VACP News

Chief Johnstone was President of the VACP from 1985-86. Prior to serving as Albemarle County Police Chief from 1984-1989, Chief Johnstone served...

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin will meet with an economically and racially diverse crowd of Northern Virginia residents, police chiefs, hospital...

Jimmie Wideman, a lifetime Hampton resident and experienced leader in law enforcement, has been named Hampton's new police chief.

Chief (Ret) Charles Martin Peery, Jr., 69, of New Market, VA passed away June 19, 2023 at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Virginia State Police are investigating the incident that resulted in the fatal shooting of Wintergreen Police Officer Chris Wagner Friday night.

The VACP has entered a strategic partnership with Chorus Intelligence, a trusted supplier of data cleansing, analysis, search and entity enrichment...

Gregory Taylor is a veteran of law enforcement, having served the City of Hopewell Police Department for 37 years before retiring. Taylor’s first...

Chief Jamison has been with the Lynchburg Police Department since 1997, having been promoted through the ranks to serve as Deputy Chief of the Field...

Pirnat comes to the Leesburg Police Department following a 23-year career with the Fairfax County Police Department. Her first day as Chief of...

Shelton joined the ODU Police Department as captain in 2015 after 28 years in Portsmouth. He has been serving as Interim Chief since April 2022....

McKee was named interim chief in January, replacing Col. Anthony S. Pike, who retired at the end of 2022 after leading Capitol Police for nearly 12...

Concerns about COVID exposure and a general misunderstanding by the public and government officials were ahead of responding to critical incidents...