2006 Code of Virginia § 56-354 - Conductors, etc., to be conservators of the peace

56-354. Conductors, etc., to be conservators of the peace.

Conductors and engineers of railroad passenger trains, and station and depotagents, shall be conservators of the peace. Each shall have the same power tomake arrests that other conservators of the peace have except that theconductors and engineers of passenger trains shall only have such power onboard their respective trains and on the property of their companies while onduty and the agents at their respective places of business. Conductors,engineers, and agents may cause any person so arrested by them to be detainedand delivered to the proper authorities for trial as soon as practicable.

(Code 1919, 3944; 1930, p. 788; 1996, cc. 114, 157.)

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