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‘Chief’s Kids’ Celebrate One-Year Anniversary

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:35:00 -0500

BRISTOL, Va. – Thousands of bubbles rose up to the sky Monday night in the parking lot of Rice Terrace Apartments. They came from wands held in the sticky hands of members of "Chief’s Kids", a crew of children brought together every week by the Bristol Virginia Police Department and Hunt Memorial United Methodist Church.

The one-year anniversary of the start of the club was celebrated Monday. It is a pet project of city Police Chief Bill Price, who said he’s proud of the work the children have done. The aim is to teach kids in targeted neighborhoods about responsibility.

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Teresa Gooch new security director at St. Catherine’s

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:17:00 -0500

Teresa P. Gooch, who twice served as Richmond's interim police chief, has been named director of security at St. Catherine's School.

New to elementary lesson plans: Gang prevention

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:53:00 -0500

High schoolers in Chesapeake are referred to guidance counselors. Middle schoolers get the lesson in health class: how to spot gangs, what gangs do, and how to stay away.

Now Chesapeake wants to extend these lessons to elementary school students, and eventually even kindergartners.

Starting this fall, students in grades three to five will have gang prevention and awareness classes.

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Former Lynchburg sheriff Lawrence Simpson dies at 77

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:23:00 -0500

Simpson, who served as Lynchburg’s sheriff from 1974 to 2001, was a mentor to many in law enforcement in the Lynchburg area. The 77-year-old died Monday at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Snead remembers the former sheriff as a man who made it a point to know his colleagues and the community.

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Washington County Sheriff Seeks Position with U.S. Marshals Service

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:21:00 -0500

There soon could be a new sheriff in Washington County, Va., because Sheriff Fred Newman is seeking a high-ranking spot with the U.S. Marshals Service.

If appointed, Newman would take over as U.S. marshal for the Western District of Virginia, becoming one of two head marshals in the state and among 94 in the country.

Virginia’s Western District, as set by U.S. law, encompasses the 54 counties that make up the two-thirds of the state west of Richmond, according to the U.S. Marshals’ Web site.

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Fairfax deputy police chief broke glass ceiling

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:51:00 -0500

Women's power in force

Deputy Police Chief Suzanne Devlin is no stranger to battles. During her 33 years with the Fairfax County Police Department, she has traveled difficult paths toward success.

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Greene County deputy killed in fiery crash Thursday

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:55:00 -0500

Investigator Chadwick A. "Chad" Carr, 31, tragically lost his life in a motor vehicle accident on the afternoon of Thursday, June 4, 2009. Investigator Carr, while on duty and in his assigned vehicle, ran off the right side of the road on Rt. 230, then re-entered the roadway where he then collided with a truck traveling toward Stanardsville. Investigator Carr died of his injuries at the scene.

The VACP requests that Virginia law enforcement officers shroud their badges through the day of memorial services for Investigator Carr – Friday, June 12.

Chesapeake officer’s shooting shuts down interstate

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:30:00 -0500

A man abducted and shoved into a van just before a police shootout in Chesapeake apparently was dead in the vehicle before the shooting began.

Sean Fleming, 26, the police officer who was shot, was airlifted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and was in stable condition. Officials released his name at a 3 p.m. press conference today, and said he graduated from the Chesapeake Police Academy in August 2008.

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Prosecutors seeking death for accused killer of Virginia Beach detective

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:27:01 -0500

The decision was revealed in Circuit Court today, shortly before prosecutors and defense attorneys for Ted Vincent Carter chose Jan. 26 as the start date for the trial. It is expected to take two or three weeks.

Carter, 24, has been jailed without bond since his arrest late Aug. 7, moments after Detective Michael Smith Phillips was fatally shot during an undercover drug buy. Carter is charged with capital murder, first-degree murder, use of a firearm in a felony, robbery, possession of a sawed-off shotgun and conspiracy to distribute drugs.

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Governor Kaine Announces Grants to Establish Crisis Intervention Teams

Wed, 20 May 2009 10:23:01 -0500

Five grants to help localities create teams of law enforcement officer and mental health professionals

RICHMOND — Governor Timothy M. Kaine announced May 20 that the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), in conjunction with the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services, has awarded grants totaling $200,000 to five local mental health agencies that will enable them to establish Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs). The teams will consist of specially-trained law enforcement officers and mental health treatment professionals who enhance law enforcement's response to situations involving persons with mental illness or disability.

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