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New VSI License Plates Offered

You can now show your support for law enforcement by displaying a specialized DMV license plate on your car.  The proposed “I Support Sheriffs” theme and design has already received approval from our Board of Directors. But before DMV can develop and issue these specialized license plates, the General Assembly requires us to accumulate a…


Sheriff’s Office Goes “Pink” to Support Breast Cancer Awareness

The Washington County Virginia Sheriff’s Office has gone pink to support breast cancer awareness in Washington County.   Back in October, Washington County Sheriff Fred Newman decided the Sheriff’s Office needed to help bring awareness to the terrible disease of breast cancer.  A new 2010 white Dodge Charger was selected to be striped with the traditional…


Vacationing Deputy Saves Two Lives in Fiery Crash

Sheriff’s Deputies off duty are still on duty.  An Alexandria deputy sheriff was vacationing in Virginia Beach when a car traveling ahead of her crashed and smoke began swirling above the car. Deputy Teneka King didn’t hesitate at the post midnight crash, to leap from her personal vehicle and run to the scene to rescue the…