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2017 SESSION
17104364DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-12 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-12. Who are conservators of the peace.
Every judge and attorney for the Commonwealth throughout the
Commonwealth and every magistrate within the geographical area for which he is
appointed or elected, shall be a conservator of the peace. In addition, every
commissioner in chancery, while sitting as such commissioner; any special agent
or law-enforcement officer of the United States Department of Justice, National
Marine Fisheries Service of the United States Department of Commerce,
Department of Treasury, Department of Agriculture, Department of Defense,
Department of State, Office of the Inspector General of the Department of
Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Interior;
any inspector, law-enforcement official or police personnel of the United
States Postal Service; any United States marshal or deputy United States
marshal whose duties involve the enforcement of the criminal laws of the United
States; any officer of the Virginia Marine Police; any criminal investigator of
the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, who meets the
minimum law-enforcement training requirements established by the Department of
Criminal Justice Services for in-service training; any criminal investigator of
the United States Department of Labor; any special agent of the United States
Naval Criminal Investigative Service,; any
special agent of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,;
any investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth; and any sworn municipal park ranger, who has completed
all requirements under § 15.2-1706, shall be a conservator of the peace, while
engaged in the performance of their official duties.