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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86204</law_id><section_number>9.1-600</section_number><catch_line>Civilian protection in cases of police misconduct; minimum standards</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1123.1</reference><reference>9.1-101</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="9.1">Commonwealth Public Safety</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Civilian Protection in Cases of Police Misconduct</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> State, local, and other public <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agencies, which have ten or more <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officers, shall have procedures as established in subsection B, allowing citizen submission of complaints regarding the conduct of the <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency, <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officers in the agency, or employees of the agency. <a id="paragraph-308789" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-600/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">Law</span>-enforcement agencies shall ensure, at a minimum, that in the case of all written complaints: <a id="paragraph-308790" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-600/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The general public has access to the required forms and information concerning the submission of complaints; <a id="paragraph-308791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-600/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement agency assists individuals in filing complaints; and <a id="paragraph-308792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-600/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Adequate records are maintained of the nature and <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of such cases. <a id="paragraph-308793" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/9.1-600/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1993, c. 722, &#xA7; 2.1-116.9:6; 2001, cc. 153, 844.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
