Va. Code § 19.2-83.4

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session through ch. 845
Section 19.2-83.4 - Prohibited practices for law-enforcement officers 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.

Va. Code § 19.2-83.4

2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 35, 37, 55.
Added by Acts 2020SP1 c. 55,§ 1, eff. 3/1/2021.
Added by Acts 2020SP1 c. 37,§ 1, eff. 3/1/2021.
Added by Acts 2020SP1 c. 35,§ 1, eff. 3/1/2021.