CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROHIBITED PRACTICES FOR LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DURING AN ARREST OR DETENTION
(§ 19.2-83.4)

A. The use of a neck restraint by a law-enforcement officer is prohibited unless
the use of a neck restraint is immediately necessary to protect the
law-enforcement officer or another person from death or serious bodily injury.

B. The willful discharge of a firearm by a law-enforcement officer into or at a
moving vehicle is prohibited unless the discharge of a firearm is immediately
necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person from death or
serious bodily injury.

C. The use of kinetic impact munitions by a law-enforcement officer is
prohibited unless the use of kinetic impact munitions is necessary to protect
the law-enforcement officer or another person from bodily injury.

HISTORY: 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 35, 37, 55.