Author: Potomac Local News

With just five officers in his department, Quantico Police Chief John Clair will watch how the Prince William County Police Department conducts its first tests with body-worn cameras.

A total of 30 Prince William police officers in the Prince William this week will be issued body-worn cameras as part of a pilot program to test the technology in the field. The cameras are quickly becoming the standard in local law enforcement across the U.S. as citizens routinely seek more transparency from local police departments.

From Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Fire Department

Occoquan-Woodbridge-Lorton Volunteer Firefighters were called to an apartment fire at 1831 Sugar Hill Drive Lane in Lake Ridge.  OWL crews arrived on scene within minutes with fire showing from the front of the building. 

The Virginia State Corporation could go either way, telling Dominion Virginia Power that a proposed power transmission line along Interstate 66 to serve a new data center in Haymarket could run above ground, or that it could allow the utility to build hybrid option where part of the power line is buried.

The hybrid option is popular with residents who don’t want to see a 230-kilovolt transmission line when they look out their windows and are concerned about what a towering power line could do for property values. Last year at a series of public meetings, Dominion officials said an above-ground line provides more reliable service and costs less to maintain.