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Code of Virginia
Title 15.2. Counties, Cities and Towns
Chapter 7. County Manager Plan of Government
7/21/2026

§ 15.2-709.3. Independent policing auditor.

A. The board may appoint an independent policing auditor to support any law-enforcement civilian oversight body created by the board pursuant to § 9.1-601. The independent policing auditor shall have all the powers of the law-enforcement civilian oversight body, to the extent such powers are delegated to the independent policing auditor by the oversight body.

B. The board may provide staff assistance to the independent policing auditor that may be independent of the administrative staff of the county. The independent policing auditor and any such staff shall be hired on the basis of merit and shall be paid in conformity with existing pay scales. The independent policing auditor shall serve at the pleasure of the board.

2026, c. 372.

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