§ 9.1-600. Civilian protection in cases of police misconduct; minimum standards

A. State, local, and other public law-enforcement agencies, which have ten or more law-enforcement officers, shall have procedures as established in subsection B, allowing citizen submission of complaints regarding the conduct of the law-enforcement agency, law-enforcement officers in the agency, or employees of the agency. B. Law-enforcement agencies shall ensure, at a minimum, that in […]

§ 9.1-601. Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies

A. 1. As used in this section, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Law-enforcement agency” means a police department established pursuant to § 15.2-1701 or a campus police department of any public institution of higher education of the Commonwealth employing a law-enforcement officer established pursuant to § 23.1-809. “Law-enforcement officer” means any person, other […]