CODE OF VIRGINIA

ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT HEADED BY SUPERINTENDENT; BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION AND DIVISION OF DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATION WITHIN
DEPARTMENT (§ 52-1)

There is hereby established as a separate department, a Department of State
Police headed by the Superintendent of State Police. There shall be established
within the Department of State Police, in addition to any other divisions or
bureaus that may be established by statute or otherwise, a Bureau of Criminal
Investigation and a division for drug law enforcement and investigation.

HISTORY: 1942, p. 340; Michie Code 1942, § 585(71a); R. P. 1948,§ 52-1; 1974,
c. 483; 1980, c. 232; 2000, cc. 560, 600.