{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/52-30.3.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/52-30.3.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/52-30.3.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/52-30.3.html"}],"law_id":57023,"edition_id":1,"section_id":57023,"structure_id":14660,"section_number":"52-30.3","catch_line":"Community Policing Reporting Database established","history":"2020, c. 1165; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 37.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department of State Police shall develop and implement a uniform statewide database to collect all records of investigatory motor vehicle stops, all stop-and-frisks of a person based on reasonable suspicion, and other investigatory detentions that do not result in an arrest or the issuance of a summons, records of complaints alleging the use of excessive force, and data and information submitted by law-enforcement agencies pursuant to §§ 15.2-1609.10, 15.2-1722.1, and 52-30.2. The Department of State Police shall provide the Department of Criminal Justice Services with secure remote access to the database for the purposes of analyzing such data as required by subsection A of § 9.1-192.B\n\nThe Department of State Police shall promulgate regulations governing the operation and maintenance of the database.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":208876,"text":"The Department of State Police shall develop and implement a uniform statewide database to collect all records of investigatory motor vehicle stops, all stop-and-frisks of a person based on reasonable suspicion, and other investigatory detentions that do not result in an arrest or the issuance of a summons, records of complaints alleging the use of excessive force, and data and information submitted by law-enforcement agencies pursuant to §§ 15.2-1609.10, 15.2-1722.1, and 52-30.2. The Department of State Police shall provide the Department of Criminal Justice Services with secure remote access to the database for the purposes of analyzing such data as required by subsection A of § 9.1-192.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":208877,"text":"The Department of State Police shall promulgate regulations governing the operation and maintenance of the database.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":14660,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Community Policing Act","identifier":"6.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12841,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:49:11","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:49:11","permalink":{"id":237417,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14660,"identifier":"6.1","token":"52\/6.1","url":"\/52\/6.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12841,"edition_id":1,"name":"Police (State)","identifier":"52","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:56","permalink":{"id":237127,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12841,"identifier":"52","token":"52","url":"\/52\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":72063,"structure_id":14660,"section_number":"52-30.1","catch_line":"Definition","url":"\/52-30.1\/","token":"52\/6.1\/52-30.1","metadata":false},{"id":56244,"structure_id":14660,"section_number":"52-30.2","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Prohibited practices; collection of data","url":"\/52-30.2\/","token":"52\/6.1\/52-30.2","metadata":false},{"id":57023,"structure_id":14660,"section_number":"52-30.3","catch_line":"Community Policing Reporting Database established","url":"\/52-30.3\/","token":"52\/6.1\/52-30.3","metadata":false},{"id":56395,"structure_id":14660,"section_number":"52-30.4","catch_line":"Reporting of state and local law-enforcement agencies required","url":"\/52-30.4\/","token":"52\/6.1\/52-30.4","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":56244,"structure_id":14660,"section_number":"52-30.2","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Prohibited practices; collection of data","url":"\/52-30.2\/","token":"52\/6.1\/52-30.2","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":56395,"structure_id":14660,"section_number":"52-30.4","catch_line":"Reporting of state and local law-enforcement agencies required","url":"\/52-30.4\/","token":"52\/6.1\/52-30.4","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/52-30.3\/","history_text":"

This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1165<\/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":[{"id":83479,"section_number":"15.2-1609.10","catch_line":"Prohibited practices; collection of data","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1609.10\/"},{"id":67755,"section_number":"15.2-1722.1","catch_line":"Prohibited practices; collection of data","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1722.1\/"},{"id":81786,"section_number":"9.1-192","catch_line":"Community Policing Reporting Database; annual report","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-192\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":83479,"section_number":"15.2-1609.10","catch_line":"Prohibited practices; collection of data","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1609.10\/"},{"id":67755,"section_number":"15.2-1722.1","catch_line":"Prohibited practices; collection of data","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1722.1\/"},{"id":56244,"section_number":"52-30.2","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Prohibited practices; collection of data","order_by":null,"url":"\/52-30.2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":237427,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57023,"identifier":"52-30.3","token":"52\/6.1\/52-30.3","url":"\/52-30.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/52-30.3\/","token":"52\/6.1\/52-30.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Community Policing Reporting Database established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 52-30.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department of State Police shall develop and implement a uniform statewide database to collect all records of investigatory motor vehicle stops, all stop-and-frisks of a person based on reasonable suspicion, and other investigatory detentions that do not result in an arrest<\/span> or the issuance of a summons<\/span>, records of complaints alleging the use of excessive force, and data and information submitted by law<\/span>-enforcement agencies pursuant to §§ 15.2-1609.10<\/a>, 15.2-1722.1<\/a>, and 52-30.2<\/a>. The Department of State Police shall provide the Department of Criminal Justice Services with secure remote access to the database for the purposes of analyzing such data as required by subsection A of § 9.1-192<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department of State Police shall promulgate regulations governing the operation and maintenance of the database. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMUNITY POLICING REPORTING DATABASE ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 52-30.3)\n\nA. The Department of State Police shall develop and implement a uniform\nstatewide database to collect all records of investigatory motor vehicle stops,\nall stop-and-frisks of a person based on reasonable suspicion, and other\ninvestigatory detentions that do not result in an arrest or the issuance of a\nsummons, records of complaints alleging the use of excessive force, and data and\ninformation submitted by law-enforcement agencies pursuant to §§\n15.2-1609.10, 15.2-1722.1, and 52-30.2. The Department of State Police shall\nprovide the Department of Criminal Justice Services with secure remote access to\nthe database for the purposes of analyzing such data as required by subsection A\nof § 9.1-192.\n\nB. The Department of State Police shall promulgate regulations governing the\noperation and maintenance of the database.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 1165; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 37.","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}}