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  2. List of law enforcement agencies in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Virginia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 340 law enforcement agencies employing 22,848 sworn police officers, about 293 for each 100,000 residents.

  3. Roanoke County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Roanoke County (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) is a county in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,929. [2] Its county seat is Salem, but the county administrative offices are located in the census-designated place of Cave Spring.

  4. Bonsack, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Bonsack was located along an early road called the " Trader's Path," from Augusta County, Virginia, now part of Highway 460. Established in 1740, the Trader's Path and led from Lynchburg, Virginia to Big Lick, Virginia, and was used to bring settlers and traders from central Virginia into the Roanoke Valley. A large number of German Baptists ...

  5. Police officer dad 'pulls over' his kids during playtime ...

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    INSIDE EDITION -- Roanoke, Virginia Police Officer Kenny Bowman came home from work and began playing with his six-year-old daughter, Rylee and four year old son, Blake. His kids were playing ...

  6. Roanoke, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Roanoke (/ ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk / ROH-ə-nohk) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is located in Southwest Virginia along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanoke is approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of the Virginia– North Carolina border and 250 miles ...

  7. Virginia State Police - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia State Police, officially the Virginia Department of State Police, conceived in 1919 and established in 1932, is the state police force for the U.S. state of Virginia. The agency originated out of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles as an inspector and enforcer of highway laws. It is currently one of fourteen agencies within ...

  8. Fire Station No. 1 (Roanoke, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Designated VLR. September 19, 1972 [2] Fire Station No. 1 is a former fire station listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown neighborhood of the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Modeled after Philadelphia 's Independence Hall, [3][4] Fire Station No. 1 served as one of the longest continuously ...

  9. Vinton, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    FIPS code. 51-81280 [2] GNIS feature ID. 1500260 [3] Website. www.vintonva.gov. Vinton is a town in eastern Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 8,059 at the 2020 census. Vinton is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Roanoke Region of Virginia.