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 6VAC20-230-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Armed special conservator of the peace" means a special
				  conservator of the peace registrant who carries or has immediate access to a
				  firearm in the performance of his duties.
"Board" means the Criminal Justice Services Board or any
				  successor board or agency.
"Certification" means a method of regulation indicating that
				  qualified persons have met the minimum requirements as private security
				  services training schools and private security services instructors.
"Certified training schools" means a training school
				  certified by the department for the specific purpose of training a special
				  conservator of the peace regulated in at least one category of the compulsory
				  minimum training standards.
"Class" means a block of instruction no less than 50 minutes
				  in length on a particular subject.
"Combat loading" means tactical loading of a shotgun while
				  maintaining coverage of the threat area.
"Department" or "DCJS" means the Department of Criminal
				  Justice Services or any successor agency.
"Director" means the chief administrative officer of the
				  department.
"Electronic roster submittal" means the authority given to
				  the training director or assistant training director of a training school,
				  after he has submitted an application and the required nonrefundable fee, to
				  submit a training school roster to the department electronically through the
				  department's online system.
"Firearms verification" means verification of successful
				  completion of either initial or retraining requirements for handgun or shotgun
				  training, or both.
"Incident" means an event that exceeds the normal extent of
				  one's appointed special conservator of the peace authority.
"In-service training requirement" means the compulsory
				  in-service training standards adopted by the Criminal Justice Services Board
				  for special conservator of the peace personnel.
"Performance of his duties" means on duty in the context of
				  this chapter.
"Person" means any individual, group of individuals, firm,
				  company, corporation, partnership, business, trust, association, or other legal
				  entity.
"Physical address" means the location of the building that
				  houses a business or training school (a post office box is not a physical
				  address).
"Private security services training school" means any person
				  certified by the department to provide instruction in special conservator of
				  the peace subjects for the training of special conservator of the peace
				  personnel in accordance with this chapter.
"Registration" means a method of regulation that identifies
				  individuals as having met the minimum requirements for a particular
				  registration category as set forth in this chapter.
"Registration category" means any one of the following
				  categories:
(i) unarmed special conservators of the peace or
(ii) armed special conservators of the peace.
"Session" means a group of classes comprising the total hours
				  of mandated training in either of the following categories:
(i) unarmed special conservator of the peace and
(ii) armed special conservator of the peace.
"Special conservator of the peace" means any individual
				  appointed by the circuit court pursuant to §
									19.2-13
				  of the Code of Virginia on or after September 15, 2004, to perform only the
				  duties for which he is qualified by training as established by the board within
				  geographical limitations specified by the court .
"Special conservator of the peace registrant" means any
				  individual who has met the requirements under this regulation to apply for
				  appointment to the circuit court as a special conservator of the peace.
"This chapter" means the Regulations Relating to Special
				  Conservators of the Peace as part of the Virginia Administrative Code.
"Training certification" means verification of the successful
				  completion of any training requirement established in this chapter.
"Training requirement" means any entry-level, in-service, or
				  firearms retraining standard established in this chapter.
"Unarmed special conservator of the peace" means a special
				  conservator of the peace registrant who does not carry or have immediate access
				  to a firearm in the performance of his duties.
Statutory Authority: §
											9.1-150.2
					 of the Code of Virginia.