• Introduction
• Table of Contents

Chapter One

Click on the Code of Virginia section you want. For example, § 9.1-100. To access the full contents of this code section, click on "Next" in the upper right portion of the screen. Clicking “Next” allows you scroll through each section one at a time.

• Code of Virginia
  • § 9.1-100. (Effective 11/1/2001) Deptartment of Criminal Justice Services
  • § 9.1-101. (Effective 11/1/2001) Definitions
  • § 9.1-102. (Effective 11/1/2001) Powers and duties of the Board of the Department
  • § 9.1-106. (Effective 11/1/2001) Regional Criminal Justice Academy Training Fund
  • § 9.1-107. (Effective 11/1/2001) Powers and Duties of Director
  • § 9.1-108. (Effective 11/1/2001) Criminal Justice Services Board membership; terms; vacancies; members not disqualified from holding other offices; designation of chairmen; meetings; compensation
  • § 9.1-109. (Effective 11/1/2001) Administration of federal programs
  • § 9.1-112. (Effective 11/1/2001) Committee on Training; membership
  • § 9.1-113. (Effective 11/1/2001) Compliance with minimum training standards by officers serving on July 1, 1971; officers appointed under § 56-353 prior to July 1, 1982.
  • § 9.1-114. (Effective 11/1/2001) Compliance with minimum training standards by officers employed after July 1, 1971, by officers appointed under § 56-353 after July 1, 1982, and by part-time officers
  • § 9.1-115. (Effective 11/1/2001) Forfeiture of office for failing to meet training standards; termination of salary and benefits; extension of term
  • § 9.1-116. (Effective 11/1/2001) Exemptions of certain persons from certain training requirements
  • § 9.1-120. (Effective 11/1/2001) Special conservators of the peace
  • § 9.1-168. (Effective 11/1/2001) Eligibility for funds
  • § 15.2-1300. Joint exercise of powers by political subdivisions
  • § 15.2-1705. Minimum qualifications; waiver
  • § 15.2-1706. Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers
  • § 15.2-1707. Decertification of law-enforcement officers
  • § 15.2-1708. Notice of decertification
  • § 15.2-1709. Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers
  • § 15.2-1731. Establishment, etc., authorized; powers, authority and immunities generally.
  • § 15.2-1733. Appointment of auxiliary police officers; revocation of appointment; uniform; organization; rules and regulations
  • § 15.2-1734. Calling auxillary police officers into service; police officers performing service to wear uniform; exception
  • § 15.2-1737. Circuit courts may appoint special police officers
  • § 15.2-1738. Application for appointment as special police officer; qualifications
  • § 15.2-1739. Compensation of special police officer
  • § 15.2-1740. Certain special police officers not employees of Commonwealth or locality
  • § 15.2-1741. Removal of special police officers; filling vacancies
  • § 15.2-1742. Removal from locality creates vacancy
  • § 15.2-1743. Bond of special police officers
  • § 15.2-1744. Jurisdiction and authority of special police officers; evidence of their office
  • § 15.2-1745. Duties and powers of special police officers
  • § 15.2-1747. Creation of academies
  • § 15.2-1748. Powers of the academies
  • § 15.2-1749. Revenue bonds.
  • § 15.2-1750. Governmental units authorized to appropriate or lend funds
  • § 15.2-1751. Exempt from taxation
  • § 15.2-1752. Governmental immunity
  • § 15.2-1753. Liabiltiy of board members
  • § 23-232. Establishment authorized; employment of officers
  • § 23-232.1. Authorization for campus police departments in private institutions of higher education.
  • § 23-233. Appointment of officers
  • § 23-233.1. Establishment of auxiliary police forces; powers, authority and immunities generally.
  • § 23-234. Powers and duties; jurisdiction
  • § 23-235. Officers to comply with requirements of Department of Criminal Justice Services
  • § 53.1-120. Sheriff to provide for courthouse and courtroom security; designation of deputies for such purpose
  • § 56-353. Railroad company may appoint police agents.

Chapter Two

Click on the Virginia Administrative Code (VAC) section you want.

• Virginia Administrative Code
  • 6 VAC 20-20 Rules relating to compulsory minimum training standards for law enforcement officers
  • 6 VAC 20-30 Rules relating to compulsory in-service training standards for law enforcement officers, jailors or custodial officers, courthouse and courtroom security officers, process service officers and officers of the department of corrections, division of institutional services
  • 6 VAC 20-40 Rules relating to compulsory minimum training standards for undercover investigative officers
  • 6 VAC 20-50 Rules relating to compulsory minimum training standards for jailors or custodial officers, courthouse and courtroom security officers and process service officers
  • 6 VAC 20-60 Rules relating to compulsory minimum training standards for dispatchers
  • 6 VAC 20-70 Rules relating to compulsory minimum training standards for non-custodial employees of the department of corrections
  • 6 VAC 20-80 Rules relating to certification of criminal justice instructors
  • 6 VAC 20-90 Rules relating to regional criminal justice training academies
  • 6 VAC 20-100 Rules relating to compulsory minimum training standards for correctional officers of state department of corrections, division of adult services
  • 6 VAC 20-60-100 Performance outcomes for compulsory minimum training standards for dispatchers

Chapter Three

• Combined training school policy
• Issuing training exemptions under section §9-173 of the code of Virginia
• Instructor certification/recertification process
• Partial in-service credit
• Waiver of minimum qualifications
• Electronic media policy
• Physical examination requirements
• Training required for part-time and auxiliary personnel
• Radar operator guidelines
• Radar training and testing objectives for radar operator training
• Criminal Justice Services Board policy for regional training academies
• Pre-Employment Guidelines
• Records Administrative Policy
• College Credit

Chapter Four (all forms are not available online at this time)

• Form 21 - Initial Appointment
• Form 31 - Employment Update
• Form 41 - Criminal Justice Training Roster
• Field Training, Law Enforcement
• Form D-1, On-the-Job Training, Dispatchers
• Form PIC #1, Partial In-Service Credit
• Form W-1, Waiver of Minimum Qualifications
• Form W-2, Application for Exemption from Virginia Compulsory Minimum Training Standards
• Application for Criminal Justice Instructor Certification and Recertification
• CC-1, College Course In-Service Credit Application
• CC-2, College Course In-Service Credit Attest
• Instructor Patch Order Form

Chapter Five

• Academy Certification
• Academy Recertification
• Regional Academy Funding

Chapter Six

• Performance Objectives for Jailors or Custodial Officers, Courthouse and Courtroom Security Officers and Process Service Officers
• Performance Objectives for Courtroom Security Officers
• Performance Objectives for Civil Process Officers