                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF CAMPUS POLICE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF AN AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE
(§ 23.1-812)

A. Prior to appointment as a campus police officer or member of an auxiliary
police force, each individual shall be investigated by the campus police
department of the institution applying for the order of appointment or, if none
has been established, by the police department of the locality in which such
institution is located. Such investigation shall determine whether the
individual is responsible, honest, and in all ways capable of performing the
duties of a campus police officer.

B. Upon application of the governing board of a public institution of higher
education or private institution of higher education, the circuit court of the
locality in which the institution is located may, by order, appoint the
individuals named in the application to be campus police officers or members of
an auxiliary police force at such institution.

C. Each campus police officer and member of an auxiliary police force appointed
and employed pursuant to this article is a state employee of the institution
named in the order of appointment. Insofar as it is not inconsistent with the
Virginia Personnel Act (&#xA7; 2.2-2900 et seq.), the governing board of such
institution shall provide for the conditions and terms of employment and
compensation and a distinctive uniform and badge of office for such officers and
members of an auxiliary police force.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 79, §§ 23-233, 23-236; 1991, c. 711; 2016, c. 588.