Year: 2015

Click HERE to view photos from the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association’s Fall 2015 Conference at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. Thank you Desmond Chisholm for a job well done.  

Stafford County First Sergeant Robert J. Grella, Jr. received the 2015 Deputy Sheriff of the Year Award at the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association’s 82nd Annual Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday in Norfolk. Stafford County Sheriff Charles E. Jett submitted the following recommendation for First Sergeant Grella: First Sergeant Robert J. Grella, Jr. began his law enforcement…

Northampton County Deputy Christopher L. Forbes received the 2015 Deputy Sheriff Valor Award at the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association’s 82nd Annual Conference and Exhibition on Tuesday in Norfolk. Northampton County Sheriff David L. Doughty submitted the following recommendation for Deputy Forbes: Christopher Forbes has been a deputy sheriff with the Northampton County Sheriff’s Office since 2003.…

The members of the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association unanimously elected fellow sheriffs to the 2015-16 Board of Directors during their 82nd Annual Conference and Exhibition in Norfolk on Monday. The new officers include: Sheriff Steve F. Dempsey, King George County – Treasurer; Sheriff Vanessa R. Crawford, City of Petersburg – Secretary; Sheriff Gabe A. Morgan, City of Newport News – Second Vice…

Roles and Responsibilities Law Enforcement is a difficult and dangerous profession encompassing a number of roles and responsibilities. Officers are tasked with performing a large range of duties and remaining confident and professional in a number of environments. These roles will have drastically different requirements and threats, yet every Officer will need to be protected.…

The members of the Virginia Sheriffs’ Association unanimously elected Sheriff Richard A. Vaughan of Grayson County yesterday to serve a one-year term as president of the Association, an 8,900 member organization representing Virginia’s sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, and sheriff’s office personnel. With a career in law enforcement spanning 21 years, Sheriff Vaughan is Grayson County’s first…

The Virginia Sheriffs’ Association expresses its condolences to the families of WDBJ reporter Alison Parker and photographer Adam Ward, who died as the result of gunshot wounds following this morning’s shooting at Bridewater Plaza in Moneta, Va. The VSA also wishes Vicki Gardner a safe recovery. Parker was interviewing Gardner, executive director of the Smith Mountain…

The New Kent Sheriff’s Office is warning citizens of a scam that is making its rounds in the county. According to a press release sent by New Kent Chief Deputy J. Joseph McLaughlin Jr., the scammers identify themselves as representatives of the Virginia Sheriff’s Association. The caller solicits funds and says the money will be used to…

“The Virginia Sheriffs’ Association is pleased to support Governor McAuliffe’s appointment of Judge Jane Marum Roush to the Virginia Supreme Court,” said VSA President and Lunenburg County Sheriff Arthur Townsend. “Judge Roush has had a distinguished legal career and is known for her command of the law.” Judge Roush was in private practice before her…

Bedford County, VA — Lloyd Welch, the prime suspect in the 1975 cold case of two missing Maryland sisters–Katherine and Sheila Lyon–has revealed to authorities that the young girls were kidnapped so they could be sexually abused, Virginia investigators said at at a news conference. “The motive of the abduction of the Lyon sisters was…

Click HERE to review the latest In Due Course publication, which includes a selection of legislation passed by 2015 General Assembly that is likely to affect the daily lives of the citizens across Virginia. The following legislation was signed by the Governor and for the most part went into effect on July 1, 2015. The summaries were prepared…

Click HERE to view photos from the 2015 Virginia Sheriffs’ Institute Spring Conference held at The Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center from April 22-24. To view photos as thumbnails, click on the middle button in the top corner of the Flickr page.