Va. Code Ann. § 19.2-83.4
Prohibited practices for law-enforcement officers during an arrest or detention
Effective Mar 1, 20212020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 35, 37, 55.
- A. The use of a neck restraint by a law-enforcement officer is prohibited unless the use of a neck restraint is immediately necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person from death or serious bodily injury.
- B. The willful discharge of a firearm by a law-enforcement officer into or at a moving vehicle is prohibited unless the discharge of a firearm is immediately necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person from death or serious bodily injury.
- C. The use of kinetic impact munitions by a law-enforcement officer is prohibited unless the use of kinetic impact munitions is necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person from bodily injury.
2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 35, 37, 55.