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HOUSE BILL NO. 2184 Offered January 10, 2007 Prefiled January 9, 2007 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 19.2-216.1, relating to indictment of a law-enforcement officer. ---------- Patron-- Miller, P.J. ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 19.2-216.1 as follows:

§ 19.2-216.1. Indictment of a law-enforcement officer.

When a law-enforcement officer is alleged to have committed a criminal offense involving excessive use of force while on duty, he shall be formally accused of the crime by indictment only.