2006 Code of Virginia § 15.2-1701 - Organization of police forces
15.2-1701. Organization of police forces.
Any locality may, by ordinance, provide for the organization of itsauthorized police forces. Such forces shall include a chief of police, andsuch officers and other personnel as appropriate.
When a locality provides for a police department, the chief of police shallbe the chief law enforcement officer of that locality. However, in towns, thechief law-enforcement officer may be called the town sergeant.
(1979, c. 333, 15.1-131.7; 1997, c. 587.)
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