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Fairfax County Sheriff's Office | |
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Common name | Fairfax County Sheriff's Office |
Abbreviation | FCSO |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1742 |
Employees | 552 |
Annual budget | 24,596,887 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
Size | 407 square miles (1,050 km2) |
Population | 1,141,897 |
Governing body | Fairfax County |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. |
Deputy Sheriffs | 466 |
Civilians | 86 |
Agency executive |
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Facilities | |
Stations | 2 |
Airbases | 0 |
Jails | 2 |
Boats | 0 |
Helicopters | 0 |
Website | |
Official Website |
The Fairfax County Sheriffs Office, commonly referred to as, "FCSO," is a law enforcement agency, located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Northern Virginia region of the commonwealth. Fairfax County Sheriff serve a population of approximately 1,141,620 residents within an area of approximately 400 square miles (1,000 km2). [1]
The Fairfax County Sheriff's Office (FCSO; officially the Fairfax County Office of the Sheriff) is a law enforcement agency in Fairfax County, Virginia. It serves a population of 1,141,620 residents in Fairfax County, a Northern Virginian suburb of Washington, D.C. It is one of the largest Sheriff's Offices in Virginia with nearly 600 sworn deputies. The Sheriff and her deputies are fully sworn law enforcement officers with full arrest powers within Fairfax County, City of Fairfax and the Towns of Herndon and Vienna. The Sheriff's Office assists the Fairfax County Police Department and other law enforcement agencies to maintain peace and order in Fairfax County.
The Sheriff’s Office was created in 1742, at the same time Fairfax County was formed, and is now one of three public safety agencies responsible for the safety and well-being of the 1.1 million residents of Fairfax County. Sheriff Stacey A. Kincaid and her deputies also serves the 65,000 residents of the City of Fairfax and towns of Herndon and Vienna.
The position of Sheriff is established by the Constitution of Virginia. At best count, there have been 77 sheriffs in Fairfax County since 1742, including Sheriff Stacey A. Kincaid. Though early sheriffs served for terms of two years, the people elect the current position every four years.
In addition, the Sheriff's Office has an active community engagement program.
Sheriff Kincaid helped launch Diversion First so that incarceration would no longer be the default solution for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.
The Sheriff’s Office is accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, American Correctional Association, Virginia Department of Corrections and Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission. The Sheriff’s Office also participates in several state, county and internal audits throughout the year.
Stacey Kincaid is the Sheriff of Fairfax County, City of Fairfax and towns of Herndon and Vienna. The residents of these jurisdictions elected her in 2013, and again in 2015 and 2019, to lead the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.
Her Command Staff includes two Chief Deputies and four Majors, each of whom commands a division. The remaining rank structure, in order, includes Captain, First Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Sergeant, Master Deputy Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff First Class and Deputy Sheriff. In addition to sworn staff, the Sheriff’s Office employs civilian nurses, correctional technicians and administrative personnel to support the agency’s mission.
This is the rank structure used by the Fairfax County Police Department as of 2023.
Rank | Insignia | Description |
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Sheriff | Head of the Sheriffs Office (Elected) | |
Chief Deputy | Chief Deputy runs bureaus such as Operations & Administration | |
Major | Majors runs units such as Confinement, Support Services, Court Services, Administrative Services | |
Captain | District Station Commander / Division Commander | |
First Lieutenant | District Station / Division Assistant Commander | |
Second Lieutenant | Patrol shift / Section Supervisor | |
Sergeant | Section / Patrol Supervisor | |
Master Deputy Sheriff | Career Progression, based on competitive process. 2 per patrol shift/one per detective squad and typically are field training officers | |
Deputy Sheriff First Class | Career Progression, automatic after 4 years of satisfactory service | |
Deputy Sheriff | Career Progression, automatic after 2 years of satisfactory service | |
Probationary Deputy Sheriff | Status upon graduating the police academy |
The Sheriff's Office was formed in 1742 when Fairfax County was created from Prince William County, Virginia. The sheriff is a position established under the Virginia Constitution. [2] The sheriff is elected every four years. There have been 70 elected sheriffs in Fairfax County. As of 2022 [update] the current Sheriff is Stacey Kincaid, who was first elected in a 2013 special election, and is the county's first woman sheriff. [3]
The Fairfax County Sheriff's Office responsibilities have changed since its inception. It was the primary law enforcement agency in the county until 1940. That year Sheriff Eppa P. Kirby persuaded the Virginia General Assembly to separate the law enforcement role of the county police from the Sheriff's Office. On July 1, 1940, the Fairfax County Police Department became a separate agency under the control of Board of Supervisors. [4]
In 2015, Natasha McKenna died in the Fairfax County Jail after corrections officers tasered her during transport. [5]
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