CODE OF VIRGINIA

ORGANIZATION OF POLICE FORCES (§ 15.2-1701)

Any locality may, by ordinance, provide for the organization of its authorized
police forces. Such forces shall include a chief of police, and such officers
and other personnel as appropriate.When a locality provides for a police
department, the chief of police shall be the chief law-enforcement officer of
that locality. However, in towns, the chief law-enforcement officer may be
called the town sergeant.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 333, § 15.1-131.7; 1997, c. 587.