                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS IN CONNECTION WITH TOLL BRIDGES (§ 33.2-605)

A. The circuit court of any county in which there is a toll bridge or its
approaches, or the circuit court of any county in which lies any part of any
toll bridge or bridges or their approaches belonging to the same proprietor, but
which toll bridge or bridges or their approaches lie in more than one county,
may, upon the application of the proprietor, appoint any employee of such
proprietor, employed in the control or operation of such toll bridge or bridges
and approaches, a special police officer. Such special police officer may
exercise all the powers and duties imposed and conferred upon sheriffs in the
Commonwealth, in criminal matters, upon any such toll bridge or bridges and
their approaches. Such power shall extend throughout the Commonwealth when such
special police officer is actually in pursuit of a person accused of crime or
acting under authority of a warrant duly issued for the arrest of a person
charged with a crime. However, no special policeman appointed under this section
whose duties as such special policeman are merely incidental to such private
employment shall be deemed to be an employee of the Commonwealth or county or
counties within which such toll bridges and their approaches lie, within the
meaning of the Virginia Workers&#8217; Compensation Act (&#xA7; 65.2-100 et
seq.).

B. Before any such appointment is made, the court shall be satisfied that such
person has been a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth for more than one year
immediately preceding such appointment and is of good moral character. Before
any such person shall be permitted to discharge any of the duties of such
special policeman, he shall take the oath required by law and shall give a bond
payable to the Commonwealth in the penalty of not less than $500, conditioned
for the faithful discharge of his official duties.

C. No salary shall be paid to any special police officer appointed under
subsection A by the Commonwealth or county, or counties, in which such
properties lie; nor shall he receive any fees for making any arrest, executing
any warrant, summoning a witness, or carrying a person to or from jail.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 33-218, 33-219, 33-220; 1970, c. 322, §§ 33.1-258,
33.1-259, 33.1-260; 2014, c. 805.