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A BILL to amend and reenact Section 19.2-83.5, as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to use of deadly force by a law-enforcement officer during an arrest or detention.

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Relates to use of deadly force by a law-enforcement officer during an arrest or detention,eliminates the requirements that a law-enforcement officer shall not use deadly force against a person unless he has provided a warning to the subject of the deadly force that he will use deadly force, if feasible, and exhausted all other options or such options do not reasonably lend themselves to the circumstances.