                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD AND THE DEPARTMENT (§ 9.1-102)

The Department, under the direction of the Board, which shall be the
policy-making body for carrying out the duties and powers hereunder, shall have
the power and duty to:

1. Adopt regulations, pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (&#xA7;
2.2-4000 et seq.), for the administration of this chapter including the
authority to require the submission of reports and information by
law-enforcement officers within the Commonwealth. Any proposed regulations
concerning the privacy, confidentiality, and security of criminal justice
information shall be submitted for review and comment to any board, commission,
or committee or other body which may be established by the General Assembly to
regulate the privacy, confidentiality, and security of information collected and
maintained by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof;

2. Establish compulsory minimum training standards subsequent to employment as a
law-enforcement officer in (i) permanent positions and (ii) temporary or
probationary status and establish the time required for completion of such
training. Such compulsory minimum training standards shall include crisis
intervention training in accordance with clause (i) of &#xA7; 9.1-188;

3. Establish minimum training standards and qualifications for certification and
recertification for law-enforcement officers serving as field training officers;

4. Establish compulsory minimum curriculum requirements for in-service and
advanced courses and programs for schools, whether located in or outside the
Commonwealth, which are operated for the specific purpose of training
law-enforcement officers;

5. Establish (i) compulsory minimum training standards for law-enforcement
officers who utilize radar or an electrical or microcomputer device to measure
the speed of motor vehicles as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-882 and establish the
time required for completion of the training and (ii) compulsory minimum
qualifications for certification and recertification of instructors who provide
such training;

6. [Repealed];

7. Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service and advanced training
standards for those persons designated to provide courthouse and courtroom
security pursuant to the provisions of &#xA7; 53.1-120, and to establish the
time required for completion of such training;

8. Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service and advanced training
standards for deputy sheriffs designated to serve process pursuant to the
provisions of &#xA7; 8.01-293, and establish the time required for the
completion of such training;

9. Establish compulsory minimum entry-level, in-service, and advanced training
standards, as well as the time required for completion of such training, for
persons employed as deputy sheriffs and jail officers by local criminal justice
agencies and correctional officers employed by the Department of Corrections
under the provisions of Title 53.1. For deputy sheriffs and jail officers who
are employees of local or regional correctional facilities and correctional
officers employed by the Department of Corrections, such standards shall include
training on the general care of pregnant women, the impact of restraints on
pregnant inmates and fetuses, the impact of being placed in restrictive housing
or solitary confinement on pregnant inmates, and the impact of body cavity
searches on pregnant inmates;

10. Establish compulsory minimum training standards for all dispatchers employed
by or in any local or state government agency, whose duties include the
dispatching of law-enforcement personnel. Such training standards shall apply
only to dispatchers hired on or after July 1, 1988. Such training shall include
training in the identification of, communication with, and facilitation of the
safe return of individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and
dementia, which shall include (i) techniques for respectful and effective
communication with individuals with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia and
their caregivers; (ii) techniques for addressing the behavioral symptoms of
Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia, including alternatives to physical
restraint; (iii) protocols for identifying and reporting incidents of abuse,
neglect, and exploitation of individuals with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and
dementia to adult protective services; (iv) protocols for contacting caregivers
when an individual with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease or dementia is found wandering
or during an emergency or crisis situation; (v) a reference list of local
resources available for individuals with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia;
and (vi) a reference list of local and national organizations that assist
law-enforcement personnel with locating missing and wandering individuals with
Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia and returning them to their caregivers;

11. Establish compulsory minimum training standards for all auxiliary police
officers employed by or in any local or state government agency. Such training
shall be graduated and based on the type of duties to be performed by the
auxiliary police officers. Such training standards shall not apply to auxiliary
police officers exempt pursuant to &#xA7; 15.2-1731;

12. Consult and cooperate with counties, municipalities, agencies of the
Commonwealth, other state and federal governmental agencies, and institutions of
higher education within or outside the Commonwealth, concerning the development
of police training schools and programs or courses of instruction;

13. Approve institutions, curricula and facilities, whether located in or
outside the Commonwealth, for school operation for the specific purpose of
training law-enforcement officers; but this shall not prevent the holding of any
such school whether approved or not;

14. Establish and maintain police training programs through such agencies and
institutions as the Board deems appropriate;

15. Establish compulsory minimum qualifications of certification and
recertification for instructors in criminal justice training academies approved
by the Department;

16. Conduct and stimulate research by public and private agencies which shall be
designed to improve police administration and law enforcement;

17. Make recommendations concerning any matter within its purview pursuant to
this chapter;

18. Coordinate its activities with those of any interstate system for the
exchange of criminal history record information, nominate one or more of its
members to serve upon the council or committee of any such system, and
participate when and as deemed appropriate in any such system&#8217;s activities
and programs;

19. Conduct inquiries and investigations it deems appropriate to carry out its
functions under this chapter and, in conducting such inquiries and
investigations, may require any criminal justice agency to submit information,
reports, and statistical data with respect to its policy and operation of
information systems or with respect to its collection, storage, dissemination,
and usage of criminal history record information and correctional status
information, and such criminal justice agencies shall submit such information,
reports, and data as are reasonably required;

20. Conduct audits as required by &#xA7; 9.1-131;

21. Conduct a continuing study and review of questions of individual privacy and
confidentiality of criminal history record information and correctional status
information;

22. Advise criminal justice agencies and initiate educational programs for such
agencies with respect to matters of privacy, confidentiality, and security as
they pertain to criminal history record information and correctional status
information;

23. Maintain a liaison with any board, commission, committee, or other body
which may be established by law, executive order, or resolution to regulate the
privacy and security of information collected by the Commonwealth or any
political subdivision thereof;

24. Adopt regulations establishing guidelines and standards for the collection,
storage, and dissemination of criminal history record information and
correctional status information, and the privacy, confidentiality, and security
thereof necessary to implement state and federal statutes, regulations, and
court orders;

25. Operate a statewide criminal justice research center, which shall maintain
an integrated criminal justice information system, produce reports, provide
technical assistance to state and local criminal justice data system users, and
provide analysis and interpretation of criminal justice statistical information;

26. Develop a comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan for strengthening and
improving law enforcement and the administration of criminal justice throughout
the Commonwealth, and periodically update that plan;

27. Cooperate with, and advise and assist, all agencies, departments, boards and
institutions of the Commonwealth, and units of general local government, or
combinations thereof, including planning district commissions, in planning,
developing, and administering programs, projects, comprehensive plans, and other
activities for improving law enforcement and the administration of criminal
justice throughout the Commonwealth, including allocating and subgranting funds
for these purposes;

28. Define, develop, organize, encourage, conduct, coordinate, and administer
programs, projects and activities for the Commonwealth and units of general
local government, or combinations thereof, in the Commonwealth, designed to
strengthen and improve law enforcement and the administration of criminal
justice at every level throughout the Commonwealth;

29. Review and evaluate programs, projects, and activities, and recommend, where
necessary, revisions or alterations to such programs, projects, and activities
for the purpose of improving law enforcement and the administration of criminal
justice;

30. Coordinate the activities and projects of the state departments, agencies,
and boards of the Commonwealth and of the units of general local government, or
combination thereof, including planning district commissions, relating to the
preparation, adoption, administration, and implementation of comprehensive plans
to strengthen and improve law enforcement and the administration of criminal
justice;

31. Do all things necessary on behalf of the Commonwealth and its units of
general local government, to determine and secure benefits available under the
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (P.L. 90-351, 82 Stat. 197),
as amended, and under any other federal acts and programs for strengthening and
improving law enforcement, the administration of criminal justice, and
delinquency prevention and control;

32. Receive, administer, and expend all funds and other assistance available to
the Board and the Department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter and
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended;

33. Apply for and accept grants from the United States government or any other
source in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and accept any and all
donations both real and personal, and grants of money from any governmental unit
or public agency, or from any institution, person, firm or corporation, and may
receive, utilize and dispose of the same. Any arrangements pursuant to this
section shall be detailed in the annual report of the Board. Such report shall
include the identity of the donor, the nature of the transaction, and the
conditions, if any. Any moneys received pursuant to this section shall be
deposited in the state treasury to the account of the Department. To these ends,
the Board shall have the power to comply with conditions and execute such
agreements as may be necessary;

34. Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to
the performance of its duties and execution of its powers under this chapter,
including but not limited to, contracts with the United States, units of general
local government or combinations thereof, in Virginia or other states, and with
agencies and departments of the Commonwealth;

35. Adopt and administer reasonable regulations for the planning and
implementation of programs and activities and for the allocation, expenditure
and subgranting of funds available to the Commonwealth and to units of general
local government, and for carrying out the purposes of this chapter and the
powers and duties set forth herein;

36. Certify and decertify law-enforcement officers in accordance with
&#xA7;&#xA7; 15.2-1706 and 15.2-1707 and provide for a decertification review
process in accordance with &#xA7; 15.2-1708;

37. Establish training standards and publish and periodically update model
policies for law-enforcement personnel in the following subjects:
			a. The handling of family abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and
stalking cases, including standards for determining the predominant physical
aggressor in accordance with &#xA7; 19.2-81.3. The Department shall provide
technical support and assistance to law-enforcement agencies in carrying out the
requirements set forth in subsection A of &#xA7; 9.1-1301;
			b. The identification of, communication with, and facilitation of the safe
return of individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia,
which shall include (i) techniques for respectful and effective communication
with individuals with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia and their
caregivers; (ii) techniques for addressing the behavioral symptoms of
Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia, including alternatives to physical
restraint; (iii) protocols for identifying and reporting incidents of abuse,
neglect, and exploitation of individuals with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and
dementia to adult protective services; (iv) protocols for contacting caregivers
when an individual with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease or dementia is found wandering
or during an emergency or crisis situation; (v) a reference list of local
resources available for individuals with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia;
and (vi) a reference list of local and national organizations that assist
law-enforcement personnel with locating missing and wandering individuals with
Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and dementia and returning them to their caregivers;
			c. Sensitivity to and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural
diversity, and the potential for racially biased policing and bias-based
profiling as defined in &#xA7; 52-30.1, which shall include recognizing implicit
biases in interacting with persons who have a mental illness, substance use
disorder, or developmental or cognitive disability;
			d. Protocols for local and regional sexual assault and human trafficking
response teams;
			e. Communication of death notifications;
			f. The questioning of individuals suspected of driving while intoxicated
concerning the physical location of such individual&#8217;s last consumption of
an alcoholic beverage and the communication of such information to the Virginia
Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority;
			g. Vehicle patrol duties that embody current best practices for pursuits and
for responding to emergency calls;
			h. Criminal investigations that embody current best practices for conducting
photographic and live lineups;
			i. Sensitivity to and awareness of human trafficking offenses and the
identification of victims of human trafficking offenses for personnel involved
in criminal investigations or assigned to vehicle or street patrol duties;
			j. The recognition, prevention, and reporting of human trafficking;
			k. Missing children, missing adults, and search and rescue protocol;
			l. The handling and use of tear gas or other gases and kinetic impact
munitions, as defined in &#xA7; 19.2-83.3, that embody current best practices
for using such items as a crowd control measure or during an arrest or detention
of another person; and
			m. The use of naloxone or other opioid antagonists to prevent opioid overdose
deaths, in coordination with statewide naloxone training programs developed by
the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Virginia
Department of Health;

38. Establish compulsory training standards for basic training and the
recertification of law-enforcement officers to ensure (i) sensitivity to and
awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the
potential for racially biased policing and bias-based profiling as defined in
&#xA7; 52-30.1, which shall include recognizing implicit biases in interacting
with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental
or cognitive disability; (ii) training in de-escalation techniques; and (iii)
training in the lawful use of force, including the use of deadly force, as
defined in &#xA7; 19.2-83.3, only when necessary to protect the law-enforcement
officer or another person;

39. Review and evaluate community-policing programs in the Commonwealth, and
recommend where necessary statewide operating procedures, guidelines, and
standards that strengthen and improve such programs, including sensitivity to
and awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural diversity, and the
potential for racially biased policing and bias-based profiling as defined in
&#xA7; 52-30.1, which shall include recognizing implicit biases in interacting
with persons who have a mental illness, substance use disorder, or developmental
or cognitive disability;

40. Establish a Virginia Law-Enforcement Accreditation Center. The Center may,
in cooperation with Virginia law-enforcement agencies, provide technical
assistance and administrative support, including staffing, for the establishment
of voluntary state law-enforcement accreditation standards. The Center may
provide accreditation assistance and training, resource material, and research
into methods and procedures that will assist the Virginia law-enforcement
community efforts to obtain Virginia accreditation status;

41. Promote community policing philosophy and practice throughout the
Commonwealth by providing community policing training and technical assistance
statewide to all law-enforcement agencies, community groups, public and private
organizations and citizens; developing and distributing innovative policing
curricula and training tools on general community policing philosophy and
practice and contemporary critical issues facing Virginia communities; serving
as a consultant to Virginia organizations with specific community policing
needs; facilitating continued development and implementation of community
policing programs statewide through discussion forums for community policing
leaders, development of law-enforcement instructors; promoting a statewide
community policing initiative; and serving as a statewide information source on
the subject of community policing including, but not limited to periodic
newsletters, a website and an accessible lending library;

42. Establish, in consultation with the Department of Education and the Virginia
State Crime Commission, compulsory minimum standards for employment and
job-entry and in-service training curricula and certification requirements for
school security officers, including school security officers described in clause
(b) of &#xA7; 22.1-280.2:1, which training and certification shall be
administered by the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety (VCSCS)
pursuant to &#xA7; 9.1-184. Such training standards shall be specific to the
role and responsibility of school security officers and shall include (i)
relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability issues;
(iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and conflict
resolution, including de-escalation techniques such as a physical alternative to
restraint; (v) disaster and emergency response; (vi) awareness of systemic and
individual racism, cultural diversity, and implicit bias; (vii) working with
students with disabilities, mental health needs, substance use disorders, and
past traumatic experiences; and (viii) student behavioral dynamics, including
child and adolescent development and brain research. The Department shall
establish an advisory committee consisting of local school board
representatives, principals, superintendents, and school security personnel to
assist in the development of the standards and certification requirements in
this subdivision. The Department shall require any school security officer who
carries a firearm in the performance of his duties to provide proof that he has
completed a training course provided by a federal, state, or local
law-enforcement agency that includes training in active shooter emergency
response, emergency evacuation procedure, and threat assessment;

43. License and regulate property bail bondsmen and surety bail bondsmen in
accordance with Article 11 (&#xA7; 9.1-185 et seq.);

44. License and regulate bail enforcement agents in accordance with Article 12
(&#xA7; 9.1-186 et seq.);

45. In conjunction with the Virginia State Police and the State Compensation
Board, advise criminal justice agencies regarding the investigation,
registration, and dissemination of information requirements as they pertain to
the Sex Offender and Crimes Against Minors Registry Act (&#xA7; 9.1-900 et
seq.);

46. Establish minimum standards for (i) employment, (ii) job-entry and
in-service training curricula, and (iii) certification requirements for campus
security officers. Such training standards shall include, but not be limited to,
the role and responsibility of campus security officers, relevant state and
federal laws, school and personal liability issues, security awareness in the
campus environment, and disaster and emergency response. The Department shall
provide technical support and assistance to campus police departments and campus
security departments on the establishment and implementation of policies and
procedures, including but not limited to: the management of such departments,
investigatory procedures, judicial referrals, the establishment and management
of databases for campus safety and security information sharing, and development
of uniform record keeping for disciplinary records and statistics, such as
campus crime logs, judicial referrals and Clery Act statistics. The Department
shall establish an advisory committee consisting of college administrators,
college police chiefs, college security department chiefs, and local
law-enforcement officials to assist in the development of the standards and
certification requirements and training pursuant to this subdivision;

47. Assess and report, in accordance with &#xA7; 9.1-190, the crisis
intervention team programs established pursuant to &#xA7; 9.1-187;

48. In conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, advise
law-enforcement agencies and attorneys for the Commonwealth regarding the
identification, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking offenses
using the common law and existing criminal statutes in the Code of Virginia;

49. Register tow truck drivers in accordance with &#xA7; 46.2-116 and carry out
the provisions of &#xA7; 46.2-117;

50. Administer the activities of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence
Program Professional Standards Committee by providing technical assistance and
administrative support, including staffing, for the Committee;

51. In accordance with &#xA7; 9.1-102.1, design and approve the issuance of
photo-identification cards to private security services registrants registered
pursuant to Article 4 (&#xA7; 9.1-138 et seq.);

52. In consultation with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and
the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, develop
multidisciplinary curricula on trauma-informed sexual assault investigation;

53. In consultation with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Services, develop a model addiction recovery program that may be administered by
sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, jail officers, administrators, or superintendents in
any local or regional jail. Such program shall be based on any existing
addiction recovery programs that are being administered by any local or regional
jails in the Commonwealth. Participation in the model addiction recovery program
shall be voluntary, and such program may address aspects of the recovery
process, including medical and clinical recovery, peer-to-peer support,
availability of mental health resources, family dynamics, and aftercare aspects
of the recovery process;

54. Establish compulsory minimum training standards for certification and
recertification of law-enforcement officers serving as school resource officers.
Such training shall be specific to the role and responsibility of a
law-enforcement officer working with students in a school environment and shall
include (i) relevant state and federal laws; (ii) school and personal liability
issues; (iii) security awareness in the school environment; (iv) mediation and
conflict resolution, including de-escalation techniques; (v) disaster and
emergency response; (vi) awareness of systemic and individual racism, cultural
diversity, and implicit bias; (vii) working with students with disabilities,
mental health needs, substance use disorders, or past traumatic experiences; and
(viii) student behavioral dynamics, including current child and adolescent
development and brain research;

55. Establish a model policy for the operation of body-worn camera systems as
defined in &#xA7; 15.2-1723.1 that also addresses the storage and maintenance of
body-worn camera system records;

56. Establish compulsory minimum training standards for detector canine handlers
employed by the Department of Corrections, standards for the training and
retention of detector canines used by the Department of Corrections, and a
central database on the performance and effectiveness of such detector canines
that requires the Department of Corrections to submit comprehensive information
on each canine handler and detector canine, including the number and types of
calls and searches, substances searched for and whether or not detected, and the
number of false positives, false negatives, true positives, and true negatives;

57. Establish compulsory training standards for basic training of
law-enforcement officers for recognizing and managing stress, self-care
techniques, and resiliency;

58. Establish guidelines and standards for psychological examinations conducted
pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; 15.2-1705;

59. Establish compulsory in-service training standards, to include frequency of
retraining, for law-enforcement officers in the following subjects: (i) relevant
state and federal laws; (ii) awareness of cultural diversity and the potential
for bias-based profiling as defined in &#xA7; 52-30.1; (iii) de-escalation
techniques; (iv) working with individuals with disabilities, mental health
needs, or substance use disorders; and (v) the lawful use of force, including
the use of deadly force, as defined in &#xA7; 19.2-83.3, only when necessary to
protect the law-enforcement officer or another person;

60. Develop a model curriculum and lesson plans for the compulsory minimum
entry-level, in-service, and advanced training standards to be employed by
criminal justice training academies approved by the Department when conducting
training;

61. Adopt statewide professional standards of conduct applicable to all
certified law-enforcement officers and certified jail officers and appropriate
due process procedures for decertification based on serious misconduct in
violation of those standards and provide for a decertification review process in
accordance with &#xA7; 15.2-1708;

62. Establish and administer a waiver process, in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA7;
2.2-5515 and 15.2-1721.1, for law-enforcement agencies to use certain military
property. Any waivers granted by the Criminal Justice Services Board shall be
published by the Department on the Department&#8217;s website;

63. Establish compulsory training standards for basic training and the
recertification of law-enforcement officers to include crisis intervention
training in accordance with clause (ii) of &#xA7; 9.1-188;

64. Advise and assist the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental
Services, and support local law-enforcement cooperation, with the development
and implementation of the Marcus alert system, as defined in &#xA7; 37.2-311.1,
including the establishment of local protocols for law-enforcement participation
in the Marcus alert system pursuant to &#xA7; 9.1-193 and for reporting
requirements pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 9.1-193 and 37.2-311.1;

65. Develop an online course to train hotel proprietors and their employees to
recognize and report instances of suspected human trafficking;

66. Develop an online course to train unarmed security officers, armed security
officers, couriers, security canine handlers, and alarm respondents to recognize
and report instances of suspected human trafficking to meet the compulsory
minimum, entry-level, and in-service training standards as required by &#xA7;
9.1-141;

67. Establish standards and procedures for when the Board may grant a petition
for reinstatement of certification of a decertified officer pursuant to
subsection E of &#xA7; 15.2-1708;

68. Establish compulsory minimum and in-service training standards for
law-enforcement officers on communicating with individuals with an intellectual
disability or a developmental disability as defined in &#xA7; 37.2-100, such as
autism spectrum disorder as defined in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric
Association, which shall include (i) an overview and behavioral recognition of
autism spectrum disorder, (ii) best practices for crisis prevention and
de-escalation techniques, (iii) an objective review of any relevant tools and
technology available to assist in communication, and (iv) education on
law-enforcement agency and community resources for the autism community on
future crisis prevention. Such training standards shall be established in
consultation with at least one individual with autism spectrum disorder, one
family member of an individual with autism spectrum disorder, one specialist who
works with individuals with autism spectrum disorder, one representative from
the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, and one
representative from a state or local law-enforcement agency;

69. Develop an online course for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control
Authority to offer to retail licensees and their employees to train such
licensees and employees to recognize and report instances of suspected human
trafficking;

70. Establish a model policy for best practices for law-enforcement officers
responding to or investigating an overdose, when prescriber information has been
obtained during the course of such response or investigation, to notify the
prescriber of any controlled substance found to be in the possession of or
believed to have been ingested by the victim that such prescription of a
controlled substance was involved in an overdose. Such model policy shall
include that a notification to a prescriber of a controlled substance shall not
be required if such notification would jeopardize an active law-enforcement
investigation;

71. Establish a training curriculum for law-enforcement agencies,
law-enforcement officers, and special conservators of the peace on the
discretion such officers can exercise regarding arrests as provided in Chapter 7
(&#xA7; 19.2-71 et seq.) of Title 19.2. Such training shall include (i)
instruction on the scope and nature of law-enforcement officer discretion in
arrest decisions, with particular emphasis on encounters with individuals
experiencing a mental health crisis, including individuals currently subject to
an emergency custody order pursuant to &#xA7; 37.2-808, a temporary detention
order pursuant to &#xA7; 37.2-809, or an involuntary admission order pursuant to
&#xA7; 37.2-817, and (ii) instruction on the immediate and long-term effects of
arrests on individuals in need of mental health services due to a mental health
crisis, including impacts on treatment outcomes as identified in substantially
accepted peer-reviewed research literature;

72. Establish a model policy for the provision of security at nonprofit
institutions that serve individuals and communities at risk of hate crimes as
defined in &#xA7; 52-8.5 within the Commonwealth, incorporating relevant
information about various traditions, services, or activities that any
law-enforcement officer, unarmed security officer, or armed security officer
providing such security may encounter; and

73. Perform such other acts as may be necessary or convenient for the effective
performance of its duties.

HISTORY: 1981, c. 632, § 9-170; 1982, c. 473; 1984, cc. 515; 779; 1986, c. 128;
1988, cc. 46, 560; 1990, c. 632; 1991, c. 345; 1994, cc. 850, 905; 1996, cc.
154, 866, 952; 1998, cc. 31, 471, 523; 1999, cc. 307, 495; 2000, c. 561; 2001,
cc. 162, 210, 434, 458, 844; 2002, cc. 490, 810, 818, 836, 868; 2004, cc. 397,
460, 972, 980, 1016; 2005, cc. 868, 881; 2006, cc. 203, 233, 857, 914; 2008, cc.
328, 600, 771; 2009, c. 715; 2010, c. 224; 2011, cc. 579, 635, 719, 821, 854;
2012, cc. 140, 159, 803, 827, 835; 2014, cc. 7, 158, 265; 2015, cc. 38, 205,
222, 223, 278, 402, 730; 2016, cc. 197, 235, 256, 481, 560; 2017, cc. 311, 758;
2019, cc. 366, 487, 488, 493; 2020, cc. 123, 184, 526, 535, 638, 1206, 1262;
2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 27, 32, 36, 37, 41, 42, 48, 55; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.
467; 2022, cc. 45, 46, 751; 2023, c. 331; 2024, cc. 141, 366, 367, 494, 556,
698, 742, 773; 2025, cc. 231, 273, 619, 639, 667, 698.