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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.
The Auxiliary Force was disbanded in 1946. A number of retired police were temporarily formed into a Police Reserve to assist with traffic control during the 1956 Summer Olympics. A permanent Retired Police Reserve was established under the Police Regulation Act 1958, although today is very small in number.
Active since 1975, the program supports the mission of the Fairfax County Police Department by providing volunteer support at police and community events. Unit 2252 was created in 2014 to serve the youth of the South County/Mt. Vernon Areas. Unit 505 is the newest being created in the fall of 2015 to serve central Fairfax.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers going aboard a ship to examine cargo. The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies (informally known as the "Feds") to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.
The Fairfax County Sheriff's Office (FCSO; officially the Fairfax County Office of the Sheriff) [citation needed] is a law enforcement agency in Fairfax County, Virginia.It serves a population of approximately 1,141,620 residents within an area of approximately 400 square miles (1,000 km 2) in Fairfax County, a Northern Virginian suburb of Washington, D.C. [1] It is one of the largest Sheriff ...
The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 155,810 [2] people within 15.4 square miles (40 km 2) of jurisdiction within Alexandria, Virginia. The APD has been internationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) since 1986 (38 consecutive years as of 2024 ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated part of a finding that cleared five West Virginia police officers on qualified immunity grounds in an excessive force lawsuit, which ...
The Richmond Police Department (RPD) is the primary law enforcement agency for the 230,436 people [1] within the 62.5 square miles (162 km 2) jurisdiction [2] of Richmond, Virginia. The department employs about 750 sworn officers and about 170 civilians.