23-232 - Establishment authorized; employment of officers. - Virginia Statutes

§ 23-232. Establishment authorized; employment of officers.

A. The governing board of each public institution of higher learning named in§ 23-14, hereafter sometimes referred to in this chapter as "institution,"is authorized to establish a campus police department and to employ campuspolice officers and auxiliary forces upon appointment as provided in §§23-233 and 23-233.1. Such employment shall be governed by the VirginiaPersonnel Act, as set forth in Chapter 29 (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.) of Title 2.2,except that the governing body of a public institution of higher educationmay direct that the employment of the chief of the campus police departmentis not governed by the Virginia Personnel Act.

B. The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority shall beauthorized to employ police officers and auxiliary forces as provided in thischapter and in § 23-50.16:10, except that the employment of such officers andforces shall not be governed by the Virginia Personnel Act.

(1977, c. 79; 1991, c. 711; 1996, cc. 905, 1046; 2000, c. 720; 2009, c. 596.)