                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAILURE OF A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO INTERVENE IN USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE (§
19.2-83.6)

A. Any law-enforcement officer who, while in the performance of his official
duties, witnesses another law-enforcement officer engaging or attempting to
engage in the use of excessive force against another person shall intervene,
when such intervention is feasible, to end the use of excessive force or
attempted use of excessive force, or to prevent the further use of excessive
force. A law-enforcement officer shall also render aid, as circumstances
reasonably permit, to any person injured as the result of the use of excessive
force.

B. Any law-enforcement officer who intervenes pursuant to subsection A or who
witnesses another law-enforcement officer engaging or attempting to engage in
the use of excessive force against another person shall report such intervention
or use of excessive force in accordance with the law-enforcement officer&#8217;s
employing agency&#8217;s policies and procedures for reporting misconduct
committed by a law-enforcement officer. No employing agency shall retaliate,
threaten to retaliate, or take or threaten to take any disciplinary action
against a law-enforcement officer who intervenes pursuant to subsection A or
makes a report pursuant to this subsection.

HISTORY: 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 25, 37.