                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FORT PICKETT POLICE; POWERS; DUTIES; FUNCTIONS (§ 44-123.3)

There is hereby established within the Department of Military Affairs the Fort
Pickett Police Department. The Fort Pickett Police may exercise within the
limits of the Fort Pickett Reservation and, when assigned to any other property
owned or controlled by the Commonwealth or any agency, department, institution
or commission thereof, all the powers, duties and functions that are exercised
by the police of the city, or the police or sheriff of the county within which
said property is located. The jurisdiction of the Fort Pickett Police shall
further extend 300 feet beyond the boundary of any property they are required to
protect, such jurisdiction to be concurrent with that of other law-enforcement
officers of the locality in which such property is located. The Fort Pickett
Police shall refer any complaint which alleges a felony violation to the
Virginia State Police or the sheriff of the appropriate jurisdiction who, in
cooperation with the Fort Pickett Police, shall conduct an investigation if an
investigation is warranted. All members of the Fort Pickett Police shall be
subject to the provisions of § 2.2-1202.1 and Chapter 5 (§ 9.1-500 et seq.) of
Title 9.1. The Fort Pickett Police Department shall be under the supervision of
the Adjutant General, or his designee. The pay structure for the officers and
supervisors of the Fort Pickett Police Department shall be the same as that set
by the Compensation Board for sheriffs&#8217; offices.

HISTORY: 2000, c. 296; 2012, cc. 803, 835.