76563515.2-1707Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Counties, Cities And TownsPowers Of Local GovernmentPolice And Public OrderGeneral ProvisionsDecertification of law-enforcement officers1994, cc. 850, 905, § 15.1-131.8:2; 1995, c. 112; 1997, c. 587; 2013, cc. 307, 468.http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/15.2-1707/18.2-371Causing or encouraging acts rendering children delinquent, abused, etc.; penalty; abandoned infant/18.2-371/18.2-57.2Assault and battery against a family or household member; penalty/18.2-57.2/18.2-67.4Sexual battery/18.2-67.4/18.2-96Petit larceny defined; how punished/18.2-96//15.2-1707/15.2/II/17/1/15.2-170715.2-1708When a conviction has not become final, the Board may decline to decertify the officer until the conviction becomes final, after considering the likelihood of irreparable damage to the officer if such officer is decertified during the pendency of an ultimately successful appeal, the likelihood of injury or damage to the public if the officer is not decertified, and the seriousness of the offense.sectionBB1The Department of Criminal Justice Services is hereby authorized to waive the requirements for decertification as set out in subsection A for good cause shown.sectionCC1The Criminal Justice Services Board may initiate decertification proceedings against any former law-enforcement or jail officer whom the Board has found to have been convicted of an offense that requires decertification or who has failed to comply with or maintain compliance with mandated training requirements.sectionDD1