Incidents

Lieutenant Tiffany Bratton-White was arrested for embezzlement. She was terminated 'for cause'.

"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."

Sgt. William Kelly of Norfolk Police Internal Affairs gained attention in the press after leaked data revealed he contributed to a fundraiser for far-right figure and murderer Kyle Rittenhouse in Wisconsin, using his official Norfolk Police email address.

Officer Kyle Albert shot 30-year-old Jiyoung Lee.

While conducting a traffic stop, Norfolk Police officer Vincent Tocco dragged a woman named Ebony Moss out of her car and punched her in the face.

Senator Louise Lucas files a $6.75 million lawsuit against Sergeant Kevin McGee and Chief Angela Greene after controversy when McGee slaps her with "injury to monument" charges under an antiquated law and assaulted, then arrested her during the George Floyd Uprising on June 10, 2020. After the event, McGee drafted a heated email about events that he sent to the department.

Mawyer was named in a complaint for "excessive force, wrongful arrest, and damage to person or property." An Internal Affairs investigation (Case # 202106160002) overseen by Sergeant Lemons was launched on June 16, 2021. By June 28, the police had completed their investigation of themselve. They ruled the complaint unfounded.

Mawyer had another complaint filed against him the previous year.

A lawsuit mentions a report of officers engaging in "unlawful, criminal, departmentally inappropriate, misogynistic, harassing, and racist behaviors" that sparked an investigation into Cpl. Robbie Oberholzer, Sgt. Scott Godfrey, Sgt.

Michael Hudson, Cpl. Steve Young, Officer Bethany Denault (Boury) by the police chief, for which she later claimed she faced retaliation.

After the Charlottesville Police Department, Oberholzer went on to work for the Augusta County Sheriff's Office while Godfrey went on to work for the Albemarle Police.

According to court filings, a person was wrongfully handcuffed to a bed then assaulted by Carilion Clinic Police in Roanoke (Officers D. B. Moore and William Hodges were named).

According to a Notice of Eligibility for Decertification form submitted on behalf of Mr. Paul L. Brothers IV )obtained by FOIA request by OpenOversightVA.org), Deputy Brothers was fired from the Westmoreland County Sheriff's Office on May 20, 2021.

The document can be found on page 22 of Brothers' DCJS case cinder.

Isaiah Brown, unarmed, was shot over eight times by Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office deputy David Turbyfill.

Officer Solomon Simmons shot and killed Donovan Lynch at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront. The ensuing court case was controversial, with an investigation revealing the officer's bodycamera had been off and that Lynch's body had been moved.

A civil lawsuit accuses Officers Michael Johnson Jr., Jonathan Farrar and Zachary Miller of excessive force. Police shot Steve Rucker Jr. with a stun gun while he was on a horse, and then hit him with a police car, the lawsuit alleges.

On March 8, 2021, Lamonta Gladney field a civil rights lawsuit against Tyler Timberlake and Kyle M. Schaefer.

As Gladney's lawyer alleged, he "suffered serious physical injury caused by Timberlake’s unlawful taser attack. Additionally, Gladney suffered and continues to suffer mental anguish, humiliation, and psychological pain...

The Defendant’s misconduct, done under the color of state law, as described below, was recklessly and deliberately indifferent to the life, safety, bodily integrity, well-being, liberty, and civil rights of Lamonta Gladney.”

Gladney presented three claims for relief. The first claim alleged deprivation of civil rights and violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments; the second with police brutality and excessive force; and the third with false arrest.

The case concluded in June 2022. Officer Timberlake and Fairfax County admitted no wrongdoing, but they agreed to pay Gladney a $150,000 settlement.

Chesterfield Police shot Bruce W. Terry, 50, in his home

Police Narrative (Not Verified):

“On January 18, 2021, a Loss Prevention employee of JC Penney, Springfield Towne Center location, saw two individuals (hereinafter “ND” and “MM”) shoplifting merchandise from the store. A call for service went to the Fairfax County Police Department (hereinafter “FCPD”). Master Police Officer #1 (hereinafter “MPO#1”) and Police Officer First Class #1 (hereinafter “PFC#1”) responded to the call and located ND and MM as they approached a car in the parking lot outside of JC Penney.

MPO#1 and PFC#1 were not in FCPD police uniforms because they were working in plainclothes at the mall location; consequently, neither was wearing a body-worn camera (hereinafter “BWC”). They identified themselves and took ND and MM into custody and escorted them back into JC Penney to investigate the shoplifting. As MPO#1 walked with ND down a hall toward the Loss Prevention Office, he verbally explained to ND that he needed to remove the keychain dangling from ND’s pants near her waist because of the small canister of pepper spray that was on the keychain. When he reached for the keychain/pepper spray, ND (who was not handcuffed) immediately grabbed MPO#1’s arm and began to fight him. He reacted by trying to grab her arms and they both fell to the ground. At this point, MPO#1 felt a sharp pain in his left hand and realized ND was biting him. He grabbed her hair weave and pushed her head toward the floor, causing her to stop biting his hand. She continued fighting by trying to strike, kick, and again bite MPO#1. PFC#1 joined the struggle and utilized a knee strike to ND’s hip to help get control of her. MPO#1 and PFC#1 got control of ND’s arms. With the help of a third FCPD officer (hereinafter “PFC#2”), who was in uniform and equipped with a BWC, 2 they were able to secure ND in handcuffs. Even after being handcuffed, ND tried to kick the arresting officers.

An FCPD Sergeant (hereinafter “SGT#1”) responded to the location due to ND complaining about the force used on her. She had no visible injuries and she declined medical treatment for herself. Regardless, ND was transported to the hospital so that blood could be drawn because of her biting MPO#1 and breaking the skin of his hand when she did. During an 1 MPO#1 recalled advising ND, and the JC Penney Loss Prevention employee confirmed that ND was advised. 2 The day of this incident was the first day that PFC#2 was equipped with a body-worn camera, and he forgot to activate it until the struggle had been resolved and after ND was handcuffed. He did record the remainder of the incident.

This occurred before PFC#2 activated his body-worn camera, but was detailed by both PFC#1 and the JC Penney Loss Prevention employee during interviews of them. 2 interview conducted on January 26, 2021, ND claimed she sustained injuries during the incident eight days earlier. She stated that she went to Alexandria Hospital on January 20, 2021, and that they recommended a CT scan, and to consult an orthopedic for her knee pain.”

Chesterfield Police shot and killed Jeffrey D. Kite, 36, in his home after police said he fired at them

Joseph A. Wood's attack on LaQuinn Gilmore resulted in a federal lawsuit and Wood's resignation from CPD.

Seth Layton and Benjamin Bone of the Virginia State Police stopped 18-year-old Xzavier Hill while he was driving on I-64, then shot and killed him.