CODE OF VIRGINIA

(EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2016) COVERED INSTITUTIONS; OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY; CAMPUS
POLICE (§ 23.1-1011)

A. A covered institution may establish or continue to operate a campus police
department in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 (§ 23.1-809 et seq.)
of Chapter 8. Campus police shall possess the powers provided in Article 3 of
Chapter 8, except that a covered institution’s employment of campus police
is governed by the provisions of this article rather than by Chapter 28 (§
2.2-2800 et seq.) and Chapter 29 (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2.

B. Campus police officers of a covered institution are eligible to participate
in the same state-sponsored retirement plans on the same terms and conditions as
campus police officers of other public institutions of higher education.

HISTORY: 2005, cc. 933, 945, § 23-38.102; 2016, c. 588.