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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 19 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 1978 \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 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":285403,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57710,"identifier":"9.1-505","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-505","url":"\/9.1-505\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-505\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-505","dublin_core":{"Title":"Immediate suspension","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-505","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the immediate suspension without pay of any law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> whose continued presence on the job is deemed to be a substantial and immediate threat to the welfare of his agency<\/span> or the public, nor shall anything in this chapter prevent the suspension of a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> for refusing to obey a direct order<\/span> issued in conformance with the agency<\/span>’s written and disseminated regulations. In such a case, the law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> shall, upon request, be afforded the rights provided for under this chapter within a reasonable amount of time set by the agency<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nIMMEDIATE SUSPENSION (\u00a7 9.1-505)\n\nNothing in this chapter shall prevent the immediate suspension without pay of\nany law-enforcement officer whose continued presence on the job is deemed to be\na substantial and immediate threat to the welfare of his agency or the public,\nnor shall anything in this chapter prevent the suspension of a law-enforcement\nofficer for refusing to obey a direct order issued in conformance with the\nagency’s written and disseminated regulations. In such a case, the\nlaw-enforcement officer shall, upon request, be afforded the rights provided for\nunder this chapter within a reasonable amount of time set by the agency.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 19, \u00a7 2.1-116.6; 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}}