                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

USE OF CANINES IN JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; PROHIBITED ACTS; EXCEPTION
(§ 66-21.1)

A. It is unlawful for any juvenile correctional officer or other employee of a
juvenile correctional facility to use a patrol or security canine in any
juvenile correctional facility.

B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the training or use of
detector canines or detector canine handlers.

C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a canine
to locate a juvenile who has escaped from a juvenile correctional facility.

HISTORY: 2024, c. 99.