TITLE 9.1. COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY.

§§ 9.1-101, 9.1-102, 9.1-110, and 9.1-184. See § 22.1-280.2:1; HB 498/SB 295.

§ 9.1-101. See § 28.2-100; SB 326.

§ 9.1-102 amended.
Powers and duties of the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Expands the compulsory training standards for basic training and recertification of law-enforcement officers and the statewide guidelines for policing programs to include sensitivity to cultural diversity and the potential for biased policing. The bill authorizes the Department to publish and disseminate a model policy or guideline that may be used by state and local agencies to ensure that law-enforcement personnel are sensitive to and aware of cultural diversity and the potential for biased policing. HB 1053; CH. 490.

§ 9.1-102. See § 16.1-228; HB 488/SB 290.

§§ 9.1-139, 9.1-140, 9.1-145, and 9.1-149 amended.
Department of Criminal Justice Services; private security; penalty. Requires each applicant for initial registration, licensure or certification as a compliance agent, private security services training school or instructor or unarmed security officer to submit their fingerprints for the conduct of a criminal records check. The bill also requires an unarmed security officer applying for renewal between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2004, to submit his fingerprints for the purpose of a criminal background check. The bill also authorizes the Department to suspend a registration, license or certification based on the conviction of certain misdemeanors or any felony and provides that making a false statement on the fingerprint card shall be a Class 5 felony. In addition, the bill establishes compulsory minimum standards for armored car personnel and exempts from the requirement for licensure, registration or certification persons engaged in the business of a consumer reporting agency as defined by the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. HB 511; CH. 578/SB 71; CH. 597.

§ 9.1-162 amended.
Eligibility for crime prevention specialists. Expands the list of those eligible for training as crime prevention specialists. HB 508; CH. 209.

§§ 9.1-173, 9.1-175, 9.1-176, 9.1-178, 9.1-179, and 9.1-180. See § 2.2-426; SB 12.

§ 9.1-177.1. See § 19.2-152.4:2; HB 724.

§ 9.1-201 amended; § 9.1-205 added.
Thermal Imaging Camera Advisory Board and Fund. Establishes the Thermal Imaging Camera Fund administered by the Department of Fire Programs to assist local fire departments, other fire services organizations and local governments to purchase thermal imaging cameras. HB 839; CH. 721.

§ 9.1-202 amended.
Virginia Fire Services Board; membership. Provides that the members of the Fire Services Board representing the State Fire Chiefs Association of Virginia, the Virginia Firemen's Association, the Virginia Association of Professional Firefighters, the Virginia Fire Service Council, the Virginia Fire Prevention Association, and the State Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators be members of the organizations that they are representing. HB 520; CH. 211.

§§ 9.1-800 through 9.1-803 added.
Commonwealth Medal of Valor. Establishes the Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor Board to recommend to the Governor any public safety officers to receive the Commonwealth Public Safety Medal of Valor as the highest award for valor by a public safety officer conferred by the Commonwealth. SB 222; CH. 150.

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