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Chapter 17. Police and Public OrderRead Chapter
- Article 1. General ProvisionsRead all
- § 15.2-1700
- Preservation of peace and good order
- § 15.2-1701
- Organization of police forces
- § 15.2-1702
- Referendum required prior to establishment of county police force
- § 15.2-1703
- Referendum to abolish county police force
- § 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, bomb threat, or malicious activation of fire alarm
- § 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
- (Effective October 1, 2019) Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police
- § 15.2-1719
- (Effective until October 1, 2019) 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
- (Effective October 1, 2019) Disposal of unclaimed firearms or other weapons in possession of sheriff or police
- § 15.2-1721
- (Effective until October 1, 2019) Disposal of unclaimed firearms or other weapons in possession of sheriff or police
- § 15.2-1722
- Certain records to be kept by sheriffs and chiefs of police
- § 15.2-1723
- Validation of certain police forces