HB301: Officer-involved shootings; VSP shall include in annual Crime in Virginia report.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 52-28.2, relating to officer-involved shootings; reporting requirement.
[H 301]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 52-28.2 as follows:

§ 52-28.2. Reporting of officer-involved shootings; inclusion in annual Crime in Virginia report.

The Department of State Police shall include any officer-involved shooting and whether such shooting was determined to be justified in the annual Crime in Virginia report. Any law-enforcement or public safety officer required to make such report shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement.

For the purposes of this section, "officer-involved shooting" means the discharge of a firearm by a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, that results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.


HOUSE BILL NO. 301
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
on February 5, 2016)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Herring)
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 52-28.2, relating to officer-involved shootings; reporting requirement.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 52-28.2 as follows:

§ 52-28.2. Reporting of officer-involved shootings; inclusion in annual Crime in Virginia report.

The Department of State Police shall include any officer-involved shooting in the annual Crime in Virginia report. Any law-enforcement or public safety officer required to make such report shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement.

For the purposes of this section, "officer-involved shooting" means the discharge of a firearm by a law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101, that results in the death or serious bodily injury of another.

HOUSE BILL NO. 301

Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 4, 2016
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 52-28.2, relating to justifiable homicide; reporting requirement.
Patron-- Herring

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 52-28.2 as follows:

§ 52-28.2. Reporting of justifiable homicides; inclusion in annual Crime in Virginia report.

The Department of State Police shall include justifiable homicides involving a law-enforcement officer in the annual Crime in Virginia report. Any law-enforcement or public safety officer required to report such homicides shall receive training concerning such reporting requirement.