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HB 2035 Lynchburg, City of; establishment of an airport police department at Lynchburg Regional Airport.

Introduced by: Kathy J. Byron | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Airport police department; Lynchburg Regional Airport. Allows the City of Lynchburg by ordinance to establish an airport police department at the Lynchburg Regional Airport. The authority of the airport police department shall be limited to real property owned, leased, or controlled by the Airport. Such authority shall not supersede the authority, duties, or jurisdiction vested by law with the local police department or sheriff's office. The airport police department and airport police officers shall be subject to and comply with the United States Constitution, the Constitution of Virginia, the laws governing municipal police departments, and any regulations adopted by the Criminal Justice Services Board that the Department of Criminal Justice Services designates as applicable to private police departments. Any person employed as an airport police officer pursuant to this act shall meet all requirements, including the minimum compulsory training requirements, for law-enforcement officers pursuant to Chapter 1 (§ 9.1-100 et seq.) of Title 9.1 of the Code of Virginia.


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