General Provisions | Midpage15.2-1700Preservation of peace and good order15.2-1701Organization of police forces15.2-1702Referendum required prior to establishment of county police force15.2-1703Referendum to abolish county police force15.2-1704Powers and duties of police force15.2-1705Minimum qualifications; waiver15.2-1706Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers; waiver of requirements15.2-1707Decertification of law-enforcement officers and jail officers15.2-1708Notice of decertification; decertification review process15.2-1709Employer immunity from liability; disclosure of information regarding former deputy sheriffs and law-enforcement officers15.2-1710Fees and other compensation15.2-1710.1Arrest or summons quota prohibited15.2-1711Providing legal fees and expenses for law-enforcement officers; repayment to locality of two-thirds of amount by Compensation Board15.2-1712Employment of off-duty officers15.2-1713Localities authorized to offer and pay rewards in felony and misdemeanor cases15.2-1713.1Local "Crime Stoppers" programs; confidentiality15.2-1714Establishing police lines, perimeters, or barricades15.2-1715Authority to declare Intensified Drug Enforcement Jurisdictions; expenditure of funds15.2-1716Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to DUI and related incidents15.2-1716.1Reimbursement of expenses incurred in responding to terrorism hoax incident, bomb threat, or malicious activation of fire alarm15.2-1716.2Methamphetamine lab cleanup costs; localities may charge for reimbursement15.2-1717Preventing interference with pupils at schools15.2-1717.1Designation of police to enforce trespass violations15.2-1718Receipt of missing child reports15.2-1718.1Receipt of missing senior adult reports15.2-1718.2Receipt of critically missing adult reports15.2-1719Disposal of unclaimed property in possession of sheriff or police15.2-1720Localities 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 devices15.2-1721Disposal of unclaimed firearms or other weapons in possession of sheriff or police15.2-1721.1Acquisition of military property by localities15.2-1722Certain records to be kept by sheriffs and chiefs of police15.2-1722.1Prohibited practices; collection of data15.2-1723Validation of certain police forces15.2-1723.1Body-worn camera system15.2-1723.2(Effective July 1, 2026) Facial recognition technology; approval