacy ^[4], while D.C. and police sources stress local continuity, civic service and police involvement ^{[3] [2]}.

7. Bottom line for your original query

Based on available reporting and the 1957 court description, the Metropolitan Police Boys Club in Washington, D.C. was a locally incorporated police‑associated organization founded in 1934 and not presented in sources as being founded by the same group that established the national Boys & Girls Clubs movement; the two remained distinct until a regional merger in 2003 brought the police clubs under the operational umbrella of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, itself affiliated with the national organization ^{[1] [3] [2]}.