October 4, 2024Â鶹ÊÓƵ Police’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) teams supported the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) deployment to Appalachian Power in Ivanhoe, Virginia, over the weekend. The primary mission at Ivanhoe—between Carroll and Wythe counties—was to inspect two dams, built in 1912 and 1913, as well as the power distribution lines affiliated with them.
June 8, 2023Ashanti Mumin joined Â鶹ÊÓƵ Police and Public Safety in February 2022. He worked for the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office for four years and has a background in responding to mental health crises.
November 2, 2022Five of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Police’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Teams were assigned to provide provide aerial security overwatch for Sunday’s Marine Corps Marathon and launched multiple drones into the airspace above Arlington County.
June 17, 2022On June 8, 2022, officers from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Police and Public Safety Department and the City of Fairfax Police Department ran a two-mile loop on Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Fairfax Campus as a part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run® for Special Olympics Virginia.
April 14, 2022The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Police Department is lending its aerial assets to efforts to free the large container ship stuck in the Chesapeake Bay after running aground more than a month ago.
