Two Virginia State Police Appomattox Division Area Offices are beginning the New Year with new leadership. The Area 18 Office in Charlottesville welcomes 1st Sgt. Becky G. Crannis-Curl and the Area 21 Office in Appomattox welcomes 1st Sgt. Gregory L. Miller.
Effective Nov. 25, 2015, Crannis-Curl was promoted to the rank of first sergeant and accepted the position as the Area 18 Commander. She graduated from the Virginia State Police Academy in 1995 as a member of the 91st Basic Session. Crannis-Curl’s first patrol assignment was in Area 46, Hampton/Newport News.
Progressing through the state police ranks, she has worked in the Culpeper, Chesapeake, Salem and Training divisions. As sergeant, she has supervised both the Chesapeake Division Motorcycle Unit and, most recently, the Salem Division Motorcycle Unit.
The 51-year-old California native is a former member of the Hampton, Va., Police Division; a U.S. Army veteran; and a recipient of the Virginia State Police Superintendent’s Award for her valiant response and safe resolution to an incident involving the shooting of a fellow state police sergeant on Interstate 81 Memorial Day 2011.
Area 18 includes the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Greene and Nelson.
Miller, 44, was previously assigned to Area 18 as a sergeant before being promoted Nov. 25, 2015, to his new position as first sergeant of the Area 21 Office.
Area 21 encompasses the counties of Appomattox and Prince Edward. A 19-year veteran with VSP, Miller joined the Department in 1996 and graduated as a member of the 95th Basic Session. His first patrol assignment was to Nelson County in Area 18.
In 2002, he was promoted to sergeant and continued working in Area 18. He supervised the Appomattox Division Motorcycle Unit from 2009 to 2012, and is a member of the Department’s Tactical Field Force. In addition, Miller is a licensed attorney and a captain (Judge Advocate) in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps.
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