{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-52-34.7","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 52-34.7","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\"Law-enforcement agency\" means a law-enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the search for a suspect in a case involving the death or serious injury of a law-enforcement officer or an agency employing a law-enforcement officer who is missing in the line of duty.\"Law-enforcement officer\" means any full-time or part-time employee of the Department of State Police or a police department or sheriff's office that is a part of or administered by the Commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, and any campus police officer appointed under Article 3 (§ 23.1-809 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 23.1, who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of the penal, traffic, or highway laws of the Commonwealth.2011, c. 669; 2012, c. 776.","path":["Title 52. POLICE (STATE)","Chapter 7.3. VIRGINIA BLUE ALERT PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/52-34.7/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:17:14Z","sha256":"887e83fc05b996653c58eb537b4c46db6510f26a4acdf715cdad259220d3d924","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-52-34.6","next":"us-va/va.-code-52-34.8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}