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§ 2.2-5516 Arrest or summons quota prohibited

A. No agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers as defined in § 9.1-101 shall establish a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. Nothing in this section shall preclude an agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers 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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