15.2-1738 - Application for appointment as special police officer; qualifications.
§ 15.2-1738. Application for appointment as special police officer;qualifications.
Before any person is appointed as a police officer under § 15.2-1737, thesheriff or chief of police shall make written application for suchappointment to the circuit court. Such application shall state the necessityfor the appointment and the prospective appointee's full name, age, place ofresidence, occupation and regular employer. A part-time deputy of the sheriffmay be appointed as such police officer.
(Code 1950, § 15-563; 1956, Ex. Sess., c. 18; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-145; 1971,Ex. Sess., c. 152; 1996, c. 850; 1997, c. 587; 1999, c. 278.)