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SENATE BILL NO. 893 Offered January 20, 1995 A BILL to amend and reenact § 15.1-131.1:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers. ---------- Patrons--Miller, Y.B., Lucas and Quayle; Delegate: Jones, J.C. ---------- Referred to the Committee on Local Government ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 15.1-131.1:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 15.1-131.1:1. Certification through training required for all law-enforcement officers.

All law-enforcement officers as defined in § 9-169 must be certified through the successful completion of training at an approved criminal justice training academy program within the Commonwealth’s public institutions of higher education in order to remain eligible for appointment or employment. The appointee's or employee's hiring agency must provide the Department of Criminal Justice Services with verification that law-enforcement officers first hired after July 1, 1994, have met the minimum standards set forth in § 15.1-131.8.