List of law enforcement agencies in Virginia explained

This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Virginia.

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 340 law enforcement agencies employing 22,848 sworn police officers, about 293 for each 100,000 residents.^[1]

State agencies

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Charitable Gaming
Virginia Department of Corrections
Virginia Department of Fire Programs - State Fire Marshal's Office
Virginia Department of Forestry
Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Law Enforcement Division
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources Conservation Police
General Assembly - Virginia Division of Capitol Police
Virginia Marine Resources Commission - Virginia Marine Police
Virginia Office of State Inspector General
Virginia Port Authority Police
Virginia State Corporation Commission - Bailiffs
Virginia State Lottery Security Division
Virginia State Parks Police
Virginia State Police

Special District agencies

Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel District and Commission Police Department

County agencies

Accomack County Sheriff's Office
Albemarle County Police Department
Albemarle County Sheriff's Office
Allegheny County Sheriff's Office
Amelia County Sheriff's Office
Amherst County Sheriff's Office
Appomattox County Sheriff's Office
Arlington County Police Department
Arlington County Sheriff's Office
Augusta County Sheriff's Office
Bath County Sheriff's Office
Bedford County Sheriff's Office
Bland County Sheriff's Office
Botetourt County Sheriff's Office
Brunswick County Sheriff's Office
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office
Buckingham County Sheriff's Office
Campbell County Sheriff's Office
Caroline County Sheriff's Office
Carroll County Sheriff's Office
Charles City County Sheriff's Office
Charlotte County Sheriff's Office
Chesterfield County Police Department
Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office
Clarke County Sheriff's Office
Craig County Sheriff's Office
Culpeper County Sheriff's Office
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
Dickenson County Sheriff's Office
Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Office
Essex County Sheriff's Office
Fairfax County Police Department
Fairfax County Sheriff's Office
Fauquier County Sheriff's Office
Floyd County Sheriff's Office

Fluvanna County Sheriff's Office
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Frederick County Sheriff's Office
Giles County Sheriff's Office
Gloucester County Sheriff's Office
Goochland County Sheriff's Office
Grayson County Sheriff's Office
Greene County Sheriff's Office
Greensville County Sheriff's Office
Halifax County Sheriff's Office
Hanover County Sheriff's Office
Henrico County Police Department
Henrico County Sheriff's Office
Henry County Sheriff's Office
Highland County Sheriff's Office
Isle of Wight County Sheriff's Office
James City County Police Department
King and Queen County Sheriff's Office
King George County Sheriff's Office
King William County Sheriff's Office
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office
Lee County Sheriff's Office
Loudoun County Sheriff's Office
Louisa County Sheriff's Office
Lunenburg County Sheriff's Office
Madison County Sheriff's Office
Mathews County Sheriff's Office
Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office
Middlesex County Sheriff's Office
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Nelson County Sheriff's Office
New Kent County Sheriff's Office
Northampton County Sheriff's Office
Northumberland County Sheriff's Office

Nottoway County Sheriff's Office
Orange County Sheriff's Office
Page County Sheriff's Office
Patrick County Sheriff's Office
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office
Powhatan County Sheriff's Office
Prince Edward County Sheriff's Office
Prince George County Police Department
Prince George County Sheriff's Office
Prince William County Police Department
Prince William County Sheriff's Office
Pulaski County Sheriff's Office
Rappahanock County Sheriff's Office
Richmond County Sheriff's Office
Roanoke County Police Department
Roanoke County Sheriff's Office
Rockbridge County Sheriff's Office
Rockingham County Sheriff's Office
Russell County Sheriff's Office
Scott County Sheriff's Office
Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office
Smyth County Sheriff's Office
Southampton County Sheriff's Office
Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office
Stafford County Sheriff's Office
Surry County Sheriff's Office
Sussex County Sheriff's Office
Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
Warren County Sheriff's Office
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office
Williamsburg-James City County Sheriff's Office
Wise County Sheriff's Office
Wythe County Sheriff's Office
York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office

City agencies

Alexandria Sheriff's Office
Alexandria Police Department
Bristol Sheriff's Office
Bristol Police Department
Buena Vista Sheriff's Office
Buena Vista Police Department
Charlottesville Sheriff's Office
Charlottesville Police Department
Chesapeake Sheriff's Office
Chesapeake Police Department ^[2]
Colonial Heights Sheriff's Office
Colonial Heights Police Department
Covington Division of Police
Danville Sheriff's Office
Danville Police Department
Fairfax Sheriff's Office
City of Fairfax Police Department
City of Falls Church Sheriff's Office
City of Falls Church Police Department
Franklin Police Department
Fredericksburg Sheriff's Office
Fredericksburg Police Department

Galax Police Department
Hampton Sheriff's Office
Hampton Police Department
Harrisonburg Police Department
Hopewell Sheriff's Office
Hopewell Police Department
Lexington Police Department
Lynchburg Sheriff's Office
Lynchburg Police Department
Manassas Police Department
Manassas Park Police Department
Martinsville Sheriff's Office
Martinsville Police Department
Newport News Sheriff's Office
Newport News Police Department
- Newport News Park Rangers
Norfolk Sheriff's Office
Norfolk Police Department
Norton Sheriff's Office
Norton Police Department
Petersburg Sheriff's Office
Petersburg Bureau of Police

Poquoson Police Department
Portsmouth Sheriff's Office
Portsmouth Police Department
Radford Sheriff's Office
Radford Police Department
Richmond Sheriff's Office
Richmond Police Department
Roanoke City Sheriff's Office
Roanoke Police Department
Salem Sheriff's Office
Salem Police Department
Staunton Sheriff's Office
Staunton Police Department
Suffolk Sheriff's Office
Suffolk Police Department
Virginia Beach Police Department
Virginia Beach, Virginia Sheriff's Office
Waynesboro Sheriff's Office
Waynesboro Police Department
Williamsburg Police Department
Winchester Sheriff's Office
Winchester Police Department

Town agencies

Town agencies include:^[3]

Abingdon Police Department
Alberta Police Department
Altavista Police Department
Amherst Police Department
Appalachia Police Department
Ashland Police Department
Bedford Police Department
Berryville Police Department
Big Stone Gap Police Department
Blackstone Police Department
Bluefield Police Department
Boones Mill Police Department
Bowling Green Police Department
Blacksburg Police Department
Boydton Police Department
Boykins Police Department
Bridgewater Police Department
Broadway Police Department
Brodnax Police Department
Brookneal Police Department
Burkeville Police Department
Cape Charles Police Department
Cedar Bluff Police Department
Chase City Police Department
Chatham Police Department
Chilhowie Police Department
Chincoteague Police Department
Christiansburg Police Department
Clarksville Police Department
Clifton Forge Police Department
Clinchco Police Department
Clintwood Police Department
Coeburn Police Department
Colonial Beach Police Department
Courtland Police Department
Craigsville Police Department
Crewe Police Department
Culpeper Police Department
Damascus Police Department
Dayton Police Department
Drakes Branch Police Department
Dublin Police Department
Dumfries Police Department
Eastville Police Department
Elkton Police Department
Emporia Police Department
Exmore Police Department
Farmville Police Department
Front Royal Police Department
Gate City Police Department
Glade Spring Police Department
Glasgow Police Department
Glen Lyn Police Department
Gordonsville Police Department
Gretna Police Department
Grottoes Police Department
Grundy Police Department
Halifax Police Department
Hallwood Police Department
Haymarket Police Department
Haysi Police Department
Herndon Police Department
Hillsville Police Department
Hurt Police Department
Independence Police Department
Jonesville Police Department
Kenbridge Police Department
Kilmarnock Police Department
La Crosse Police Department
Lawrenceville Police Department
Lebanon Police Department
Leesburg Police Department
Louisa Police Department
Luray Police Department
Marion Police Department
McKenney Police Department
Middleburg Police Department
Middletown Police Department
Mount Jackson Police Department
New Market Police Department
Newsoms Police Department
Narrows Police Department
Occoquan Police Department
Onancock Police Department
Onley Police Department
Orange Police Department
Parksley Police Department
Pearisburg Police Department
Pembroke Police Department
Pennington Gap Police Department
Pocahontas Police Department
Pulaski Police Department
Purcellville Police Department
Quantico Police Department
Remington Police Department
Rich Creek Police Department
Richlands Police Department
Rocky Mount Police Department
Rural Retreat Police Department
Saltville Police Department
Scottsville Police Department
Shenandoah Police Department
Smithfield Police Department
South Boston Police Department
South Hill Police Department
Stanley Police Department
St. Paul Police Department
Stephens City Police Department
Strasburg Police Department
Tangier Island Police Department
Tappahannock Police Department
Tazewell Police Department
Timberville Police Department
Victoria Police Department
Vienna Police Department
Vinton Police Department
Warrenton Police Department
Warsaw Police Department
Weber City Police Department
West Point Police Department
White Stone Police Department
Windsor Police Department^[4]
Wise Police Department
Woodstock Police Department
Wytheville Police Department

Airport agencies

Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Department of Public Safety
Lynchburg Regional Airport Police Department
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department
Norfolk International Airport Police Department
Peninsula Airport Commission Police Department (Newport News/Williamsburg International)
Richmond International Airport Police Department
Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport Public Safety Department

University/college police agencies

Blue Ridge Community College Public Safety Department
Bridgewater College Police and Safety Department
Central Virginia Community College Department of Public Safety and Police
Christopher Newport University Police Department
College of William and Mary Police Department
Eastern Virginia Medical School Police and Public Safety Department
Emory and Henry College Campus Police and Security Department
Ferrum College Police Department
George Mason University Department of Police and Public Safety
Germanna Community College Police Department
Hampden-Sydney College Department of Security and Police
Hampton University Police Department
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Police Department
James Madison University Department of Public Safety
Liberty University Police Department
Longwood University Police Department
Laurel Ridge Community College Campus Police and Security Department
Mountain Empire Community College Police Department
Norfolk State University Police Department
Northern Virginia Community College Police Department
Old Dominion University Police Department
Patrick & Henry Community College Police Department
Piedmont Virginia Community College Department of Public Safety and Police Department
Radford University Police Department
Regent University Police Department
Richard Bland College of William and Mary Police Department
Southwest Virginia Community College Police Department
University of Mary Washington Police Department
University of Richmond Police Department
University of Virginia Police Department
University of Virginia's College at Wise Police Department
Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department
Virginia Highlands Community College Police Department
Virginia Military Institute Police Department
Virginia Peninsula Community College Police Department
Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind Office of Public Safety
Virginia State University Department of Police and Public Safety
Virginia Tech Police Department
Virginia Union University Police Department
Virginia Western Community College Police Department
Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center Police Department
Wytheville Community College Police Department

Private police departments

Aquia Harbour Police Department https://www.aquiaharbourpolice.org/
Bridgewater Airpark Police Department
Babcock & Wilcox Police Department
Carilion Clinic Police and Security Services Department https://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/ex-carilion-janitor-s-suit-alleges-false-arrest-by-carilion/article_75e7f173-1442-506e-8363-309de0c92ff5.html
Kings Dominion Park Police Department
Kingsmill Police Department http://www.kingsmillpolice.org/
Lake Monticello Police Department https://www.fluvannacounty.org/sheriff/page/lake-monticello-police-department
Wintergreen Police Department https://www.wintergreenpolice.org/

Per Virginia Code 9.1-101, which provides that any DCJS recognized Private Police Departments in existence as of January 1, 2013, shall remain authorized Virginia Private Police Departments. In section 3 of the code it lists as follows: "3. That, for the purposes of this act, the following private police departments were in existence on January 1, 2013, and were recognized as private police departments by the Department of Criminal Justice Services at that time: Aquia Harbor Police Department, the Babcock and Wilcox Police Department, the Bridgewater Airpark Police Department, the Carilion Police and Security Services Department, the Kings Dominion Park Police Department, the Kingsmill Police Department, the Lake Monticello Police Department, the Massanutten Police Department, and the Wintergreen Police Department."^[5]

Federal Law Enforcement

Department of Defense Police
Defense Logistics Agency Police (Fort Belvoir and Richmond)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation Police Department (Quantico)
Federal Protective Service
Fort Barfoot
Fort Belvoir
Fort Eustis
Fort Gregg-Adams
Fort Meade
Fort Walker
Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation
Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall
Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek
Langley Air Force Base
Mount Weather (FEMA) Police
NASA Langley Research Center
Naval Air Station Oceana
Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
Naval Station Norfolk
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Office of the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia
Office of the United States Marshal for the Western District of Virginia
Surface Combat Systems Center Wallops Island
US Customs and Border Protection
US Department of Veterans Affairs Police Richmond, Hampton and Salem Virginia
United States Drug Enforcement Administration
United States Park Police
National Park Service (Law Enforcement-Ranger)
United States Pentagon Police
U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System
United States Secret Service

Railroad Police

Amtrak Police Department
CSX Railroad Police Department
Metro Transit Police Department
Norfolk Southern Railroad Police Department

Defunct law enforcement agencies

Appomattox Police Department
Bassett Police Department
Buchanan Police Department
Castlewood Police Department
Central State Hospital Public Safety - Police & Fire - Converted to Security in 2015 by order of DCJS and DBHDS
Clover Police Department
Dorchester Police Department
DuPont Police Department
Eastern State Hospital Police - Converted to Security in 2015 by order of DCJS and DBHDS
Edinburg Police Department - Absorbed by Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office 7/2015
Floyd Police Department
Fries Police Department
Honaker Police Department - disbanded in 2024 ^[6]
Iron Gate Police Department
Irvington Police Department
Massanutten Police Department - Disbanded in 2020 ^[7]
Montross Police Department
New Castle Police Department
Norfolk County Police Department
Norfolk County Sheriff's Office
Osaka Police Department
Portsmouth Marine Terminal Police - Merged into the VPAP in the 1970s
Pound Police Department - disbanded in 2021 ^[8]
Princess Anne County Police Department
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority Police Department
Saint Paul's College Police Department
South Norfolk Police Department
Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute Police - Converted to Security in 2015 by order of DCJS and DBHDS
Stonega Police Department
Toms Creek Police Department
Urbanna Police Department
Virginia Defense Force Military Police Company^[9] - Dissolved in major force-wide reorganization in fall 2013
Virginia Department of Prohibition Enforcement - Absorbed by Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Wakefield Police Department
Waverly Police Department - Police Services Agreement with Sussex County Sheriff's Office effective May 1, 2021

Notes and References

2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
Web site: Police Department . City of Chesapeake . 3 June 2021.
Web site: Criminal Justice Directory . Department of Criminal Justice Services, Virginia . 2015-07-22 .
Web site: Windsor Police . Town of Windsor . 11 April 2021.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+CHAP0195 lis.virginia.gov
Web site: Honaker Police votes to transition with Russell County Sheriff's Office.
Web site: Massanutten Property Owners Association votes to transition from Massanutten Police to Rockingham County Sheriff's Office.
Web site: Town decides to terminate every officer including the chief.
Web site: Va. Defense Force serves as a backup to Guard.