                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONDUCTORS, ETC., TO BE CONSERVATORS OF THE PEACE (§ 56-354)

Conductors and engineers of railroad passenger trains, and station and depot
agents, shall be conservators of the peace. Each shall have the same power to
make arrests that other conservators of the peace have except that the
conductors and engineers of passenger trains shall only have such power on board
their respective trains and on the property of their companies while on duty and
the agents at their respective places of business. Conductors, engineers, and
agents may cause any person so arrested by them to be detained and delivered to
the proper authorities for trial as soon as practicable.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 3944; 1930, p. 788; 1996, cc. 114, 157.