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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 25, 2021

Police Union Wants Virginia to Outlaw Ticket Quotas

Virginia State Police, which the PBA says uses the practice that requires troopers to write a certain amount of tickets as a measure of effectiveness, initially denied using quotas.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 20, 2021

Virginia Officers Could be Fired Over "Inappropriate" Videos

Officer Caleb Lafferty, who is white, and Officer Rondell White, who is black, produced what have been characterized as dark humor videos about racism.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 16, 2021

Wounded VA Officers Talk About Their Recovery, Being Shot in 2020

Officer Martin was hit in his left knee and arm. He said one gunshot essentially broke his femur. Officer Scott was shot in his chest and stomach. Both of them were rushed to a hospital. Scott was in critical condition.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2021

Virginia Officer Shot, Wounded in Escaped Cow Incident

Police say in the process of euthanizing the injured animal, it charged at officers on the scene, hitting an officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2021

Virginia Officer Shot and Killed at Traffic Stop, Suspect Dead

According to Virginia State Police, Winum initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle, but before he could get out of his patrol vehicle, the driver got out of his vehicle and opened fire.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 3, 2021

Measure to Repeal Qualified Immunity Defeated in VA General Assembly

The legislation, which would have prohibited an officer from using sovereign or qualified immunity as a defense in court, was set aside to be studied by the Virginia Crime Commission.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 19, 2021

Wounded Ride-Along Files Claim Against Virginia Agency

Attorneys for Macy Raquel Hooper say the police department was careless in allowing her to “ride along” with an officer as police attempted to surround and capture a man who had killed his wife only two hours earlier.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 3, 2021

Virginia Deputy, 2 Store Employees Wounded in Walmart Shooting

A Loudon County, VA, sheriff's deputy and two store security officers were shot Saturday night during a confrontation with a shoplifting suspect.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 25, 2020

DC Chief Steps Down to Lead Prince William County Police

Washington, DC, Police Chief Peter Newsham is leaving the force to take over the police department in Prince William County, Va., ending a three-decade career in law enforcement in the nation’s capital.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 18, 2020

VA Chief Fired After Charges Against State Senator Dropped in Vandalism of Confederate Statue

The former chief, Angela Greene, said she had been fired by the city’s interim manager. Greene, 46, joined the department in August 2016 and became chief in June 2019. She is African-American.

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