Incidents

A civil suit was filed against Paul L. Brothers IV for an assault he committed on April 3, 2021, for which Brothers was subsequently terminated from his position and briefly decertified by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

Craig County sheriff's deputies shot and killed 22-year-old Kyle Adam Mills inside his own home. He died before he could be moved to a hospital.

Steven Carey died at the Richmond City Justice Center on January 11, 2023 from a fentanyl-related overdose, according to medical examiners.

Richmond Police Sergeant Cody Adams shot 61-year-old Douglas Price on January 9, 2023 after forcibly entering his home during a "multi-jurisdictional narcotics raid." Adams died in the hospital on July 12 from injuries.

Vance Holloway was found dead in his cell on December 12, 2022, while awaiting sentencing.

Sheriff Antionette Irving's Office has released limited information surrounding Holloway's death, citing an ongoing investigation, but did say first responders were called to the jail for a medical emergency.

Virginia Beach police officers shoot and kill 28-year-old Deshawn Whitaker. Whitaker died on December 2 from his injuries.

Off-duty officer Nathan Jerome Jones was arrested for a DUI and placed on administrative leave.

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.

Nina Hill, who had been arrested three days earlier on charges of possession and assault, died on Nov. 14 after being found unconscious in her cell.

An incident report reviewed by The Times-Dispatch details how jail staff noticed Hill “didn’t look to [sic] well” during “pill pass,” where jail nurses make rounds of inmate cells to dispense medications.

“After several attempted [sic] of calling her name and knocking on the door Nurse McDowell and I entered the cell,” wrote the reporting officer, deputy Anthony Barnes Jr.

Temiki Murray, age 44, was killed by Fairfax County Police while in their "custody."

"The Complaint centered on a call for service related to an interaction between a Black female Amazon delivery driver and a White male resident of an apartment building.

The Complainants, both the delivery driver and her mother, alleged that officers of the Fairfax County Police Department (“FCPD”) did not respond properly to a 9-1-1 call that the mother made after receiving a phone call from her frightened daughter about a man and a gun. The daughter alleged in that phone call and to responding officers that the male resident walked behind her carrying a gun at his side minutes after a short, terse conversation regarding a parking spot. The responding FCPD officers neither arrested nor charged the resident with a crime following interviews of the driver and resident, respectively.

The Complainants’ primary contention was that responding officers, both White males, demonstrated racial bias in how they handled the matter because the outcome would have been different if the races of the individuals involved were reversed. The Internal Affairs Bureau (“IAB”) of the FCPD investigated the Complaint and ultimately agreed that a supervisor of the responding officers had mistakenly provided inaccurate and incomplete information to the mother of the delivery driver the day after the incident, in violation of FCPD policies, and the IAB took corrective action with respect to the supervisor. The IAB, however, did not find the responding officers (or the supervisor) to have engaged in bias-based policing constituting serious misconduct."

-"Report of Panel Findings for Complaint No. CRP-22-06" by Fairfax County Police Civilian Review Panel)

Detective Hunter assaulted a man lying on the ground and had to be physically restrained by other officers. He was suspended without pay pending a use of force investigation for his conduct.

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."

Stephen Copp was off-duty driving a County vehicle when he was arrested in Stafford County for a DUI. The County vehicle was reportedly found to have front-end damage.

He was placed on administrative leave and subject to an Internal Affairs investigation.

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

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Jeffrey Payne, 41, of Falls Church was shot by undercover officer Sergeant Joshua Moser during a traffic stop. FCPD claimed no body camera footage was captured. Payne was unarmed. He was taken to the hospital and survived.