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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84372</law_id><section_number>2.2-5516</section_number><catch_line>Arrest or summons quota prohibited</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="2.2">Administration of Government</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Administration of State Government</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="B">Transaction of Public Business</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="55.5">Arrest or Summons Quota Prohibited</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officers as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions" href="/9.1-101/">9.1-101</a> shall establish a formal or informal quota that requires a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer to make a specific number of <span class="dictionary">arrests</span> or <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time. <a id="paragraph-302373" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-5516/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Nothing in this section shall preclude an agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officers from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of <span class="dictionary">arrests</span> made or summonses issued for any other purpose. <a id="paragraph-302374" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/2.2-5516/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2022, cc. 208, 209.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
