                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SECURITY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER SECURITY SERVICES (§ 23.1-818)

Nothing in this article shall abridge the authority of the governing board of a
public institution of higher education or private institution of higher
education to establish security departments, whose officers and employees shall
not have the powers and duties set forth in § 23.1-815, in place of or in
addition to campus police departments, rely upon local or state police forces,
or contract for security services from private parties. Nothing in this article
shall abridge the authority of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia School for
the Deaf and the Blind to establish and maintain a campus security department
and to employ campus security personnel therein in accordance with the
provisions of subsection F of § 22.1-346.2. Nothing in this article shall
abridge the authority of the governing board of any educational institution
established pursuant to Chapter 31 (§ 23.1-3100 et seq.) to establish and
maintain a campus security department and to employ campus security personnel
therein.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 79, § 23-238; 2016, c. 588; 2023, c. 428; 2024, cc. 9, 202.