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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 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"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":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\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":153939,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69908,"identifier":"15.2-1733","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1733","url":"\/15.2-1733\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-1733\/","token":"15.2\/II\/17\/3\/15.2-1733","dublin_core":{"Title":"Appointment of auxiliary police officers; revocation of appointment; uniform; organization; rules and regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-1733","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The governing body<\/span> of the locality<\/span> may appoint or provide for the appointment as auxiliary police officers as many persons of good character as it deems necessary, not to exceed the number fixed by ordinance<\/span> adopted by the governing body<\/span>, and their appointment shall be revocable at any time by the governing body<\/span>. The governing body<\/span> may prescribe the uniform, organization, and such rules as it deems necessary for the operation of the auxiliary police force.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPOINTMENT OF AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS; REVOCATION OF APPOINTMENT; UNIFORM;\nORGANIZATION; RULES AND REGULATIONS (\u00a7 15.2-1733)\n\nThe governing body of the locality may appoint or provide for the appointment as\nauxiliary police officers as many persons of good character as it deems\nnecessary, not to exceed the number fixed by ordinance adopted by the governing\nbody, and their appointment shall be revocable at any time by the governing\nbody. The governing body may prescribe the uniform, organization, and such rules\nas it deems necessary for the operation of the auxiliary police force.\n\nHISTORY: 1968, c. 157, \u00a7 15.1-159.4; 1997, c. 587.","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}}