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2022 SESSION


CHAPTER 208
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 2.2 a chapter numbered 55.5, consisting of a section numbered 2.2-5516, by adding sections numbered 15.2-1609.11 and 15.2-1710.1, and by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-11.6, relating to arrest and summons quotas; prohibition.
[H 750]
Approved April 8, 2022

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Title 2.2 a chapter numbered 55.5, consisting of a section numbered 2.2-5516, by adding sections numbered 15.2-1609.11 and 15.2-1710.1, and by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-11.6 as follows:

CHAPTER 55.5.
ARREST OR SUMMONS QUOTA PROHIBITED.

§ 2.2-5516. Arrest or summons quota prohibited.

A. No agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers as defined in § 9.1-101 shall establish a formal or informal quota that requires a law-enforcement officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. Nothing in this section shall preclude an agency of the Commonwealth or director or chief executive of any agency or department employing law-enforcement officers from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.

§ 15.2-1609.11. Arrest or summons quota prohibited.

A. A sheriff shall not establish a formal or informal quota that requires a deputy to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. A sheriff shall not use the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a deputy as the sole criterion for evaluating a deputy's job performance.

C. Nothing in this section shall preclude a sheriff from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.

§ 15.2-1710.1. Arrest or summons quota prohibited.

A. A police force shall not establish a formal or informal quota that requires a police officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. A police force shall not use the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a police officer as the sole criterion for evaluating an officer's job performance.

C. Nothing in this section shall preclude a police force from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.

§ 52-11.6. Arrest or summons quota prohibited.

A. The Department of State Police shall not establish a formal or informal quota that requires a police officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. The Department of State Police shall not use the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a police officer as the sole criterion for evaluating an officer's job performance.

C. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department of State Police from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.