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This law was first created in 1968. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 157 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1968 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1987, chapter 421; in 1988, chapter 864; in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 827<\/a>; in 2022, chapter 730<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62848,"section_number":"15.2-1734","catch_line":"Calling auxiliary police officers into service; police officers performing service to wear uniform; exception","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1734\/"},{"id":60177,"section_number":"16.1-253.4","catch_line":"Emergency protective orders authorized in certain cases; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-253.4\/"},{"id":79946,"section_number":"18.2-31","catch_line":"Aggravated murder defined; punishment","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-31\/"},{"id":72165,"section_number":"18.2-51.1","catch_line":"Malicious bodily injury to law-enforcement officers, firefighters, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel; penalty; lesser-included offense","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-51.1\/"},{"id":64628,"section_number":"18.2-57","catch_line":"Assault and battery; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-57\/"},{"id":67602,"section_number":"19.2-152.8","catch_line":"Emergency protective orders authorized","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-152.8\/"},{"id":86739,"section_number":"19.2-81.3","catch_line":"Arrest without a warrant authorized in cases of assault and battery against a family or household member and stalking and for violations of protective orders; procedure, etc","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-81.3\/"},{"id":85883,"section_number":"32.1-127","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-127\/"},{"id":61742,"section_number":"37.2-808","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-808\/"},{"id":79706,"section_number":"37.2-810","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Transportation of person in the temporary detention process","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-810\/"},{"id":63215,"section_number":"53.1-31.1","catch_line":"Transportation of prisoners","order_by":null,"url":"\/53.1-31.1\/"},{"id":84228,"section_number":"58.1-3506","catch_line":"Other classifications of tangible personal property for taxation","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-3506\/"},{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":61742,"section_number":"37.2-808","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Emergency custody; issuance and execution of order","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-808\/"},{"id":79706,"section_number":"37.2-810","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Transportation of person in the temporary detention process","order_by":null,"url":"\/37.2-810\/"},{"id":54198,"section_number":"9.1-102","catch_line":"Powers and duties of the Board and the Department","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-102\/"}],"permalink":{"id":153931,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79396,"identifier":"15.2-1731","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1731","url":"\/15.2-1731\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1731\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1731","dublin_core":{"Title":"Establishment, etc., authorized; powers, authority and immunities generally","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1731","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Localities, for the further preservation of the public peace, safety, and good order<\/span> of the community, may establish, equip, and maintain auxiliary police forces that have all the powers and authority and all the immunities of full-time law<\/span>-enforcement officers, if all such forces have met the training requirements established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services under § 9.1-102<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an auxiliary officer shall be exempted from any initial training requirement established under § 9.1-102<\/a> until a date one year subsequent to the approval by the Criminal Justice Services Board of compulsory minimum training standards for auxiliary police officers, except that (i) any such officer shall not be permitted to carry or use a firearm while serving as an auxiliary police officer unless such officer has met the firearms training requirements established in accordance with in-service training standards for law<\/span>-enforcement officers as prescribed by the Criminal Justice Services Board, and (ii) any such officer shall have one year following the approval by the Board to comply with the compulsory minimum training standards. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Auxiliary police forces established pursuant to this section, who have met the training requirements of § 9.1-102<\/a>, may be called into service by the chief law<\/span>-enforcement officer as appropriate to provide transportation for such person subject to an emergency custody<\/span> order<\/span> pursuant to § 37.2-808<\/a> or to provide transportation for a person in the temporary detention process pursuant to § 37.2-810<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nESTABLISHMENT, ETC., AUTHORIZED; POWERS, AUTHORITY AND IMMUNITIES GENERALLY (\u00a7\n15.2-1731)\n\nA. Localities, for the further preservation of the public peace, safety, and\ngood order of the community, may establish, equip, and maintain auxiliary police\nforces that have all the powers and authority and all the immunities of\nfull-time law-enforcement officers, if all such forces have met the training\nrequirements established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services under\n§ 9.1-102.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, an auxiliary officer\nshall be exempted from any initial training requirement established under §\n9.1-102 until a date one year subsequent to the approval by the Criminal Justice\nServices Board of compulsory minimum training standards for auxiliary police\nofficers, except that (i) any such officer shall not be permitted to carry or\nuse a firearm while serving as an auxiliary police officer unless such officer\nhas met the firearms training requirements established in accordance with\nin-service training standards for law-enforcement officers as prescribed by the\nCriminal Justice Services Board, and (ii) any such officer shall have one year\nfollowing the approval by the Board to comply with the compulsory minimum\ntraining standards.\n\nC. Auxiliary police forces established pursuant to this section, who have met\nthe training requirements of § 9.1-102, may be called into service by the\nchief law-enforcement officer as appropriate to provide transportation for such\nperson subject to an emergency custody order pursuant to § 37.2-808 or to\nprovide transportation for a person in the temporary detention process pursuant\nto § 37.2-810.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 157, \u00a7 15.1-159.2; 1987, c. 421; 1988, c. 864; 1997, c. 587;\n2012, c. 827; 2022, c. 730.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}