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Sending Money Back To Commonwealth Irks Local Governments
July 24, 2008 | Virginia News
BRISTOL, Va. – City leaders learned Wednesday they must repay about $266,000 in state funding and they expect additional cuts could be “devastating,” City Manager Bill Dennison said.Dennison and Mayor Jim Rector discussed the dilemma at the conclusion of Tuesday’s City Council meeting, citing the school system and police department as possible targets.
Chesterfield to increase police salaries
July 23, 2008 | Virginia News
Chesterfield County officials have scraped together $900,000 to help the police department raise starting officer salaries and give raises to veterans in an effort to keep Chesterfield competitive with other area jurisdictions.Soliciting on roads could be prohibited
July 22, 2008 | Virginia News
Ordinance would extend to state highways a ban on panhandling, sellingWhile stopped at a busy Henrico County intersection this month, Hariet Newman was unnerved by a group of people wearing official-looking identification badges who were approaching cars for donations. Holding out cans, they told her they were collecting money for an out-of-state organization.
She was surprised when she saw a police car drive by without doing anything.
Because it was on a state road, there wasn't much the officer could do, said Lt. Doug Perry, a Henrico police spokesman.
Theft of Operating Nuts on Fire Hydrants
July 8, 2008 | Virginia News
Several Northern Virginia jurisdictions have reported a recent surge in the theft of the operating nuts from fire hydrants. This is a brass top nut which the fire department uses to open and close the water flow valve on a fire hydrant.We’ve moved!
July 6, 2008 | VACP
On Friday, July 11, the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (VACP) and the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation (VPCF) completed the move into a new suite of offices down the hall from our previous home of six years. There is still much unpacking and organizing to do, but we will be back in business Monday, July 14.Mark Warner picks up several law enforcement endorsements
July 1, 2008 | Virginia News
Several law enforcement leaders are lining up behind former Gov. Mark R. Warner's bid for U.S. Senate.2008 DMV Legislative Bulletin
July 1, 2008 | Virginia News
The 2008 Legislative Bulletin of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has been added to the Legislative Issues page of the VACP website.The bulletin summarizes the list of bills related to driver licensing, DMV fees, motor vehicle violations, license plates and more that were passed by the 2008 General Assembly and that take effect July 1, 2008.
New state laws lower threshold for commitment
June 30, 2008 | Virginia News
Va. no longer will use 'imminent danger' as the requirementMost civil-commitment procedures begin with a call to police reporting that someone is acting dangerously, seems inordinately confused or can't care for himself.
In Virginia, few police departments have been trained to handle people who are mentally ill; many mentally unstable individuals are simply jailed for petty crimes such as loitering, trespassing or theft.
General Assembly’s new laws start Tuesday
June 30, 2008 | Virginia News
Starting Tuesday, restaurants will be able to serve a drink that has been prohibited for more than half a century. Teen drivers caught with even a hint of alcohol on their breath will face harsher punishments. School bus drivers will have to park their buses to chat on cell phones. These are among the many laws approved by the General Assembly that take effect July 1.Wilder appoints search committee for new Richmond police chief
June 26, 2008 | Virginia News
Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder said today he expects the city's next police chief to be named before the next mayor is elected.Wilder announced a five-person committee to conduct a national search to find for a successor to Rodney Monroe, who left Richmond this month to become police chief in Charlotte, N.C.
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