The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is proud to announce our agency has been certified in meeting the use of force standards outlined in the Executive Order on Safe Policing (E.O. 13929).
The Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission (VLEPSC) has reviewed the Sheriff’s Office’s policies on use of force and certified the policies adhere to all federal, state, and local laws as well as ban the use of chokeholds except in deadly force situations.
Merritt at Austin Ridge will offer five single-story buildings ranging from 54,500 to 113,775 square feet, totaling 390,075 square feet of new flex light industrial space in Stafford County. Located at Interstate-95 Exit 140 (Courthouse Road), the new business park represents Merritt’s second “spec” investment along Stafford’s I-95 corridor.
Merritt Properties, a successful, full-service commercial real estate developer with over 17 million square feet of space throughout Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia has successfully closed and acquired 28 acres of land to develop the new business park.
The investigation into the officer-involved shooting which occurred on January 17 at 1130 International Parkway has been completed.
The investigation was conducted by detectives with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division. The completed investigation was subsequently turned over to the Stafford County Commonwealth’s Attorney for review. The Commonwealth’s Attorney was provided all the evidence collected, including witness statements, forensic evidence, and audio and video recordings.
Although the jackpot-winning ticket in the January 22 Mega Millions drawing was not bought in Virginia, the Commonwealth benefitted from all the excitement.
During the 37 drawings of the jackpot run that began in September and ended with Friday night’s drawing, sales of Mega Millions tickets in Virginia generated an estimated $29.1 million in profit. By law, all of that profit goes to K-12 public education in the Commonwealth.
The Virginia Senate passed legislation Thursday to move all May local elections to November, with Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax casting a tiebreaking vote to put it over the top.
President Joe Biden is poised to send a sweeping immigration reform bill to Congress Thursday that would lay out a path for nearly 11 million undocumented people to obtain citizenship within eight years.
Deputies recently located a suicidal man and connected him with mental health providers.
On Tuesday, January 19 at 6:19 p.m., deputies were dispatched to an attempted suicide at the Mine Road commuter lot. The witness reported observing a parked vehicle with a hose running from the exhaust pipe into the vehicle’s window. When the witness tried to make contact at the vehicle, the suicidal subject put the vehicle in gear and drove away.
Stafford sheriff’s deputies arrested a driver who committed two separate hit and run incidents. The driver now faces multiple charges.
A press release details the incidents.
