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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0208\">208<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0209\">209<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":73488,"section_number":"9.1-101","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-101\/"}],"permalink":{"id":178017,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84372,"identifier":"2.2-5516","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/55.5\/2.2-5516","url":"\/2.2-5516\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-5516\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/55.5\/2.2-5516","dublin_core":{"Title":"Arrest or summons quota prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-5516","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officers as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions\" href=\"\/9.1-101\/\">9.1-101<\/a> shall establish a formal or informal quota that requires a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer to make a specific number of <span class=\"dictionary\">arrests<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. <a id=\"paragraph-302373\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-5516\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Nothing in this section shall preclude an agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officers from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of <span class=\"dictionary\">arrests<\/span> made or summonses issued for any other purpose. <a id=\"paragraph-302374\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-5516\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nARREST OR SUMMONS QUOTA PROHIBITED (\u00a7 2.2-5516)\n\nA. No agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or\ndepartment employing law-enforcement officers as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-101 shall\nestablish a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to\nmake a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within\na designated period of time.\n\nB. Nothing in this section shall preclude an agency of the Commonwealth or\ndirector or chief executive of any agency or department employing\nlaw-enforcement officers from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information\nconcerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.\n\nHISTORY: 2022, cc. 208, 209.","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}}