Documents and Incidents Tagged "DCJS"

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.

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.

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."

"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."