Volume #1, Issue #11
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Welcome to the NEWSLETTER
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Showcased Police Stations
From the State of Virginia
To Link, Click on the Station Name
- Agency / Formed: Franklin / 1964
- Type / Category / Size: Police Department / Town / Small
- Address: 1018 Pretlow Street
- Website: franklinpoliceva.com
- Sworn Officers: 29
- Officer to Citizen Ratio: 3.1
- Jurisdiction Population: 8,300
- Jurisdiction Size: 8.36 Square Miles
- Interesting Fact: The Station was built in 2001
- Interesting Fact: The First Chief was Harold Roach
- Interesting Fact: Under the First Chief were 6 Full Time Officers
- Picture Taken By: policestationpictures.com
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- Agency / Formed: Richmond / 1807
- Type / Category / Size: Police Department / City / Large
- Address: 200 West Grace Street
- Website: rva.gov
- Sworn Officers: 750
- Officer to Citizen Ratio: 3.6
- Jurisdiction Population: 230,400
- Jurisdiction Size: The Department has 4 Precincts
- Interesting Fact: 2020 Department Expenditures > 96 Million Dollars +
- Interesting Fact: In 2022 7.5% of the Population was Foreign Born
- Interesting Fact: The Department received 298,665 “calls” for service in 2022
- Picture Taken By: policestationpictures.com
- Agency / Formed: Wytheville / 1908*
- Type / Category / Size: Police Department / Town / Small
- Address: 185 W Spring Street
- Website: police.wytheville.org
- Sworn Officers: 28
- Officer to Citizen Ratio: 2.85
- Jurisdiction Population: 8,241 ( 2021 )
- Jurisdiction Size: 14.6 Square Miles
- Interesting Fact: 184 Towns people died during the 1950 Polio Epidemic
- Interesting Fact: * 1908 Chief Walter McClintock was killed in front of the Court House while arresting a felon
- Interesting Fact: The Town was named after George Wythe singer of the Declaration of Independence
- Picture Taken By: Lieutenant Bryan S. Bard, Wytheville Police Department, 2023
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State of Virginia Law Enforcement Agencies
- Total: 348
- State: 7
- County: 96
- Municipal: 67
- Towns: 127
- Private: 8
- University & College: 42
- Special District: 1
- Number of Sworn Officers: 22,800
- State Population: 8.7 Million
- State Size: 42,769.8 Square Miles ( Land: 39,417.7 & Water: 3,298.1 )
- Largest Accredited Agency (Sworn Personnel) Virginia State Police, 2,150 Authorized
- Largest Accredited Municipal Agency (Sworn Personnel): Fairfax County Police Department, 1,500 Authorized
- Smallest Accredited Agency (Sworn Personnel): West Point Police Department, 8 Authorized
Call Box – First Police Department in Virginia and Nation
The Division of Capitol Police formed 1618 in the Permanent English Settlement of Jamestown. It started out with 10 officers
Link > https://dcp.virginia.gov
Call Box – Virginia Laws, Rules, Regulation & Guidelines for Police Departments
Code of Virginia – Sections Addressing Law Enforcement < Link
- § 9.1-101. Definitions (Private Police)
- § 15.2-1701.Organization of police forces.
- § 23.1-809. Public institutions of higher education; establishment of campus police departments authorized; employment of officers.
- § 52-1.Department of State Police.
Call Box – Virginia Facial Recognition Technology
Virginia Deportment of Criminal Justice Services
Facial Recognition Technology Guide for Agency Reporting Requirements, Published May 2023 < Link
Call Box – Trafficked Children – Triggers to Discovery
From the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services / Model Policy on Human Trafficking, dated November 13, 2011
Children who have being trafficked may display one or more of the following :
- Have no access to their parents or guardians
- Look intimidated and behave in a way that does not correspond with behavior typical of children their age
- Have no friends of their own age outside of work
- Have no access to education
- Have no time for playing
- Live apart from other children and in substandard accommodations
- Eat apart from other members of the “family”
- Be given only leftovers to eat
- Be engaged in work that is not suitable for children
- Travel unaccompanied by adults
- Travel in groups with persons who are not relatives
- Appear to have a strong attachment to the potential trafficker
- The presence of child-sized clothing typically worn for doing manual or sex work
- The presence of toys, beds and children’s clothing in inappropriate places such as brothels and factories
- The claim made by an adult that he or she has “found” an unaccompanied child
- The finding of unaccompanied children carrying telephone numbers for calling taxis
- The discovery of cases involving illegal adoption
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