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By AMY DREWER
CapM Newi Service
RICHMOND — Law enforcement officers throughout the state will be required to make arrests in family violence situations if this year’s General Assembly approves the proposed legislation.
The Commission on Family ; Violence Prevention endorsed the statewide mandatory arrest policy following an appeal from Attorney General James S. Gilmore III, chairman of the commission’s Law < Enforcement Subcommittee. ’ “This is an important first step,” Mr. Gilmore sajd. “We’re either going to make it, or we’re not going to make it right now.”
Sen. Kenneth W. Stolle, RVirginia Beach, an attorney, former police officer and commission member, said he supports the mandatory arrest policy. Yet he said it could put the officers in a tight spot because the proposal calls for police officers to file a written report when they believe
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