Three members of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office executive team completed a new model curriculum for Executive Law Enforcement Certification at the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy (NVCJA) this week. A total of ten executives from throughout the state of Virginia graduated in November 2012. The training, approved by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice…
This holiday season Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office is hosting Operation Blue Christmas. This celebration will have three phases. The first phase took place on December 1, 2012, where we hosted Stuff A Cruiser. Stuff a Cruiser took place at Spotsylvania Towne Center and Spotsylvania Wal-Mart. The public was asked for contributions in the form of clothing…
Richmond, Virginia, November 20, 2012 – The Virginia Sheriffs’ Association (VSA) applauds the recent action taken by the Virginia Board of Corrections addressing concerns on the restraint of pregnant prisoners while in the custody of local and regional jails. Sheriffs, advocates and policy makers on the Board of Corrections came together and agreed on amending…
The Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office has become the lead law enforcement agency in the Commonwealth of Virginia to conduct in-house blood draws on DUI arrestees. The Westmoreland Commonwealth’s Attorney assisted in obtaining a court order allowing one of our sworn deputies to conduct the procedure. Deputy Darrel Johnson is an EMT-Intermediate who volunteers for the…
On August 29, 2012, about one week before school starts, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office will treat 25 homeless kids to a shopping spree for clothing and school supplies. For 19 years, the Shop with the Sheriff program has partnered with Target to help needy children get ready for the upcoming school year. The children…
AUGUSTA COUNTY, Virginia – A new synthetic drug, commonly called bath salts, hit America’s streets a couple of years ago, but it went unnoticed until police began reporting cases of addicts with bizarre behavior. Then, last month, authorities in Miami, Florida accused a man of eating another man’s face. It’s calm now. But it hasn’t…
We lost Dave on 30 May 2010 in a tragic accident as he returned home from the nation’s capitol just having participated in “Rolling Thunder”. Dave was a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a grandfather, a soldier, a law enforcement officer, a boy scout troop leader, a teacher and a man strong in…
CERTIFICATE of RECOGNITION By virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution in the Governor ofthe Commonwealth of Virginia, there is hereby officially recognized: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ MEMORIAL WEEK WHEREAS, the safety and well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia are of the utmost importance to the prosperity and livelihood of Virginia’s families…
Alexandria, VA – For nearly four decades, the Neighborhood Watch Program (housed within the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)) has worked to unite law enforcement agencies, private organizations, and individual citizens in a nation-wide effort to reduce crime and improve local communities. The purpose of the Neighborhood Watch Program is to enable citizens to act as…
Funeral arrangements are as follows: Visitation: Thursday, April 5, 2012 Nelsen Funeral Home 4650 S. Laburnum Ave. Richmond, VA 23231 Hours: 4:00pm to 8:00pm Funeral: Friday, April 6, 2012 1:00pm Samaria Baptist Church 8130 Lott Cary Road Providence Forge, VA 23140 No interment Directions: To Samaria Baptist Church: From I-64, take exit 211 (Talleysville/Roxbury Route…
A Charles City County deputy, responding to a traffic stop made by another deputy, was killed in a single-vehicle accident early Saturday morning on Route 5. Deputy Michael C. Walizer, 36, of Charles City, died at the scene of a 2 a.m. accident, approximately one mile west of Route 155. According to a statement from…
A REWARD IS BEING OFFERED IN EXCESS OF $70,000 FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON OR PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF DAVID METZLER AND HEIDI CHILDS ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 26, 2009 The Joint Montgomery County, Federal and State Task Force would like to announce information that has developed…