General Provisions
This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Title 15.2, titled “Counties, Cities And Towns.” It is part of Subtitle II, titled “Powers Of Local Government.” It is part of Chapter 17, titled “Police And Public Order.” It’s comprised of the following 28 sections.
- § 15.2-1700
- Preservation of peace and good order
- § 15.2-1701
- Organization of police forces
- § 15.2-1704
- Powers and duties of police force
- § 15.2-1705
- Minimum qualifications; waiver
- § 15.2-1706
- Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers; waiver of requirements
- § 15.2-1707
- Decertification of law-enforcement officers
- § 15.2-1708
- Notice of decertification
- § 15.2-1709
- Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers
- § 15.2-1710
- Fees and other compensation
- § 15.2-1711
- Providing legal fees and expenses for law-enforcement officers; repayment to locality of two-thirds of amount by Compensation Board
- § 15.2-1712
- Employment of off-duty officers
- § 15.2-1713
- Localities authorized to offer and pay rewards in felony and misdemeanor cases
- § 15.2-1713.1
- Local "Crime Stoppers" programs; confidentiality
- § 15.2-1714
- Establishing police lines, perimeters, or barricades
- § 15.2-1715
- Authority to declare Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdictions; expenditure of funds
- § 15.2-1716
- Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to DUI and related incidents
- § 15.2-1716.1
- Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident or bomb threat
- § 15.2-1716.2
- Methamphetamine lab cleanup costs; localities may charge for reimbursement
- § 15.2-1717
- Preventing interference with pupils at schools
- § 15.2-1717.1
- Designation of police to enforce trespass violations
- § 15.2-1718
- Receipt of missing child reports
- § 15.2-1718.1
- Receipt of missing senior adult reports
- § 15.2-1718.2
- Receipt of critically missing adult reports
- § 15.2-1719
- Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police
- § 15.2-1720
- Localities authorized to license bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; disposition of unclaimed bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, and electric personal assistive mobility devices
- § 15.2-1721
- Disposal of unclaimed firearms or other weapons in possession of sheriff or police
- § 15.2-1722
- Disclosure of criminal records; limitations
- § 15.2-1723
- Validation of certain police forces