                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CIVILIAN PROTECTION IN CASES OF POLICE MISCONDUCT; MINIMUM STANDARDS (§
9.1-600)

A. State, local, and other public law-enforcement agencies, which have ten or
more law-enforcement officers, shall have procedures as established in
subsection B, allowing citizen submission of complaints regarding the conduct of
the law-enforcement agency, law-enforcement officers in the agency, or employees
of the agency.

B. Law-enforcement agencies shall ensure, at a minimum, that in the case of all
written complaints:

   1. The general public has access to the required forms and information
   concerning the submission of complaints;

   2. The law-enforcement agency assists individuals in filing complaints; and

   3. Adequate records are maintained of the nature and disposition of such
   cases.

HISTORY: 1993, c. 722, § 2.1-116.9:6; 2001, cc. 153, 844.