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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>367402</law_id><section_number>52-23</section_number><catch_line>Appointment by Governor; power and jurisdiction</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="114" identifier="52">Police (State)</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="5">Investigators and Special State Police Officers</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The Governor may appoint whenever he deems the same necessary, and may remove at will, investigators and temporary special police officers, who shall be directly responsible to the Governor, be conservators of the peace and have <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> throughout the Commonwealth in the enforcement of the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth. Such investigators and special police officers shall have in all the counties, cities and towns of the Commonwealth all the power and authority, in connection with the enforcement of the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth, vested by <span class="dictionary">law</span> in sheriffs of the counties and police officers of cities and towns.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 332; 1932, p. 136; 1958, c. 611.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
