Incidents

Nearly eight months after Wesley G. Shifflett and James F. Sadler chased, harassed, cornered, and then murdered Timothy "Tim" McCree Johnson, a 37-year-old Black man leaving the mall, a special grand jury in Fairfax County indicted one of them for felony crimes.

Shifflett, a Fairfax County Police officer since 2016 up until April of 2023, will face a class-five felony charge of involuntary manslaughter and a second charge citing reckless handling of firearms. The special grand jury was the second to convene to consider prosecuting the February 22, 2023 murder of Mr. Johnson. The first grand jury failed to issue a true bill. Sadler, the other Fairfax County officer who shot Tim Johnson and was reportedly not in uniform at the time of the killing, was never charged with a crime.

The Fairfax County Police Department publicly announced Officer Wesley Shifflett was to be fired after body camera footage of Shifflett killing of Timothy McCree Johnson was released on Thursday, March 23, 2023. The termination was made official on April 14, 2023.

This entry serves to consolidate records on officers who have gained new employment recently (at either a different department or once again at an old department) after resigning or being dismissed amid a controversial incident, lawsuit, or highly public incident of misconduct while in their previous role.

The Criminal Justice Services Board Executive Committee meets bimonthly for two days to hear the appeals of decertified law enforcement officers.

In November 2022, Polly Griffin (formerly of VCU Police) and Jason Davis (formerly of the Buchanan County Sheriff's Office) were reinstated as law enforcement officers.

The Committee heard an appeal from Daniel Newland of the Campbell County Sheriff's Office but voted to uphold his decertification.

The Criminal Justice Services Board Executive Committee met on September 22 and 23, 2022 to discuss decertification appeals filed by several decertified Virginia police officers. The board voted to reinstate these officers.

The Criminal Justice Services Board Executive Committee meets bimonthly for two days to hear the appeals of decertified law enforcement officers, among its other duties.

"Fracker, Jacob M. Decertification Cause: 15.2-1707(A)-(1) Felony count- Conspiracy to Obstruct Official Proceeding."

"Robertson, Thomas. Decertification Cause: 15.2-1707(A)(i)- Sentenced to Multiple Felony Counts."

"Mr. Brothers was terminated from the Sheriff’s Office after an incident on April 3, 2021, in which Mrs. Gail Frenzley made a 911 call requesting assistance with her adult son, Justin, who was having a mental health crisis... Chief Williams indicated to Mr. Brothers that his eligibility as a law enforcement officer had been reinstated."

Virginia police officers and former police officers who have been charged with participation in the events of January 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

In a meeting on Dec. 17, 2020, the Criminal Justice Services Board (CJSB) Executive Committee heard appeals from officers decertified for their alleged participation in a scam perpetrated by fellow ex-officer Jeffrey Spicer. Spicer, a former Scott County Sheriff's Office Deputy, had allegedly been completing online training courses on behalf of his colleagues in exchange for money.

Steve W. Smith, Christopher K. Davidson, and Terry Sivert were all accused of utilizing Spicer's "services" and thereby failing to maintain compliance with training requirements. The particulars of each officer's offenses are alluded to in the meeting minutes.

Only Smith was successful in his appeal. The Committee voted to reinstate Smith's certification as a law enforcement officer (although the vote was not unanimous). It voted to uphold its ruling to decertify Davidson and Sivert.

"Davidson stated that he was short six training hours in 2011 and was told to make them up online. Not proficient on computers, he asked Mr. Spicer to assist him but stated that Spicer only helped him log in and out of the computer. Special Agent McClanahan stated that Davidson told him that Spicer completed six hours of his training in 2011 and took classes for him in 2013, but that he did not pay him." —Dec. 17, 2020 Meeting Minutes

Decertification Cause: Failed to comply or maintain compliance with mandated training requirements.

Daryl C. Goldsmith II (Richmond Police Department) and Sean Andrew Bujno (Norfolk Police Department) appealed to the Executive Committee for reinstatement. The Committee did not reinstate either former officer.

"Mr. Goldsmith presented a witness, Sergeant Wilkins. Captain Chris Gleason, Richmond Police, Disciplinarian Review Office, and Antoinette Tull, Human Resources Division Chief, Richmond Police, were present and testified. After questioning, Colonel Settle made a motion, seconded by Sheriff Crawford, to sustain decertification. The motion passed on a 4-1 vote with Chief Branch in opposition."

Decertification Cause: Assault and Battery Against a Family or Household Member (2 counts)

On June 20, 2018, Goldsmith plead no contest to and was convicted of a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. Under § 15.2-1707 on crimes of moral turpitude, Goldsmith was decertified.

Decertification Cause: False Entries or Destruction of Records by Officers, in the General District Court of York County

Decertification Cause §15.2-170:

Refusal to submit to drug screening