Bill Text: VA HB1376 | 2015 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Arrest and summons quotas; prohibition.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-23 - Stricken from docket by Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote [HB1376 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-HB1376-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1376 Offered January 14, 2015 Prefiled December 8, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 15.2-1609.10 and 15.2-1710.1 and by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-11.6, relating to arrest and summons quotas; prohibition. ---------- Patron-- McQuinn ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 15.2-1609.10 and 15.2-1710.1 and by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 52 a section numbered 52-11.6 as follows:

§15.2-1609.10. Arrest or summons quota prohibited.

A. A sheriff shall not establish a formal or informal quota that requires a deputy to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. A sheriff shall not use the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a deputy as the sole criterion for evaluating a deputy's job performance.

C. Nothing in this section shall preclude a sheriff from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.

§15.2-1710.1. Arrest or summons quota prohibited.

A. A police force shall not establish a formal or informal quota that requires a police officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. A police force shall not use the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a police officer as the sole criterion for evaluating an officer's job performance.

C. Nothing in this section shall preclude a police force from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.

§52-11.6. Arrest or summons quota prohibited.

A. The Department of State Police shall not establish a formal or informal quota that requires a police officer to make a specific number of arrests or issue a specific number of summonses within a designated period of time.

B. The Department of State Police shall not use the number of arrests made or summonses issued by a police officer as the sole criterion for evaluating an officer's job performance.

C. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Department of State Police from collecting, analyzing, and utilizing information concerning the number of arrests made or summonses issued for any other purpose.