                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

EMPLOYMENT, JURISDICTION, AND POWER OF SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS (§ 62.1-132.12)

A. The Authority may appoint and employ special police officers to enforce the
laws of the Commonwealth and rules and regulations adopted pursuant to &#xA7;
62.1-132.11 on property owned, leased, or operated by the Authority or any of
its subsidiaries. By agreement with the locality within which the property is
located, the concurrent jurisdiction and authority of such special police, upon
order entered of record by the circuit court for the locality, may be extended
to a specific place or places in a locality outside the geographic boundaries of
Authority property. Such special police officers shall have the powers vested in
police officers under &#xA7;&#xA7; 15.2-1704 and 52-8. Such special police
officers may issue summons to appear, or arrest on view or on information
without warrant as permitted by law, and conduct before the court of the city or
county of competent jurisdiction any person violating, upon property under the
control of the Authority, any rule or regulation of the Authority, any law of
the Commonwealth, or any ordinance or regulation of any political subdivision of
the Commonwealth.

B. The court or courts having jurisdiction for the trial of criminal offenses of
the city or county wherein the offense was committed shall have jurisdiction to
try persons charged with violating any such laws, ordinances, rules, or
regulations. Fines and costs assessed or collected for violation of any such
law, ordinance, rule, or regulation shall be paid into the Literary Fund.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 589; 2008, cc. 324, 529; 2015, cc. 74, 253.