{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/9.1-506.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/9.1-506.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/9.1-506.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/9.1-506.html"}],"law_id":76871,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76871,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-506","catch_line":"Informal counseling not prohibited","history":"1978, c. 19, \u00a7 2.1-116.8; 2001, c. 844.","full_text":"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the informal counseling of a law-enforcement officer by a supervisor in reference to a minor infraction of policy or procedure which does not result in disciplinary action being taken against the law-enforcement officer.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":275942,"text":"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the informal counseling of a law-enforcement officer by a supervisor in reference to a minor infraction of policy or procedure which does not result in disciplinary action being taken against the law-enforcement officer.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15150,"edition_id":1,"name":"Law-Enforcement Officers Procedural Guarantee Act","identifier":"5","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12896,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:52:32","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:52:32","permalink":{"id":285381,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15150,"identifier":"5","token":"9.1\/5","url":"\/9.1\/5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12896,"edition_id":1,"name":"Commonwealth Public Safety","identifier":"9.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:59","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:59","permalink":{"id":284487,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12896,"identifier":"9.1","token":"9.1","url":"\/9.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":70463,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-500","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/9.1-500\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-500","metadata":false},{"id":82248,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-501","catch_line":"Conduct of investigation","url":"\/9.1-501\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-501","metadata":false},{"id":77705,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-502","catch_line":"Notice of charges; response; election to proceed under grievance procedure of local governing body","url":"\/9.1-502\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-502","metadata":false},{"id":81606,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-503","catch_line":"Personal assets of officers","url":"\/9.1-503\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-503","metadata":false},{"id":80771,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-504","catch_line":"Hearing; hearing panel recommendations","url":"\/9.1-504\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-504","metadata":false},{"id":57710,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-505","catch_line":"Immediate suspension","url":"\/9.1-505\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-505","metadata":false},{"id":76871,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-506","catch_line":"Informal counseling not prohibited","url":"\/9.1-506\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-506","metadata":false},{"id":69045,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-507","catch_line":"Chapter accords minimum rights; exception","url":"\/9.1-507\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-507","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":57710,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-505","catch_line":"Immediate suspension","url":"\/9.1-505\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-505","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":69045,"structure_id":15150,"section_number":"9.1-507","catch_line":"Chapter accords minimum rights; exception","url":"\/9.1-507\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-507","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/9.1-506\/","history_text":"

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":285407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76871,"identifier":"9.1-506","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-506","url":"\/9.1-506\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-506\/","token":"9.1\/5\/9.1-506","dublin_core":{"Title":"Informal counseling not prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-506","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the informal counseling of a law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span> by a supervisor in reference to a minor<\/span> infraction of policy or procedure which does not result in disciplinary action being taken against the law<\/span>-enforcement officer<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINFORMAL COUNSELING NOT PROHIBITED (\u00a7 9.1-506)\n\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the informal counseling\nof a law-enforcement officer by a supervisor in reference to a minor infraction\nof policy or procedure which does not result in disciplinary action being taken\nagainst the law-enforcement officer.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 19, \u00a7 2.1-116.8; 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}}