CODE OF VIRGINIA

REPORTING OF OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS; INCLUSION IN ANNUAL CRIME IN VIRGINIA
REPORT (§ 52-28.2)

The Department of State Police shall include any officer-involved shooting and
whether such shooting was determined to be justified in the annual Crime in
Virginia report. Any law-enforcement or public safety officer required to make
such report shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement.For the
purposes of this section, “officer-involved shooting” means the
discharge of a firearm by a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101,
that results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.

HISTORY: 2016, c. 333.