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This law was first created in 2016. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 333<\/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":237405,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65644,"identifier":"52-28.2","token":"52\/6\/52-28.2","url":"\/52-28.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-28.2\/","token":"52\/6\/52-28.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reporting of officer-involved shootings; inclusion in annual Crime in Virginia report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-28.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Department of State Police shall include any officer-involved shooting<\/span> and whether such shooting was determined to be justified in the annual Crime<\/span> in Virginia report. Any law<\/span>-enforcement or public safety officer required to make such report shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “officer-involved shooting<\/span>” means the discharge of a firearm by a law<\/span>-enforcement officer, as defined in \u00a7 9.1-101<\/a>, that results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTING OF OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS; INCLUSION IN ANNUAL CRIME IN VIRGINIA\nREPORT (\u00a7 52-28.2)\n\nThe Department of State Police shall include any officer-involved shooting and\nwhether such shooting was determined to be justified in the annual Crime in\nVirginia report. Any law-enforcement or public safety officer required to make\nsuch report shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement.\n\t\tFor the purposes of this section, “officer-involved shooting”\nmeans the discharge of a firearm by a law-enforcement officer, as defined in \u00a7\n9.1-101, that results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.\n\nHISTORY: 2016, c. 333.","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}}