The Sample Directives for Virginia Law-Enforcement Agencies is a collection of approximately sixty sample orders on important administrative and operational topics. The sample directives manual is intended to help local agencies develop their own comprehensive, written guidance. The administrative component of the manual is oriented towards small law-enforcement agencies with little specialization beyond patrol personnel and a few investigators. The operational component consists of orders on commmon law-enforcement tasks. The current version of the manual was produced in July, 1999. Former editions of the manual were published under the title, Model Manual of Policies and Procedures for Virginia Law Enforcement Agencies. This manual is currently being revised by the Virginia Accreditation Center and should be completed sometime in late spring 2007. If you have any suggestions for model policy topics, please contact Gary M. Dillon at 804.786.8421.

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