Virginia § 52-30.3 - Community Policing Reporting Database established
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 52-30.3 — Community Policing Reporting Database established, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 52-30.3. Community Policing Reporting Database established
A. The Department of State Police shall develop and implement a uniform statewide database to collect all records of investigatory motor vehicle stops, all stop-and-frisks of a person based on reasonable suspicion, and other investigatory detentions that do not result in an arrest or the issuance of a summons, records of complaints alleging the use of excessive force, and data and information submitted by law-enforcement agencies pursuant to §§ 15.2-1609.10, 15.2-1722.1, and 52-30.2. The Department of State Police shall provide the Department of Criminal Justice Services with secure remote access to the database for the purposes of analyzing such data as required by subsection A of § 9.1-192.
B. The Department of State Police shall promulgate regulations governing the operation and maintenance of the database.
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Section 52-30.3 ("Community Policing Reporting Database established") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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