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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56244</law_id><section_number>52-30.2</section_number><catch_line>(Effective January 1, 2026) Prohibited practices; collection of data</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1609.10</reference><reference>15.2-1722.1</reference><reference>2.2-3706.1</reference><reference>52-30.3</reference><reference>52-30.4</reference><reference>9.1-192</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="52">Police (State)</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6.1">Virginia Community Policing Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No State Police officer shall engage in bias-based profiling in the performance of his official duties. <a id="paragraph-206005" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/52-30.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> State Police officers shall collect data pertaining to (i) all investigatory motor vehicle stops, (ii) all stop-and-frisks of a person based on reasonable suspicion, and (iii) all other investigatory detentions that do not result in an <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> or the issuance of a <span class="dictionary">summons</span> to be reported into the Community Policing Reporting Database. State Police officers shall submit the data to their commanding officers, who shall forward it to the Superintendent of State Police. <a id="paragraph-206006" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/52-30.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each time a <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer or State Police officer stops a driver of a motor vehicle, stops and frisks a person based on reasonable suspicion, or temporarily <span class="dictionary">detains</span> a person during any other investigatory stop, such officer shall collect the following data based on the officer&#x2019;s observation or information provided to the officer by the driver: (i) the race, ethnicity, age, gender of the person stopped, and whether the person stopped spoke English; (ii) the reason for the stop; (iii) whether a notification from an automatic license plate recognition system, as defined in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Use of automatic license plate recognition systems by law-enforcement agencies" href="/2.2-5517/">2.2-5517</a>, was received for the motor vehicle prior to such stop, and if so, the specific reason for the notification as set forth in subsection D of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Use of automatic license plate recognition systems by law-enforcement agencies" href="/2.2-5517/">2.2-5517</a>; (iv) the location of the stop; (v) whether a warning, written <span class="dictionary">citation</span>, or <span class="dictionary">summons</span> was issued or whether any person was arrested; (vi) if a warning, written <span class="dictionary">citation</span>, or <span class="dictionary">summons</span> was issued or an <span class="dictionary">arrest</span> was made, the warning provided, violation charged, or <span class="dictionary">crime</span> charged; (vii) whether the vehicle or any person was searched; and (viii) whether the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer or State Police officer used physical force against any person and whether any person used physical force against any officers. <a id="paragraph-206007" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/52-30.2/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Each state and local <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency shall collect the number of complaints the agency receives alleging the use of excessive force. <a id="paragraph-206008" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/52-30.2/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 1165; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 37; 2025, c. 720.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
