Private police departments. (HB1809)

Introduced By

Del. Charniele Herring (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patrons Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), and Sen. Tommy Norment (R-Williamsburg)

Progress

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

Description

 Private police departments. Defines "private police department" as any police department that employs private police officers operated by an entity authorized by statute or an act of assembly to establish a private police department. The bill provides that the authority of a private police department is limited to real property owned, leased, or controlled by the entity and, if approved by the local chief of police or sheriff, any contiguous property. The bill also provides that private police departments and private police officers shall be subject to and comply with the relevant laws and regulations governing municipal police departments and shall meet the minimum compulsory training requirements for law-enforcement officers. The bill provides further that any private police department in existence on January 1, 2013, that was not otherwise established by statute or an act of assembly and whose status as a private police department was recognized by the Department of Criminal Justice Services at that time may continue to operate as a private police department provided it complies with the necessary requirements. The private police departments so recognized by the Department are the Aquia Harbor Police Department, the Babcock and Wilcox Police Department, the Bridgewater Airpark Police Department, the Carilion Police and Security Services Department, the Kings Dominion Park Police Department, the Kingsmill Police Department, the Lake Monticello Police Department, the Massanutten Police Department, and the Wintergreen Police Department. The bill contains an emergency clause. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/13/2015Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/14/15
01/13/2015Committee
01/13/2015Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/14/15 15102662D
01/13/2015Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
01/16/2015Impact statement from DPB (HB1809)
01/16/2015Impact statement from VCSC (HB1809)
01/23/2015Assigned MPPS sub: #2
02/05/2015Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/10/2015Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety