                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NUMBER OF DEPUTIES (§ 15.2-1609.1)

Except as provided in § 15.2-1603, the respective number of full-time deputies
appointed by the sheriff of a county or city shall be fixed by the Compensation
Board after receiving such recommendation of the board of supervisors of the
county or the council of the city, as the case may be, as the board of
supervisors or city council may desire to make. Such recommendation, if any,
shall be made to the Compensation Board on or before April 1 of each year. In
any county without a police force or any city without a police force that was
created by the consolidation of a city and a county subsequent to July 1, 2011,
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 35 (§ 15.2-3500 et seq.), upon the
request of the board of supervisors of such county or the council of such city,
the number of such law-enforcement deputies shall be fixed at not less than one
such deputy for each 1,500 population in such county or city excluding the
population served by state educational institution police departments if the
sheriff&#8217;s department does not provide the majority of the law-enforcement
activities to such population according to uniform crime reports compiled by the
Department of State Police. The Compensation Board shall also consider any
agreement the sheriff may have pursuant to § 15.2-1726 and any obligation he
may have pursuant to this section to provide law enforcement for towns or
townships in fixing the number of deputies. The governing body of any county or
city may employ a greater number of law-enforcement deputies than fixed by the
Compensation Board, provided that the county or city shall pay the total
compensation and all employer costs for such additional deputies.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 14-83; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-70; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 155;
1973, c. 180; 1979, cc. 236, 660; 1980, c. 146; 1983, c. 382; 1989, c. 293;
1998, cc. 276, 290, 305, 307, 327, 872; 2011, cc. 339, 350.