 |
Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
 |
Title 6. Criminal Justice and Corrections |
|
Agency 20. Department of Criminal Justice Services |
|
Chapter 180. Crime Prevention Specialists |
Section 30. Eligibility
-
A. Any employee (sworn, nonsworn, or volunteer) of a local, state or federal government agency who serves in a law-enforcement, crime prevention, or criminal justice capacity is eligible to be trained and certified as a crime prevention specialist.
B. The agency administrator of any local, state or federal government agency or college or university may designate one or more employees in his department or office who serve in a law-enforcement, crime prevention, or criminal justice capacity to be trained and certified as crime prevention specialists. Applicants for recertification shall be recommended by the agency administrator or his designee. Application shall be made on the Crime Prevention Specialist Certification Application-Form A.
C. All crime prevention specialist applicants provided for in this chapter shall be approved only upon recommendation of a law-enforcement agency having jurisdiction where the crime prevention specialist shall serve.
D. This chapter does not limit or prohibit the chief executive of any local, state or federal government agency from assigning personnel to crime prevention tasks who are not certified as crime prevention specialists.
Historical Notes
Derived from VR240-04-4 § 3, eff. December 14, 1994; amended, Volume 21, Issue 14, eff. April 20, 2005.