2006 Code of Virginia § 19.2-81.4 - Policies and procedures for the Virginia State Police and local law-enforcement officials

19.2-81.4. Policies and procedures for the Virginia State Police and locallaw-enforcement officials.

The Virginia State Police and each local police and sheriff's departmentshall establish an arrest policy and procedures to implement this section.Any local police or sheriff's department is authorized to adopt an arrestpolicy that prescribes additional requirements under this section. Anypolicies and procedures established under this section shall at a minimumprovide guidance to law-enforcement officers on the following:

1. The department's arrest policy;

2. The standards for determining who is the predominant physical aggressorpursuant to 19.2-81.3;

3. The standards for completion of a required incident report to be filedwith the department including the existence of any special circumstanceswhich would dictate a course of action other than arrest;

4. The department's policy on providing transportation to an allegedly abusedperson;

5. The legal and community resources available to allegedly abused persons inthe department's jurisdiction;

6. The department's policy on domestic violence incidents involvinglaw-enforcement officers; and

7. The department's policy on the handling of cases involving repeatoffenders of family abuse or domestic violence.

(1996, c. 866; 2004, cc. 972, 980, 1016.)