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Yesterday we helped
@KellamHigh
's Andrew Starling with his senior
#promproposal
for his girlfriend Haley Bain ... and she said yes!
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Thank you to Thunder, Sadie and Winnie (not pictured) for coming by the
@CityofVaBeach
Family Assistance Center this afternoon to provide comfort to all of us in the wake of Friday’s tragedy. You truly brightened our day.
#VBStrong
💙🐾
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Statement from Sheriff
@kenstolle
on behalf of the
#VirginiaBeach
Sheriff’s Office regarding today’s active shooter incident:
#LoveForVB
#VirginiaBeachStrong
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Even though it's April and chilly, K9 Gaston still loves to go to work with handler Master Deputy Aaron Whitehead. Gaston loves his purple Kong toy and keeping an eye on MD Whitehead wherever he goes. Good boy!!
#woof
#K9deputies
#sheriffsoffice
#sheriffsdeputies
#workingdogs
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Your awesome
#VirginiaBeach
public safety team - the
@VBPD
and VBSO - working together during
@sitw
! Kudos to all the dedicated first responders working this weekend.
#SITWfest
#publicsafety
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8
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We have volunteered at Kempsville Meadows Elementary on the
#firstdayofschool
for the past 18 yrs. Even though school is starting virtually this year we couldn't let the day pass without showing our support! We hope all of our
@vbschools
students & staff have a GREAT SCHOOL YEAR!
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CONGRATULATIONS to the 14 deputy recruits of our 49th Basic Academy Class on their graduation today! We are so proud of you and your commitment to protect and serve
#VirginiaBeach
.
#LawEnforcement
#publicsafety
#heroes
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Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
! Today celebrates the "social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women" and promotes gender parity worldwide. We're proud of the women of the VBSO and all our sisters in
#lawenforcementt
!
#IWD
#BalancedforBetter
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Our night traffic control crew is ready to rock for the last night of
@sitw
! Get home safe, everyone!
#SITWfest
#SITW
#publicsafety
#SundayFunday
👮♀️👮♂️🚗🚙✌️
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Have a GREAT first day of school, Virginia Beach! 🚌📚✏️
#VBFirstday
#VirginiaBeach
#BacktoSchool2021
#BacktoSchool
#FirstDayofSchool
#LawEnforcement
#PublicSafety
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The outpouring of love and support we have received during the past 10+ days has been tremendous and provided so much comfort during this difficult time. Whether it was dropping off food or flowers, we can never thank everyone enough. We are truly grateful. Thank you.
#VBStrong
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Big smiles like these are why we volunteer with Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs every year!
#fishing
#volunteer
🎣
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Congratulations to Chief Deputy N. “Rocky” Holcomb III and Sgt. Wayne Golden Jr. for their 30 years of service to the City of Virginia Beach! Thank you for your hard work and dedication.
#dedication
#cityofVB
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Yesterday a few of our Workforce deputies conducted an important rescue mission after finding a citizen in distress in the busy intersection of Rosemont and Holland roads. The citizen was safely removed from the situation and given a courtesy ride to a nearby pond 💚🐢👮♂️
#turtle
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Yesterday was a great day for our city with everyone working together to have fun and be safe. Who’s ready for the final day of
@sitw
?! We are!
#letsdothis
#SITW
#SITWfest
#publicsafety
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We wanted our
#LipSyncChallenge
video to be fun, but also have a special meaning. What are your hopes and dreams for
#oneday
? We hope everyone will support
@SOlympicsVA
and Law Enforcement United! Full video via
@YouTube
: .
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Awesome VB FOP 8 Cops & Kids shopping event today! Thx VBSO deputies,
@VBPD
officers and
@VirginiaABC
officers for helping make christmases merry and bright!!
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No property damage or injuries in second night of protests in
#VirginiaBeach
. We’re proud of our deputy sheriffs for supporting the
@VBPD
in their response and for ensuring the safety of our city without use of force. News release from the
@CityofVaBeach
: .
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Happy Law Enforcement Appreciation Day to all of the men and women who serve and protect our community every day, including our brothers and sisters at the
@VBPD
!
#LawEnforcementAppreciationDay
#VirginiaBeach
#LawEnforcement
#ThinBlueLine
#heroes
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Law enforcement officers are the real superheroes! “Like” if you agree!
#LawEnforcement
#superheroes
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We recently welcomed a new explosive-detecting
#K9
into the VBSO family! K9 Gaston is a 3-year-old
#germanshepherd
given to us this year by an anonymous donor. His job is to screen the
#virginiabeach
Courthouse and other public areas for guns and explosives.
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We hosted some bright young women today as part of
@vbschools
’ Official for a Day program! They came and spent the day with us from Salem, Kellam and Kempsville high schools. We enjoyed sharing what we do and encouraging them in their future career paths.
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Master Deputy II Tony Natalzia & K9 Candy, the VBSO's first narcotics-detection dog, walked out through a sea of salutes Monday after nearly 10 years of service & thousands of operational searches. She was diagnosed with cancer last week. We will miss you, K9 Candy! 💔🐾
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Remembering our brothers and sisters in blue who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
#PoliceWeek2017
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We are incredibly sad to hear the news of MPO Kelvin Bailey's passing. He was a great public servant and dedicated his life to keeping our community safe for 26+ years at the
@VBPD
and VBSO. We are draping our badges in his honor. Rest in peace, MPO Bailey.
#RIP
#endofwatch
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31
In honor of Black History Month, we would like to highlight some of the black leaders we have here at the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office.
#BlackHistoryMonth2019
#BlackHistory
#LawEnforcement
👮🏿♂️
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How was everyone’s
#firstdayofschool
? We loved seeing all the smiling faces today at Kempsville Meadows Elementary School! 📚🍎✏️👮♂️
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Prayers for
#Dallas
, our country and all our brothers and sisters in uniform.
#SupportLawEnforcement
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Congratulations to Capt. Kathy Vargas on graduating from the
@FBI
National Academy! The academy is a prestigious 10-week leadership program for law enforcement. We’re proud of you and glad to have you back home at the VBSO! (She’s a lieutenant in the photo.)
@FBINAAQuantico
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@TamaraScottWAVY
@VBPD
@sitw
@WAVY_News
Thanks for doing a great job covering the festival and showing our law enforcement in a positive light!
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Sheriff
@kenstolle
: All VBSO deputies will be draping their badges in honor of the fallen
@DallasPD
officers
#Dallas
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The moment we’ve all been waiting for is here! Check out our
#LipSyncChallenge
video featuring
@SOlympicsVA
! Thank you to
@TazewellSheriff
for challenging us. We challenge YOU to support
@SOlympicsVA
and Law Enforcement United! Full video via
@YouTube
: .
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There’s a new sheriff in town! CONGRATULATIONS
#VirginiaBeach
Sheriff
@Rocky_Holcomb
, the city’s 7th sheriff & the 1st to rise through the ranks of the VBSO. And thank you to newly retired Sheriff
@kenstolle
Stolle for 13 terrific years as sheriff & 43 years of public service!
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Happy Law Enforcement Appreciation Day to all of the men and women who serve and protect our community every day, including our brothers and sisters at the Virginia Beach Police Department!
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Deputy Recruit A. DeMay graduated from
@FrankWCoxHS
YESTERDAY & started his first day of work at the
#VirginiaBeach
Sheriff's Office TODAY! We lowered our hiring age to 18 this year to recruit young people who are eager to serve their community & start their public safety career.
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We enjoyed spending today with these outstanding young women from Green Run and Landstown high schools as part of
@vbschools
’ Official for a Day program! They represent the future of
#publicsafety
in
#VirginiaBeach
. (And K9 Candy especially appreciated the extra love!)
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Update: VB jail Inmate Michael Fetter has completed another mural to be placed in the VBSO's muster room. Fetter's first mural transformed a drab hallway into a masterpiece. Fetter is a talented man whose artwork will forever be appreciated and admired at the VBSO.
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We hope everyone is staying safe and warm (and off the roads) tonight! We're sending warm thoughts from the
@CityofVaBeach
emergency shelter at Landstown High School.
#winterstormgrayson
#GraysonVB
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Thank you to our deputies working today and the
@VaNationalGuard
for responding to
#WinterStormHelena
.
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The results are in! Thanks to YOU, we raised $1,992.25 for
@SOlympicsVA
at yesterday’s Cover a Cruiser event! Thank you to all of our generous donors, our awesome volunteers and
@Wawa
on Ferrell Parkway for hosting us!
#coveracruiser
#givingback
👏👏👏
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Congratulations to
@VBPD
Chief Jim Cervera on his retirement! Thank you for your dedication to protecting and serving the
@CityofVaBeach
for the past 40+ years.
Check this out! Officers honored the retirement of
#VirginiaBeach
's Police Chief Jim Cervera after nearly five decades of service!
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For
#MaskMonday
, we’d like to give a shout out to Pharrell Williams’
@YELLOWORG
for recently donating about 2,000
@adidasoriginals
masks to us! Thank you for helping us stay safe!
#WearAMask
🙏😷
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Thanks to everyone who came out and supported Sheriff
@Rocky_Holcomb
inaugural Turkey Bowl at Kempsville HS today. $3,705 was raised for
@vbedfound
’s Beach Bags program feeding food insecure students on the weekends and on school breaks.
@VBPD
@VBRescueEMS
@vbschools
🦃🏈💰🍎
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As the largest city jail in the state of Virginia, the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office holds public safety as its top priority. Jail searches are important to ensure the safety of our over 500 person staff as well as the 1000 plus inmates in our custody.
@kenstolle
@CityofVaBeach
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This is your night shift keeping our
#VirginiaBeach
residents safe if they need to take shelter at the Brickell Academy (Old Donation School) during
#HurricaneDorian
! Thanks to the Haygood
@Chanellos_Pizza
for providing dinner to keep them well fed! 🍕 🍕 🍕
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1
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In honor of
#EarthDay
we dropped off 1,093 recycled prescription bottles at the
@vbspca
Clinic this week! The clinic uses them to reduce costs and keep them out of landfills. Our staff has donated more than 10k prescription bottles to the clinic since 2016!
#EarthDay2021
🌎
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COMING SOON: The VBSO’s
#LipSyncChallenge
video! We had a blast filming on Monday and are in the editing process now. We had some very special guests participate for a great cause that’s near and dear to our hearts. We look forward to sharing the finished product with you soon!
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5
25
Congratulations to the 17 graduates of the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office 54th Basic Academy Class! Welcome to the VBSO family!
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Our night team working traffic control at the
#VirginiaBeach
amphitheater for
@sitw
tonight! We’re ready!
#SITWfest
#publicsafety
#selfie
👮♀️👮♂️🚗🚙🚌
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Thank you to London Bridge Trading for donating 50 cloth masks today for the protection of our staff!
#Covid_19
#PublicSafety
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Our deputies - actually our Undersheriff, captain and lieutenants - volunteering overnight last night to ensure a safe all-night grad event for Kempsville High School!
@KempsvillehsSAC
#givingback
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Our deputies are wearing green ribbons this month in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month! Thank you to the
@VBPD
and NAMI Coastal Virginia for sharing with us.
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
#MentalHealthMatters
#LawEnforcement
#mentalhealth
#VirginiaBeach
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Congratulations to the graduates of our 45th Basic Academy Class! These 18 outstanding deputies have completed 16 weeks of vigorous training. They'll have an exciting and busy first weekend on the job helping maintain
#publicsafety
during the
#SITWfest
and College Beach Weekend.
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4
22
And they’re off! Good luck to the 400 cyclists and 150 support staff making the three-day trek to Washington to honor our fallen
#LawEnforcement
officers and kick off
#NationalPoliceWeek
. This is Law Enforcement United’s 10-year anniversary. (w/Sheriff
@kenstolle
)
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5
23
Happy Independence Day from the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office! Please celebrate responsibly and have a safe and happy holiday weekend.
#IndependenceDay
#July4th
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6
23
Congratulations to VBSO Deputy Brianna Willen who graduated this week from
@ODU
with a Bachelor of Arts and Letters degree in Criminal Justice. This is Deputy Willen’s second Bachelor’s degree. We are so proud of your accomplishment.
#sheriffsoffice
#lawenforcement
#education
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We’re so grateful for everyone in our community who has stepped up to donate masks to protect our deputies & civilians on the job. Thank you for helping us stay safe! If you want to donate, please contact Community Outreach Capt. Rick Norris at hnorris
@vbso
.net or 757-385-5026.
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It’s that time again! Time to Cover a Cruiser for
@SOlympicsVA
! Come out to the
@Wawa
at 5048 Ferrell Parkway tomorrow from 6:30 am to 1:30 pm to make a donation and get your name on our cruiser. Absolutely all of the money goes to support our amazing Special Olympics athletes!
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6
21
Sheriff
@kenstolle
and our Inmate Workforce are out helping clean up the neighborhoods struck by yesterday's tornado
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VBSO Auxiliary Deputy Heather Ward and Virginia Beach Police Officers C. Mayberry and A. Espinosa visited Strawbridge Elementary Wednesday to engage with students while they ate lunch. They opened milk cartons for the students and gave everyone a high five!!
#teamwork
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VB Correctional Center Inmate Michael Fetter has finished his third mural, this time for Sheriff Ken Stolle's Workforce!! They are therapeutic masterpieces🎨 for Fetter and beautiful art pieces that will forever be appreciated and admired at the VBSO. Thank you, Michael!
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Thank you to this kind young man for buying gift cards for several of our deputies and
@VBPD
officers who were having breakfast at
@ChickfilA
this morning! He said they were a thank you gift for keeping everyone safe. 🙏👮♂️🥰
#ThankYou
#kindness
#PublicSafety
#community
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22
We’re out directing traffic for day three of
@sitw
! Click here for info. on the festival, including transportation and parking options: . Have a great day,
#VirginiaBeach
!
#SITWfest
#CityofVABeach
👮♂️👮♀️🚙🚗😎
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No matter where they are, our deputies will literally stop in their tracks to help people. They proved it yesterday when a few of our Law Enforcement United cyclists and support staff stopped to help a woman change a flat tire on their way into DC after cycling nearly 250 miles!
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4
22
Today is the first day of our 50th Basic Academy Class! Good Iuck to the nine deputy recruits on their 16 weeks of training!
#LawEnforcement
#Training
#ThinBlueLine
#VirginiaBeach
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2
22
Congratulations to all our new deputies from the 51st Basic Academy Class!! Welcome to the VBSO team!
#lawenforcement
#sheriffsdeputies
#sheriffsoffice
#basicacademygraduation
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Today we were honored to have a very special surprise at our Employee Appreciation Picnic! The
@NorfolkAdmirals
presented Cpl. Guy Saucier with an Anchors of Our Community award for his 30+ years of public service. Congratulations to Cpl. Saucier and thank you to the Admirals!
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2
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Thank you to everyone who came to our food drive yesterday. In 4 hours we filled 3 large vehicles with food, personal items, and 5 turkeys. We also received $546 in cash donations for the
@FoodbankSEVA
Mayflower Marathon. Great teamwork!
@VBPD
@VBRescueEMS
@VirginiaBeachFD
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In honor of
#NationalDogDay
, we want to celebrate all of our four-legged family members who love and support our men and women in blue! This is Operations Deputy Amanda Vela with her 8-year-old rescue Athena May. Comment and share a photo of your favorite canine companion! 🐾
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Thank you to
@WTCookeSchool
for inviting us to the drive-through promotion for its 5th graders yesterday! We are one of Cooke’s Partners in Education & grew attached to these students throughout the school year, so we’re so glad we got to celebrate them before middle school!
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Thank you to
@AaronRouseVaBch
for sharing some words of wisdom with the kids participating in Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs this morning!
#fishing
#leadership
#givingback
1
4
20
Today we’re conducting Active Threat Training at The
@virginianpilot
production plant in
#virginiabeach
. After the horrific shooting at the Capital Gazette, we wanted to offer our training to The Pilot so they will feel empowered to act in the event they ever face a threat.
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With summer in full swing, we are officially launching our participation in Operation Chill! Through
#OperationChill
, our deputies will be “ticketing” Virginia Beach kids for doing good deeds this summer. The “tickets” are redeemable for a FREE small
@slurpee
at any
@7eleven
!
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Virginia Beach jail visitation for today is CANCELED to an incident at the
#virginiabeach
Municipal Center. The Weekender Program is also CANCELED and weekender inmates should NOT report to the jail this evening. We have no additional information to provide at this time.
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We’ve had a special visitor at the
#virginiabeach
Correctional Center recently. This little stinker is certainly dressed appropriately for a jail environment, but he’s been very well behaved (unlike some of his famous counterparts ... we’re talking about you, Pepe Le Pew!).
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5
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Happy
#FirstDayOfSchool2019
! We’re in our 17th year
#volunteering
at
@KempsMeadowsES
to help students and staff have a safe and successful start to the school year! Have a great year, everyone!
#FirstDayOfSchool
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2
20
We had a great time on Friday helping
@WTCookeSchool
kick off Reading and Kindness Month!
#Reading
#kindness
#BeKind
#KindnessMatters
#givingback
We appreciate the very special guest readers that helped to kick off Reading and Kindness month!
@VBSO
@CongerCasey
@WTCookeSchool
Thanks
@CookeesLit
and
@misswrightcooke
for your flawless collaboration to make it happen!
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6
20
Happy retirement Chief Deputy Victoria "Toria" Thomson! Thank you for your 31 years of service to the VBSO and the people of Virginia Beach! You've more than earned your R&R!
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0
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Congratulations to Lt. Karen Johnson on earning
@FBILEEDA
’s Trilogy Award, which goes to
#LawEnforcement
leaders who have completed its Leadership, Command and Executive Leadership Institutes (yes, she’s a TRIPLE THREAT!). 💪💪💪
Congratulations and well done, Lt. Johnson!
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What a beautiful weekend for
@JandARacing
Chartway’s 10-miler & 5K at the Oceanfront. Thanks to our VBSO volunteers including recruits from our Basic Academy 55-23! Congratulations to Chief Deputy Tina Mapes who ran the 5K on Sat. and the 10-miler on Sun.! 🏃♀️ ☀️ 👟
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We’re so proud of all our deputies and our brothers and sisters at the
@VBPD
for their efforts this past weekend.
#CBW18
#VABeachWeekend
#publicsafety
#lawenforcement
1
5
19
We’re sad to share the news that K9 Candy has passed away after a brief battle with cancer. We are grateful for her 10 years of faithful service leading up to her retirement this week. RIP, Candy. You will be greatly missed.
#LawEnforcement
#RIP
#VirginiaBeach
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We are having an awesome time at Green Run’s
#NationalNightOut
! We have deputies and civilians at locations throughout
#VirginiaBeach
. Come out and say hi!
#NationalNightOut2019
#community
1
3
19
VBSO’s LGBT Liaison MD Heidi Evertson attended a roundtable discussion with
@norfolk_sheriff
LGBT Liaison Lt. Meryah Breeden, NSO LIDS mgr Virginia Rader &
@GovernorVA
Glenn Youngkin about LGBTQ issues. Great talk during Pride month!
#equality
#pridemonth
#lawenforcement
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Thank you VBSO Deputy Cameron Vasser for spotting a concealed firearm (no permit) on a person at the Oceanfront on April 23rd as you patrolled with our
@VBPD
partners, keeping our Oceanfront safe for citizens to enjoy!
#VBPD
#sheriffsoffice
#thinblueline
#protectandserve
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4
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We are draping our badges for
#NationalPoliceWeek
in honor of the brave law enforcement officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.
#LawEnforcement
#PublicSafety
#ThinBlueLine
1
4
19
Thank you to Virginia Beach Council of PTAs President Alice Catherman for the generous donation she dropped off today for our Community Fund! The donation was a thank you for our deputies volunteering to provide security at
@KHS_Chiefs
' all-night graduation party. 👨🎓🎉
1
6
19
We know a lot of folks were bummed by the cancelation of last night’s performances for
@sitw
, but we want everyone to be safe & we’re excited for take two today! We still enjoyed doing a not-so-dry run with
@CityofVaBeach
Councilwoman &
@VBPD
Chaplain
@sabrinadwooten
!
#SITWfest
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As preparations continue for Something in the Water later this month, we stand ready to help the
@CityofVaBeach
and
@VBPD
ensure everyone has a fun and safe visit to our beautiful city!
#SITWfest
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Today we honored the Virginia Beach law enforcement officers and military members who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our citizens and visitors. We will never forget these heroes nor the families they left behind.
#lawenforcement
#sheriffsoffice
#sheriffkenstolle
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VBSO protecting the community during festivals and sporting events and so much more! Thank you Lt. Clark and Lt. Harvey for working the East Coast She-Crab Soup Classic Saturday afternoon.
#sheriffsdeputies
#protectandserve
#communityfirst
#shecrabsoup
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We just dropped off 10 bags of winter coats & pants at the Judeo Christian Outreach Center! The heavy-duty, water-resistant items can no longer be used by our deputies but are still in great shape (w/patches removed). We hope they help folks in need when the cold weather returns.
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Great job,
@LandstownEagles
ROTC, presenting the colors at the opening ceremony of
@SOlympicsVA
's Little Feet Meet.
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Thanks to
@AesiaWAVY
for coming out to talk to us about the success of
@sitw
this past weekend! Tune into
@WAVY_News
tonight to see the story.
#SITW
#SITWFest
#publicsafety
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