"This directive change requires that Officers share all videos containing evidence of an arrest with the Richmond Commonwealth Attorney’s Office within seven (7) days of that arrest using the prescribed method of sharing cases containing video evidence covered in BWC training. Finally, it changes the retention period for non-evidentiary recordings from 90 days to 60 days."
This Operating Manual for the Richmond Police Metro Aviation Unit, a tri-county alliance between Richmond, Chesterfield, and Henrico Police, was obtained in 2012. The MAU is responsible for the notoriously loud "police plane" known for circling at low altitudes over public areas in Richmond. The Operating Manual reads: "The Metro Aviation Unit will provide aerial observation and support to all elements of the Police Department... The aircraft should not circle a location over long periods of time."
"The Richmond Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency serving over 222,071 people within 62.5 square miles of jurisdiction within the city of Richmond, Virginia. By adopting City Code § 27-131, the City has established a traffic signal enforcement program pursuant to the authority granted to the City by Virginia Code § 15.2-968.1.
Pursuant to this traffic signal enforcement program, the City has the authority to issue civil penalties for red light violations captured on photo
monitoring system... The City intends to monitor up to 22 intersections using the Photo Monitoring Systems, and the City may require each intersection to have from one to six approaches monitored."
On August 2, 2022, a Notice of Sole Source Award was posted on the City of Richmond eVA Procurement website following a request for proposal. The document stated that it had awarded a contract to ComSonics, Inc. for the Genetec Auto Vu License Plate Recognition (LLPR) System. License plate readers are a controversial technology used by law enforcement agencies such as the City of Richmond Police.
"Pursuant to § 15.2-1707 of the Code of Virginia, this document... serve[s] as written notice to the Criminal Justice Services Board of the potential eligibility for decertification of... [an] individual listed..."
"Hiring, training, certification, promotions, name changes, job changes, retirement and more - TRACER keeps track of it all.
The Training and Certification Electronic Records (TRACER) is the automated records system utilized by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to track criminal justice personnel employed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Agencies begin the process locally by entering information for new hires. They can also periodically update the records of employees (e.g. name changes, change in functions, ranks, and separations from their agencies."
The Northumberland County Sheriff's Office released this 932-page Policy and Procedures Manual to OpenOversightVA in May 2023 under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
The City of Norton Police Department released this 524-page policy manual in response to a May 2023 Freedom of Information Act request from OpenOversightVA.
The City of Norton, Virginia Sheriffs Office sent this General Orders Manual containing their policies to OpenOversightVA in response to a May 2023 Freedom of Information Act request. This manual is 239 pages.
The Town of Pearisburg, VA Police sent this Policy Manual in response to a May 2023 FOIA request from OpenOversightVA for its Policies and General Orders.
OpenOversightVA received these General Orders in May 2023 with a FOIA request to the Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office. These files were combined into a single document for simplicity. It totals 383 pages.
OpenOversightVA received this manual from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office in response to a FOIA request filed in May 2023. The General Orders Manual was released to us as individual policy documents.
We have combined these into a single file totaling 643 pages.
In response to a May 2023 FOIA request from OpenOversightVA, Hampden-Sydney College (located in Hampden-Sydney, VA near Farmville) released this 254-page policy manual used by its campus police.
The Town of Rural Retreat, Virginia Police Department's Policy Manual was received in May 2023 from a FOIA request by OpenOversightVA.
The manual is 685 pages.
345 pages. This General Orders Manual was received in May 2023 after a FOIA request from OpenOversightVA to Scott County Sheriff's Office.
On May 9, 2023, they included the following statement along with this manual: "I have received your request for the following; however we currently are in the process of updating our policies and procedures and have not made a table of contents yet. I can send you what policies and procedures we have as of now. "