Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 15.2-1700 - Preservation of peace and good order
Section 15.2-1701 - Organization of police forces
Section 15.2-1702 - Referendum required prior to establishment of county police force
Section 15.2-1703 - Referendum to abolish county police force
Section 15.2-1704 - Powers and duties of police force
Section 15.2-1705 - Minimum qualifications; waiver
Section 15.2-1706 - Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers; waiver of requirements
Section 15.2-1707 - Decertification of law-enforcement officers and jail officers
Section 15.2-1708 - Notice of decertification; decertification review process
Section 15.2-1709 - Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers
Section 15.2-1710 - Fees and other compensation
Section 15.2-1710.1 - Arrest or summons quota prohibited
Section 15.2-1711 - Providing legal fees and expenses for law-enforcement officers; repayment to locality of two-thirds of amount by Compensation Board
Section 15.2-1712 - Employment of off-duty officers
Section 15.2-1713 - Localities authorized to offer and pay rewards in felony and misdemeanor cases
Section 15.2-1713.1 - Local "Crime Stoppers" programs; confidentiality
Section 15.2-1714 - Establishing police lines, perimeters, or barricades
Section 15.2-1715 - Authority to declare Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdictions; expenditure of funds
Section 15.2-1716 - Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to DUI and related incidents
Section 15.2-1716.1 - Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident, bomb threat, or malicious activation of fire alarm
Section 15.2-1716.2 - Methamphetamine lab cleanup costs; localities may charge for reimbursement
Section 15.2-1717 - Preventing interference with pupils at schools
Section 15.2-1717.1 - Designation of police to enforce trespass violations
Section 15.2-1718 - Receipt of missing child reports
Section 15.2-1718.1 - Receipt of missing senior adult reports
Section 15.2-1718.2 - Receipt of critically missing adult reports
Section 15.2-1719 - Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police
Section 15.2-1720 - Localities authorized to license bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, and electric personal assistive mobility devices; disposition of unclaimed bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, and electric personal assistive mobility devices
Section 15.2-1721 - Disposal of unclaimed firearms or other weapons in possession of sheriff or police
Section 15.2-1721.1 - Acquisition of military property by localities
Section 15.2-1722 - Certain records to be kept by sheriffs and chiefs of police
Section 15.2-1722.1 - Prohibited practices; collection of data
Section 15.2-1723 - Validation of certain police forces
Section 15.2-1723.1 - Body-worn camera system
Section 15.2-1723.2 - [Effective until 7/1/2026] Facial recognition technology; approval; penalty
Section 15.2-1723.2 - [Effective 7/1/2026] Facial recognition technology; approval