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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347567</law_id><section_number>15.2-1732</section_number><catch_line>Appropriations for equipment and maintenance</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="17">Police and Public Order</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Auxiliary Police Forces in Localities</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Localities may make such appropriations as may be necessary to arm, equip, uniform and maintain such auxiliary police force.</p></section></text><history>1968, c. 157, &#xA7; 15.1-159.3; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Blankenship v. City of Portsmouth</name><case_number>2:04CV776</case_number><citation>372 F. Supp. 2d 496</citation><date>2005-06-01</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2431915/blankenship-v-city-of-portsmouth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 372 F.Supp.2d 496 (2005) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
