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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Virginia » Title 52 - Police (State) » Chapter 6.1 - Virginia Community Policing Act

§ 52-30.1. Definition

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning, “bias-based profiling” means actions of a law-enforcement officer that are based solely on the real or perceived race, ethnicity, age, gender, or any combination thereof, or other noncriminal characteristics of an individual, except when such characteristics are used in combination with other identifying […]

§ 52-30.2. Prohibited practices; collection of data

A. No State Police officer shall engage in bias-based profiling in the performance of his official duties. B. State Police officers shall collect data pertaining to (i) all investigatory motor vehicle stops, (ii) all stop-and-frisks of a person based on reasonable suspicion, and (iii) all other investigatory detentions that do not result in an arrest […]

§ 52-30.3. Community Policing Reporting Database established

A. The Department of State Police shall develop and implement a uniform statewide database to collect all records of investigatory motor vehicle stops, all stop-and-frisks of a person based on reasonable suspicion, and other investigatory detentions that do not result in an arrest or the issuance of a summons, records of complaints alleging the use […]

§ 52-30.4. Reporting of state and local law-enforcement agencies required

All state and local law-enforcement agencies shall collect the data specified in subsections C and D of § 52-30.2, and any other data as may be specified by the Department of State Police, on forms developed by the Department of State Police and submit such data to the Department of State Police for inclusion in […]