Virginia Administrative Code
Title 19 - PUBLIC SAFETY
Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE
Chapter 180 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM
Section 19VAC30-180-10 - Program established; availability of services; advisory board

A. The Department of State Police will establish and maintain a Witness Protection Program within the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Criminal Intelligence Division. The program will be administered by the Commander of the Criminal Intelligence Division in compliance with § 52-35 of the Code of Virginia.

B. The services of the Witness Protection Program are available to all law-enforcement and criminal justice agencies of all counties, cities, and towns of the Commonwealth.

C. The responsibility for reviewing applications for Witness Protection Program services shall be vested in a Witness Protection Program Advisory Board to ensure proper application of program policy and procedures. The advisory board will review all applications for service under this program and will submit their recommendations to the Superintendent of State Police who will make the final determination in this matter. The advisory board will consist of one member of the Virginia Sheriffs' Association, one member of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, one member of the Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys' Services Council, the Executive Director of the Virginia State Crime Commission and one member of the Department of State Police who will be appointed by the Superintendent of State Police. Membership on the advisory board will change in accordance with a time frame established by the superintendent.

D. Advisory board members will be approved by the Superintendent of State Police. Vacancies on the advisory board will be filled by the superintendent with recommendations being presented by the membership organizations.