§ 52-28.2 Reporting of officer-involved shootings; inclusion in annual Crime in Virginia report
The Department of State Police shall include any officer-involved shooting and whether such shooting was determined to be justified in the annual Crime in Virginia report. Any law-enforcement or public safety officer required to make such report shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement. For the purposes of this section, “officer-involved shooting” means the discharge of a firearm by a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, that results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.
History
This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 333 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.
2016, c. 333.