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§ 15.2-1609.11 Arrest or summons quota prohibited

A. A sheriff shall not establish a formal or informal quota that requires a deputy to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. A sheriff shall not use the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a deputy as the sole criterion for evaluating a deputy’s job performance.

C. Nothing in this section shall preclude a sheriff from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.

History

This law was first created in 2022. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 208 and 209 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.

2022, cc. 208, 209.

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