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However, any part-time law-enforcement officer employed for eighty, or fewer, compensated hours in a calendar year, or any noncompensated auxiliary deputy sheriff, or noncompensated auxiliary police officer who carries a firearm in the course of his employment shall be required to have completed basic firearms training and received ongoing in-service firearms training, as defined by the Board. 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However, any part-time law-enforcement officer employed for eighty, or fewer, compensated hours in a calendar year, or any noncompensated auxiliary deputy sheriff, or noncompensated auxiliary police officer who carries a firearm in the course of his employment shall be required to have completed basic firearms training and received ongoing in-service firearms training, as defined by the Board. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 632 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 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1982, chapter 419; in 1989, chapter 233; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":71325,"section_number":"10.1-120","catch_line":"Commissioning of Breaks Interstate Park Commission employees as conservation officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/10.1-120\/"},{"id":69256,"section_number":"9.1-115","catch_line":"Forfeiture of office for failing to meet training standards; termination of salary and benefits; extension of term","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-115\/"},{"id":57595,"section_number":"9.1-165","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-165\/"},{"id":67386,"section_number":"9.1-168","catch_line":"Eligibility for funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-168\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"},{"id":79077,"section_number":"56-353","catch_line":"Railroad company may appoint police agents","order_by":null,"url":"\/56-353\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284565,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85516,"identifier":"9.1-114","token":"9.1\/1\/1\/9.1-114","url":"\/9.1-114\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-114\/","token":"9.1\/1\/1\/9.1-114","dublin_core":{"Title":"Compliance with minimum training standards by officers employed after July 1, 1971, by officers appointed under \u00a7 56-353 after July 1, 1982, and by part-time officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-114","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every full-time <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> employed after July 1, 1971, officers appointed under the provisions of \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Railroad company may appoint police agents\" href=\"\/56-353\/\">56-353<\/a> after July 1, 1982, and every part-time <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> employed after July 1, 1989, shall comply with the compulsory minimum training standards established by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> within a period of time fixed by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> in accordance with the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose\" href=\"\/2.2-4000\/\">2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.). 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The <span class=\"dictionary\">Board<\/span> may require <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement agencies of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions to submit rosters of their personnel and pertinent data with regard to the training status of such personnel.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM TRAINING STANDARDS BY OFFICERS EMPLOYED AFTER JULY 1,\n1971, BY OFFICERS APPOINTED UNDER \u00a7 56-353 AFTER JULY 1, 1982, AND BY PART-TIME\nOFFICERS (\u00a7 9.1-114)\n\nEvery full-time law-enforcement officer employed after July 1, 1971, officers\nappointed under the provisions of \u00a7 56-353 after July 1, 1982, and every\npart-time law-enforcement officer employed after July 1, 1989, shall comply with\nthe compulsory minimum training standards established by the Board within a\nperiod of time fixed by the Board in accordance with the Administrative Process\nAct (\u00a7 2.2-4000 et seq.). However, any part-time law-enforcement officer\nemployed for eighty, or fewer, compensated hours in a calendar year, or any\nnoncompensated auxiliary deputy sheriff, or noncompensated auxiliary police\nofficer who carries a firearm in the course of his employment shall be required\nto have completed basic firearms training and received ongoing in-service\nfirearms training, as defined by the Board. The Board may require\nlaw-enforcement agencies of the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions to\nsubmit rosters of their personnel and pertinent data with regard to the training\nstatus of such personnel.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 632, \u00a7 9-180; 1982, c. 419; 1989, c. 233; 2001, c. 844.","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}}