A fundraising record! On December 13, 2016, the Chesapeake Sheriff’s Office raised a record $15,000 at its ‘3rd Annual Dancing with the Athletes’ competition. Similar to ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ this event pairs 10 CSO deputies with 10 Special Olympics athletes for freestyle and group dance routines. Deputy Freddie Parks and his daughter, Shayla, won the…
The men and women of the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office join Sheriff Mosier in congratulating Deputy Emmie Quick and Deputy Joseph Pezzuto on their graduation from Jail Officer Basic School Session 186. Deputy Emmie Quick began interning at the Sheriff’s Office during college from May to August 2013. She came back to the Sheriff’s Office…
Chesapeake deputies delivered Christmas baskets last week to 100 seniors in need. The baskets were filled with $25-worth of non-perishable food items, courtesy of Walmart. This was the office’s 27th year delivering baskets. One of the recipients was recently the victim of a robbery. A suspect stole $40 from her, shoving her to the ground…
Hampton deputies showed their support of the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign in December as they volunteered to staff a ten hour shift at the Walmart Superstore in Hampton. Deputies rang the bell while receiving donations for funds the Salvation Army collects each year to aid needy families, seniors, and the homeless. Donations also provide…
Sheriff Woody, along with community leader and radio personality Miss Clovia Lawrence of 99.3/105.7 Kiss FM came together to donate and give away Christmas gifts to more than 500 children aged 2-13 last week. The Walmart on Forest Hill Avenue saw dolls, bicycles, and board games being collected just outside the entrance for families in…
Sixteen recruits recently graduated from the Hanover County Criminal Justice Academy at a ceremony held at Life Church in Mechanicsville. Colonel David R. Hines, sheriff, delivered an address to the graduates, as well as presented them with their certificates and awards. Eight of the graduates will enter into their final phase of their training as…
Hampton Sheriff B. J. Roberts is pleased to announce the release of the new mobile app. Features include push notifications, upcoming events, news, job openings, inmate program information, citizen feedback, social media links and inmate search. In the inmate search, citizens can view the facility roster, inmate photos, charges, and bond information. The push notification…
The Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Office randomly selects non-violent inmates to participate in special holiday family visits throughout the year. These visits help to strengthen the family of those incarcerated and helps when the individual is released back into the community. Seven inmates and eighteen family members recently participated in the annual Thanksgiving Day visit.
Chesterfield deputies and police officers participated in the Chesterfield Fraternal Order of Police ‘Christmas with a Cop’ event with 40 deserving children on December 5 at a local Walmart Supercenter. Children were paired with a law enforcement volunteer who helped them pick out clothes and a toy paid for by donations collected by the FOP.
New Kent Deputies Ethan Townsend and Dylan McNew graduated from the Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Justice Academy on December 5. They recently attended Law Enforcement Basic #16-01 for the required 23 weeks along with candidates from the Hanover and King William Sheriff’s Offices. Deputy Townsend was presented two very prestigious awards during the graduation…
The Richmond City Sheriff’s Offices’ Internal Program Department is happy to announce a new partnership with East Coast Laser Tattoo Removal for residents in the REAL Program who have recently been released. East Coast Laser Tattoo Removal, located in Richmond, will provide tattoo removal to those desiring in exchange for community service hours. The…
Bluefield Daily Telegraph editorial The Virginia Sheriffs’ Association is urging lawmakers in the Virginia General Assembly to allocate funding for a long-overdue pay increase for deputies. Members of the association argue that many deputies qualify for food stamps because of the current low salaries. They also correctly note that the current low salary scale makes it difficult…