                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 9.1-165)

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Adjusted crime index&#8221; means the potential crime rate for a
locality multiplied by the base year population of the locality as estimated by
the Center for Public Service.
		&#8220;Average crime rate&#8221; for a city or eligible county means the
annual average number of violent and property index crimes per 100,000 persons,
as reported by the Superintendent of State Police, for the base year and the
fiscal year immediately preceding, and the fiscal year immediately following,
the base year. If the data are not available for the fiscal year immediately
following the base year, the average shall be based on the base year and the two
immediately preceding fiscal years.
		&#8220;Base year&#8221; means the most recent fiscal year for which comparable
data are available for: (i) population estimates by the Center for Public
Service or the United States Bureau of the Census, adjusted for annexation as
determined by the Department, (ii) actual state expenditures for salaries and
expenses of sheriffs as reported by the Compensation Board, (iii) number of
persons eligible for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families as defined in §
63.2-100, (iv) number of persons in foster care, as defined in § 63.2-100, and
(v) the number of persons receiving maintenance payments in a general relief
program as defined in § 63.2-100.
		&#8220;Distribution formula&#8221; means that linear equation derived
biennially by the Department, using standard statistical procedures, which best
predicts average crime rates in all cities and eligible counties in the
Commonwealth on the basis of the following factors in their simplest form:

1. The total base year number of (i) persons enrolled in Temporary Assistance to
Needy Families, (ii) persons in foster care, and (iii) persons receiving
maintenance payments in a general relief program, per 100,000 base year
population; and

2. The local population density, based on the base year population estimates of
the Center for Public Service, adjusted for annexation as determined by the
Department, and the land area in square miles of the city or eligible county as
reported by the United States Census Bureau, adjusted for annexation as
determined by the Department.
			&#8220;Eligible county&#8221; means any county which operates a police
department.
			&#8220;Police department&#8221; means that organization established by
ordinance by a local governing body that is responsible for the prevention and
detection of crime, the apprehension of criminals, the safeguard of life and
property, the preservation of peace and the enforcement of state and local laws,
regulations, and ordinances. Such department shall have a chief of police, which
in the case of counties may be the sheriff, and such officers, privates, and
other personnel as may be provided for in the ordinance, one sworn member of
which shall be a full-time employee. All law-enforcement officers serving as
members of such police department, whether full-time or part-time, and whether
permanently or temporarily employed, shall meet the minimum training standards
established pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA7; 9.1-102 and 9.1-114, unless such personnel
are exempt from the minimum training standards as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7;
9.1-113 and 9.1-116. Any police department established subsequent to July 1,
1981, shall also have, at a minimum, one officer on duty at all times for the
purposes set forth above.
			However, notwithstanding any contrary provision of this definition,

1. Any locality receiving funds under this article during the 1980-82 biennium
shall be considered to have a valid police department eligible for funds as long
as such police department continues in operation;

2. Any town receiving funds under this article during the 1986-1988 biennium
shall be considered to have a valid police department eligible for funds even
though police services for such town may thereafter be provided by the sheriff
of the county in which the town is located by agreement made pursuant to &#xA7;
15.2-1726. Eligibility for funds under this subdivision shall last as long as
such agreement remains in effect. Police services for the town furnished by the
sheriff shall be equal to or greater than the police services last furnished by
the town&#8217;s police department.
			&#8220;Population served by police departments&#8221; means the total base
year population of the Commonwealth less the population served by sheriffs only.
			&#8220;Population served by sheriffs only&#8221; means the total base year
population of those counties without a police department, less the latest
available estimate from the United States Bureau of the Census of the total
population of towns, or portions of towns, having police departments, located in
such counties.
			&#8220;Potential crime rate&#8221; means the number of crimes per 100,000
persons in the base year population for each city or eligible county, as derived
from the distribution formula.
			&#8220;State aid to localities with police&#8221; means that amount which
bears the same relationship to the population served by police departments as
state aid to sheriff-only localities bears to the population served by sheriffs
only.
			&#8220;State aid to sheriff-only localities&#8221; means the estimated total
amount for salaries and expenses to be paid by the Commonwealth, pursuant to
Article 3 (&#xA7; 15.2-1609 et seq.) of Chapter 16 of Title 15.2, to
sheriffs&#8217; offices in those counties without a police department, based on
the actual percentage of total state expenditures in the base year distributed
to those counties without police departments.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 83, § 14.1-84.2; 1981, c. 485; 1982, c. 600; 1984, c. 779;
1985, c. 140; 1989, cc. 84, 292; 1998, c. 872, § 9-183.14; 2001, c. 844.