One of the graduates of the 120th Basic Recruit Class for the Richmond (VA) Police Department overcame a personal challenge in addition to the rigors of the training and learning he underwent alongside his classmates. He dropped nearly 200 pounds.
An officer with the Fairfax County (VA) Police Department was responding to a call of disorderly subjects when a pedestrian reportedly walked into an intersection against a "don't walk" signal. The pedestrian was struck and fatally injured.
The Norfolk (VA) Police Department announced on Monday that it is ending its restrictions on full facial hair and visible tattoos.
Following widespread public outcry, the chief of the Fairfax County (VA) Police Department reinstated an officer who he had suspended for detaining an undocumented immigrant so that an official from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could come and take him into custody.
An officer with the Fairfax County (VA) Police Department has been suspended from duty because he assisted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in identifying and taking into custody an undocumented immigrant who was a fugitive after failing to appear for a deportation hearing.
An officer with the Newport News (VA) Police Department responded to an unusual home invasion call on Tuesday as a couple reported to the non-emergency number that a squirrel was trapped in a fireplace.
The "Uptown Funk" lip sync challenge video that gained almost instant Internet fame was among the 10 finalists on the television special Lip Sync to the Rescue—which featured first responders singing and dancing to popular music—and ended up taking the top spot among voters.
An officer with the Herndon (VA) Police Department exchanged gunfire with a suspect on Monday night during an investigation into an alleged armed robbery—neither the gunman nor the officer was struck.
Police in Virginia successfully arrested a naked man suspected of murdering three people in Pittsylvania County on Tuesday.
Officers with the Prince George County Police Department welcomed two new officers and a new K-9 to its ranks on Monday.