ICE prioritizes the removal of criminal aliens based on threat – Each year, law enforcement officers nationwide arrest approximately one million non‑U.S. citizens. With federal agencies maintaining separate identification records for criminal and immigration history information, identifying those aliens convicted of a crime—criminal aliens—has been no easy task. However, better federal information sharing is making…
The Colonial Heights Sheriff’s Office has recently completed the development and installation of a Field Data Entry project for the entry and tracking the service of civil process papers. This project utilizes computer tablets in the field and a docking station at the Sheriff’s Office to track the service of each civil process paper received…
Forty Eight kids, Twelve Mentors, volunteer support staff, City Officials and Community business leaders came out to join, Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Jim O’Sullivan, at his 1st Annual Children Today Leaders Tomorrow Mentoring Camp 2010. Colonel O’Sullivan developed the mentoring program in hopes of helping the community youth in developing skills in teamwork, leadership, and…
When most 12 year olds were still enamored with Barbie dolls and Teen Beat magazine, Heather Franklin preferred to tinker with tools. She vividly recalls her beloved Go-Kart needed a small engine repair and no one had time to help fix it. So, Franklin says, “I picked up some tools and tried to fix it…
Master Deputy Efrem Little will never forget the November Nor’easter of 2010. When he got to work, NSO’s Fire Safety Coordinator Paul Ballance told him they needed his help evacuating people in Ocean View. “When we started, I told ‘Fire One’ whatever you need me to do, I got it, however long you want me…
On Tuesday, March 9, 2010 the last of 14 individuals who were charged in part of a 14-month investigation initiated by the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office pled guilty to conspiring to hire a hit man to murder someone he believed had stolen more than 15,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes from him. This investigation involved individuals…
She might only be 6-years old, but Kayleigh Crimmins is a hero to the Newport News Sheriff’s Office. This little girl from Chesapeake, VA is on a mission to outfit all police dogs with bulletproof vests. Since coming up with the idea for Kids for K9s, Inc., she has donated vests to K9 Units in…
Lieutenant Hardeman is one of only eight individuals in the country to date who have completed the National Center for Judicial Security Fellowship Program (JSF). This program is designed to afford professional opportunity to state, local, and international court security managers to train and serve with United States Marshals Service (USMS). Much like a local…
You might say he was born to the job. When Sheriff John P. (Jack) Robbins, Jr. became Sheriff of Northampton County in 2002, he was following a long family tradition. A very long family tradition. One that began 350 years ago when his 11th great grandfather, Edmund Scarburgh became the Sheriff of Accomack County in…
A school custodian. A merchant seaman. Two navy men. A shipyard worker. A state transportation worker and a mechanic. Men with varied backgrounds. The majority are not from Norfolk, five of the seven are married and all are convicted of soliciting for sex. Statistically speaking, their crime isn’t noteworthy. What is worthy of closer examination,…
The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office has recently added a new and exciting capability for its traffic enforcers, electronic ticketing. With the adoption of this technology, the Augusta County Sheriff’s Office has become first county jurisdiction and the first Sheriff’s Office in the Commonwealth of Virginia to implement electronic ticketing. E-ticketing allows deputies to use computer…
Below is a photo of the January 27, 2010 press event with sheriffs and members of the General Assembly supporters that appeared at the press conference. The law enforcement press event was lead by Sheriff Charlie Jett, President of the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association, and included representatives of the Virginia State Police, VA FOP, VA Association…