Loudoun County Sheriff's Office

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Loudoun County Sheriff's Office
Common nameLoudoun County Sheriff
AbbreviationLCSO
Agency overview
Employees845
Annual budget$87.9 million
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionLoudoun, Virginia, U.S.
Map of Virginia highlighting Loudoun County.svg
Map of Loudoun County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction
Size521 square miles (1,350 km2)
Population420,959 (2020)
Legal jurisdiction Loudoun County
Governing body County (United States)
Constituting instrument
  • Yes
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Leesburg, Virginia
Deputies650
Civilians199
Agency executive
Website
Official Website

The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency within Loudoun County, Virginia and is the largest Sheriff's Office in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The agency is currently headed by Sheriff Michael L. Chapman who was last re-elected in 2019.

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Potential Transition to Police Department

Shortly after being re-elected in 2019, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Phyllis Randall proposed transitioning policing to a new police department while the sheriff would only be responsible for court related duties as is done in Prince William County and Fairfax County. Randall said the reason she proposed this is "I just simply don’t believe that law enforcement should be political." [1] However, Sheriff Michael L. Chapman has stated that "[Loudoun Residents] are happy with the service they are getting, and it’s almost like, 'Why is there going to be a move to try and fix something that’s not broken?' it just seems to me to be a matter of just exercising power and control." [2]

In 2012, the Board of Supervisors asked for a report about a potential transition and the commission responsible strongly recommended keeping the current system citing decreased state funding due to low crime rates and the idea that a police chief would be equally political when appointed. [3]

To implement a police department a referendum is required and must be approved by voters in the county and enacted by the Virginia General Assembly. [4] [5]

In 2022, the Board of Supervisors announced that it would no longer seek the transition following an extensive report on the subject was released by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The report recommended that the transition not go forward due to several reasons, including the cost (estimated to be between $200 and $300 million), the LCSO's very high satisfaction rates among county citizens, and the low crime rate of the county. [6]

List of sheriffs

List of sheriffs of Loudoun County, Virginia
NumberPortraitNameTermPartyElectoral History
1stAeneas Campbell1757
–
Unknown		IndependentAppointed in 1757

at the creation of Loudoun County [7] [8]

UnknownElijah Viers White1867
–
Unknown		IndependentElected 1867 [9]
UnknownThomas W. EdwardsJanuary 1, 1908
–
December 31, 1923		IndependentElected 1907

Re-elected 1911

Re-elected 1915

Re-elected 1919

UnknownEugene Adrian1930sIndependentElected 1931 [10] [11]
UnknownS. Paul AlexanderJanuary 1, 1940
–
June 5, 1951		 Democratic Elected 1939 [12]

Re-elected 1943 [13]

Re-elected 1947

Resigned [14]

UnknownCarroll S. HutchisonJune 6, 1951
–
December 31, 1951		IndependentAppointed [15] [16]
UnknownRoger Franklin PowellJanuary 1, 1952
–
December 31, 1959		 Democratic Elected in 1951 [10]

Re-elected in 1955

Lost re-election

UnknownMaurice "Max" DwyerJanuary 1, 1960
–
December 31, 1963		 Democratic Elected in 1959 [10]
UnknownRobert Willis LegardJanuary 1, 1964
–
December 31, 1979		 Democratic Elected 1963 [17]

Re-elected 1967

Re-elected 1971

Re-elected 1975

Lost re-election [18]

UnknownDonald L. LacyJanuary 1, 1980
–
December 31, 1983		 Republican Elected in 1979 [19]

Retired [20]

UnknownJohn R. IsomJanuary 1, 1984
–
December 31, 1995		 Democratic Elected in 1983 [21]

Re-elected in 1987

Re-elected in 1991 [22]

Lost re-election

Unknown Stephen O'Neil Simpson.jpg Stephen O'Neil SimpsonJanuary 1, 1996
–
December 31, 2011		 Republican Elected in 1995 [23]

Re-elected in 1999 [24]

Re-elected in 2003 [25]

Re-elected in 2007 [26]

Lost re-election

Unknown Michael Louis Chapman.jpg Michael Louis Chapman January 1, 2012
–
present		 Republican Elected in 2011 [27]

Re-elected in 2015 [28]

Re-elected in 2019 [29]

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  2. ↑ Cline, Nathaniel (November 8, 2019). "Loudoun County sheriff calls police department proposal 'a matter of exercising power and control'". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Loudoun County Government Reform Commission Memorandum". November 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ "§ 15.2-1702. Referendum required prior to establishment of county police force". law.lis.virginia.gov.
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  6. ↑ "Loudoun Co. won't pursue police department; chair seeks to raise state bar for future sheriffs". WTOP News. 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
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  9. ↑ "Confederate Officer - Visit Loudoun - Elijah White". www.visitloudoun.org.
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  14. ↑ "Loudoun News, Volume 15, Number 20". Virginia Chronicle, Library of Virginia. 7 June 1951.
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  22. ↑ "Loudoun County November 5, 1991 General Election Results".
  23. ↑ "Loudoun County November 7, 1995 General and Special Elections Results".
  24. ↑ "Loudoun County November 2, 1999 General and Special Elections Results".
  25. ↑ "Loudoun County November 4, 2003 General and Special Elections Results".
  26. ↑ "Loudoun County November 6, 2007 General and Special Elections Results".
  27. ↑ "Loudoun County November 8, 2011 General and Special Elections Results".
  28. ↑ "Loudoun County November 3, 2015 General Election Results".
  29. ↑ "Loudoun County November 5, 2019 General Election Results".

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