§ 23.1-1011 Covered institutions; operational authority; campus police
A. A covered institution may establish or continue to operate a campus police department in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 (§ 23.1-809 et seq.) of Chapter 8. Campus police shall possess the powers provided in Article 3 of Chapter 8, except that a covered institution’s employment of campus police is governed by the provisions of this article rather than by Chapter 28 (§ 2.2-2800 et seq.) and Chapter 29 (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2.
B. Campus police officers of a covered institution are eligible to participate in the same state-sponsored retirement plans on the same terms and conditions as campus police officers of other public institutions of higher education.
History
This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 933 and 945 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. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2016, chapter 588.
2005, cc. 933, 945, § 23-38.102; 2016, c. 588.