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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71427</law_id><section_number>19.2-83.4</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited practices for law-enforcement officers during an arrest or detention</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="19.2">Criminal Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7.1">Law-Enforcement Officer Conduct During an Arrest or Detention</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The use of a <span class="dictionary">neck restraint</span> by a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer is prohibited unless the use of a <span class="dictionary">neck restraint</span> is immediately necessary to protect the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer or another person from death or serious bodily injury. <a id="paragraph-257493" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-83.4/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The willful discharge of a firearm by a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer into or at a moving vehicle is prohibited unless the discharge of a firearm is immediately necessary to protect the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer or another person from death or serious bodily injury. <a id="paragraph-257494" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-83.4/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The use of <span class="dictionary">kinetic impact munitions</span> by a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer is prohibited unless the use of <span class="dictionary">kinetic impact munitions</span> is necessary to protect the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer or another person from bodily injury. <a id="paragraph-257495" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/19.2-83.4/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 35, 37, 55.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
