HB577: Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.

Chief Patron

Kenny Alexander (D-89)
Norfolk, VA
Served: 2002–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

02/12/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee

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Summary

Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency. Requires the chief of the campus police department of a public or private institution of higher education to report the death or an alleged rape of any person on campus property to the local law-enforcement agency of the locality in which the institution is located. The local law-enforcement agency would assume responsibility for leading the investigation, with cooperation from the institution of higher education.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 02/12/2008.

Comments

Susan Russell writes:

This bill is critical for the safety of all college students in Virginia. The point of the bill is to transfer jurisdiction to local police when a felony crime (murder or rape) occurs on a college campus. It does NOT increase the workload of the local police. Most campus police are not trained in forensics - don't let them fool you that they are! When a felony occurs on a campus, students should expect proper police response (ie VA Tech campus police waited 2 hours??). Visit my website for more details: www.uvavictimsofrape.com

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