                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CAMPUS POLICE FORCES AND AUXILIARY POLICE FORCES; POWERS AND DUTIES;
JURISDICTION (§ 23.1-815)

A. As used in this section:
			&#8220;Campus&#8221; means (i) any building or property owned or controlled
by an institution of higher education located within the same reasonably
contiguous geographic area of the institution and used by the institution in
direct support of, or in a manner relating to, the institution&#8217;s
educational purposes, including residence halls, and (ii) any building or
property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the area described in clause
(i) that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is
frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes, such as a food
or other retail vendor.
			&#8220;Noncampus building or property&#8221; means (i) any building or
property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially
recognized by an institution of higher education or (ii) any building or
property owned or controlled by an institution of higher education that is used
in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution&#8217;s educational
purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably
contiguous geographic area of the institution.
			&#8220;Public property&#8221; means all public property, including
thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the
campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.

B. A campus police officer appointed as provided in &#xA7; 23.1-812 or a member
of an auxiliary police force appointed and activated pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7;
23.1-811 and 23.1-812 shall be deemed police officers of localities who may
exercise the powers and duties conferred by law upon such police officers,
including the provisions of Chapters 5 (&#xA7; 19.2-52 et seq.), 7 (&#xA7;
19.2-71 et seq.), and 23 (&#xA7; 19.2-387 et seq.) of Title 19.2, (i) upon any
property owned or controlled by the public institution of higher education or
private institution of higher education, or, upon request, any property owned or
controlled by another public institution of higher education or private
institution of higher education, and upon the streets, sidewalks, and highways
immediately adjacent to any such property; (ii) pursuant to a mutual aid
agreement (a) as provided for in &#xA7; 15.2-1727 or (b) between the governing
board of a public institution of higher education or private institution of
higher education and another public institution of higher education or private
institution of higher education in the Commonwealth or an adjacent political
subdivision; (iii) in close pursuit of a person as provided in &#xA7; 19.2-77;
and (iv) upon approval by the appropriate circuit court of a petition by the
local governing body for concurrent jurisdiction in designated areas with the
police officers of the locality in which the institution, its satellite
campuses, or other properties are located. The local governing body may only
petition the circuit court for such concurrent jurisdiction pursuant to a
request by the local law-enforcement agency.

C. Each public institution of higher education and private institution of higher
education that establishes a campus police force pursuant to this article shall
enter into and become a party to a mutual aid agreement with an adjacent local
law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police for the use of their
regular and auxiliary joint forces, equipment, and materials when needed in the
investigation of any felony criminal sexual assault or medically unattended
death occurring on property owned or controlled by such institution or any death
resulting from an incident occurring on such property. Such mutual aid
agreements shall include provisions requiring either the campus police force or
the agency with which it has established a mutual aid agreement pursuant to this
subsection, in the event that such police force or agency conducts an
investigation that involves a felony criminal sexual assault as set forth in
Article 7 (&#xA7; 18.2-61 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on
campus, in or on a noncampus building or property, or on public property, to
notify the local attorney for the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48
hours of beginning such investigation. No such notification provision shall
require a campus police force or the agency with which it has established a
mutual aid agreement to disclose identifying information about the victim.
Nothing in this section prohibits a campus police force or auxiliary police
force from requesting assistance from any appropriate law-enforcement agency of
the Commonwealth with which the institution has not entered into a mutual aid
agreement.

D. Each public institution of higher education and nonprofit private institution
of higher education that (i) has not established a campus police force or
auxiliary police force pursuant to this article and (ii) has a security
department, relies on local or state police forces, or contracts for security
services from private parties pursuant to &#xA7; 23.1-818 shall enter into and
become a party to a memorandum of understanding with an adjacent local
law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police (the Department) to
require either such local law-enforcement agency or the Department, in the event
that such agency or the Department conducts an investigation that involves a
felony criminal sexual assault as set forth in Article 7 (&#xA7; 18.2-61 et
seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 18.2 occurring on campus, in or on a noncampus
building or property, or on public property, to notify the local attorney for
the Commonwealth of such investigation within 48 hours of beginning such
investigation. No such notification provision shall require the law-enforcement
agency or the Department to disclose identifying information about the victim.

E. All mutual aid agreements and memoranda of understanding entered into
pursuant to this section shall specify the procedure for sharing information.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 79, § 23-234; 1985, c. 386; 1991, c. 711; 1992, c. 187; 2002,
c. 97; 2012, cc. 282, 450; 2015, c. 707; 2016, cc. 513, 571, 588.