CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMMISSIONING OF BREAKS INTERSTATE PARK COMMISSION EMPLOYEES AS CONSERVATION
OFFICERS (§ 10.1-120)

A. The Director shall ensure that an employee of the Breaks Interstate Park
Commission whom the Commission recommends for commissioning as a conservation
officer in accordance with subsection B of § 10.1-115 meets the minimum
qualifications for law-enforcement officers set out in § 15.2-1705, is subject
to the minimum training standards set out in § 9.1-114, abides by the
Department’s law-enforcement in-service training requirements, and abides
by the law-enforcement directives of the Department unless exceptions by the
Department are granted in writing. For the purposes of law-enforcement
directives, the Breaks Interstate Park shall be treated as a Virginia State
Park.

B. The Commission shall bear the expenses associated with training and equipping
a Commission employee as a conservation officer to Department standards unless
the Department agrees otherwise.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 64, 489.