Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 20 - DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES › Chapter 230 - REGULATIONS RELATING TO SPECIAL CONSERVATOR OF THE PEACE › Section 6VAC20-230-150 - Registered individual standards of conduct

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. A registered individual shall:
1. Conform to all requirements pursuant to
				the Code of Virginia and this chapter;
2. Not violate or aid and abet others in
				violating the provisions of Article 4 (§
										9.1-138 et seq.) of
				Chapter 1 of Title 9.1 of the Code of Virginia or this chapter;
3. Not commit any act or omission that
				results in a registration being suspended, revoked, not renewed or being
				otherwise disciplined in any jurisdiction;
4. Not obtain a special conservator of the
				peace registration or registration renewal through any fraud or
				misrepresentation;
5. Carry a valid
				registration or valid temporary authorization letter at all times while on
				duty;
6. Carry the private security
				state authorized identification card at all times while on duty once the
				authorization has been approved from the department;
7. Perform those duties authorized by the
				circuit court only while employed and in the jurisdiction of appointment, and
				perform only those duties authorized in the circuit court ordered
				appointment;
8. Maintain a valid
				firearms verification if he carries or has immediate access to firearms while
				on duty and is authorized by the circuit court. He may carry only those
				firearms that he has been trained on and is qualified to carry;
9. Carry a firearm concealed while on duty
				only with the expressed authorization of the circuit court that appoints the
				registrant and only in compliance with §
										18.2-308.01
				of the Code of Virginia;
10.
				Transport, carry and utilize firearms while on duty only in a manner that does
				not endanger the public health, safety and welfare;
11. Make arrests in full compliance with the
				law and using only the minimum force necessary to effect an arrest;
12. Display his registration while on duty in
				response to the request of a law-enforcement officer, department personnel or
				client;
13. Not perform any
				unlawful or negligent act resulting in a loss, injury or death to any
				person;
14. If a uniform is
				required, wear the uniform required by the employer. If wearing a uniform while
				employed as a special conservator of the peace, the uniform must have a name
				plate or tape bearing, as a minimum, the individual's last name attached on the
				outermost garment, except on rainwear worn only to protect from inclement
				weather;
15. Not display or use
				the word "police" or use the seal of the Commonwealth on any uniform, badge,
				credential, or vehicle in the performance of his duties, except a special
				conservator of the peace (i) employed by a state agency may use the seal of the
				Commonwealth on any uniform, badge, credential, or vehicle in the performance
				of his duties or (ii) employed by the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport
				Commission or the Richmond Metropolitan Transportation Authority may use the
				word "police" on any badge, uniform, or vehicle or the seal of the Commonwealth
				on any badge or credential in the performance of his duties.
16. Act only in such a manner that does not
				endanger the public health, safety and welfare;
17. Not represent as one's own a special
				conservator of the peace registration issued to another individual;
18. Not falsify, or aid and abet others in
				falsifying, training records for the purpose of obtaining a
				registration;
19. Not engage in
				acts of unprofessional conduct in the practice of special conservator of the
				peace services;
20. Not engage in
				acts of negligent or incompetent special conservator of the peace services;
				and
21. Maintain at all times
				current liability coverage at least in the amount prescribed by the Code of
				Virginia.