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

Introduced By

Sen. Kenneth Alexander (D-Norfolk)

Progress

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

Description

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. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/08/2008Committee
01/08/2008Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 088360408
01/08/2008Referred to Committee on Education
02/12/2008Left in Education

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