VA HB248

Authorizes localities to enter interjurisdictional agreements for the development of behavioral health co-response teams staffed by one or more law-enforcement agencies to respond to behavioral health-related calls across multiple jurisdictions

Amends Virginia Code § 15.2-1726 to add co-response team development as an explicit category of permissible cooperation alongside existing provisions for 911 dispatch coordination and unmarked vehicle loans

Allows localities to partner with other localities, federal agencies, campus police, Capitol Police, certified private police departments, or the Department of State Police under these cooperative agreements

Maintains existing authority for police department consolidation agreements and tripartite contracts between counties, towns, and sheriffs for law-enforcement services