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Section
15.2-1700

Preservation of peace and good order

Section
15.2-1701

Organization of police forces

Section
15.2-1702

Referendum required prior to establishment of county police force

Section
15.2-1703

Referendum to abolish county police force

Section
15.2-1704

Powers and duties of police force

Section
15.2-1705

Minimum qualifications; waiver

Section
15.2-1706

Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers; waiver of requirements

Section
15.2-1707

Decertification of law-enforcement officers

Section
15.2-1708

Notice of decertification

Section
15.2-1709

Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers

Section
15.2-1710

Fees and other compensation

Section
15.2-1711

Providing legal fees and expenses for law-enforcement officers; repayment to locality of two-thirds of amount by Compensation Board

Section
15.2-1712

Employment of off-duty officers

Section
15.2-1713

Localities authorized to offer and pay rewards in felony and misdemeanor cases

Section
15.2-1713.1

Local "Crime Stoppers" programs; confidentiality

Section
15.2-1714

Establishing police lines, perimeters, or barricades

Section
15.2-1715

Authority to declare Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdictions; expenditure of funds

Section
15.2-1716

Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to DUI and related incidents

Section
15.2-1716.1

Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident, bomb threat, or malicious activation of fire alarm

Section
15.2-1716.2

Methamphetamine lab cleanup costs; localities may charge for reimbursement

Section
15.2-1717

Preventing interference with pupils at schools

Section
15.2-1717.1

Designation of police to enforce trespass violations

Section
15.2-1718

Receipt of missing child reports

Section
15.2-1718.1

Receipt of missing senior adult reports

Section
15.2-1718.2

Receipt of critically missing adult reports

Section
15.2-1719

Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police

Section
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

Section
15.2-1721

Disposal of unclaimed firearms or other weapons in possession of sheriff or police

Section
15.2-1721.1

Acquisition of military property by localities

Section
15.2-1722

Certain records to be kept by sheriffs and chiefs of police

Section
15.2-1722.1

Prohibited practices; collection of data

Section
15.2-1723

Validation of certain police forces

Section
15.2-1723.1

Body-worn camera system

Section
15.2-1723.2

Facial recognition technology; approval

Section
15.2-1724

Police and other officers may be sent beyond territorial limits

Section
15.2-1725

Extending police power of localities over lands lying beyond boundaries thereof; jurisdiction of courts

Section
15.2-1725.1

Concurrent jurisdiction; limitations

Section
15.2-1726

Agreements for consolidation of police departments or for cooperation in furnishing police services

Section
15.2-1727

Reciprocal agreements with localities outside the Commonwealth

Section
15.2-1728

Mutual aid agreements between police departments and federal authorities

Section
15.2-1729

Agreements for enforcement of state and county laws by federal officers on federal property

Section
15.2-1730

Calling upon law-enforcement officers of counties, cities or towns for assistance

Section
15.2-1730.1

Authority and immunity of sheriffs and deputies

Section
15.2-1731

Establishment, etc., authorized; powers, authority and immunities generally

Section
15.2-1732

Appropriations for equipment and maintenance

Section
15.2-1733

Appointment of auxiliary police officers; revocation of appointment; uniform; organization; rules and regulations

Section
15.2-1734

Calling auxiliary police officers into service; police officers performing service to wear uniform; exception

Section
15.2-1735

Acting beyond limits of jurisdiction of locality

Section
15.2-1736

Mutual aid agreements among governing bodies of localities

Section
15.2-1737

Repealed

Section
15.2-1747

Creation of academies

Section
15.2-1748

Powers of the academies

Section
15.2-1749

Revenue bonds

Section
15.2-1750

Governmental units authorized to appropriate or lend funds

Section
15.2-1751

Exemption from taxation

Section
15.2-1752

Governmental immunity

Section
15.2-1753

Liability of board members