Va. Code § 19.2-83.4: Prohibited practices for law-enforcement officers during an arrest or detention
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 19.2. Criminal Procedure
- Chapter 7.1. Law-Enforcement Officer Conduct During an Arrest or Detention
A. The use of a neck restraint by a law-enforcement officer is prohibited unless the use of a neck restraint is immediately necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person from death or serious bodily injury.B. The willful discharge of a firearm by a law-enforcement officer into or at a moving vehicle is prohibited unless the discharge of a firearm is immediately necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person from death or serious bodily injury.C. The use of kinetic impact munitions by a law-enforcement officer is prohibited unless the use of kinetic impact munitions is necessary to protect the law-enforcement officer or another person from bodily injury.2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 35, 37, 55.
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