Home Police Beat: Local chiefs named to positions on VACP
Local

Police Beat: Local chiefs named to positions on VACP

Chris Graham

Item by Chris Graham
[email protected]

Three local police chiefs were elected to leadership positions in the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police at the organization’s annual conference last week.

Waynesboro police chief Doug Davis was elected second vice president of the VACP for the coming year. Davis also serves on the association’s Training Committee and Highway Safety Committee and represents the VACP on the State Interoperability Executive Committee.

Staunton chief Jim Williams and Charlottesville chief Tim Longo were each elected to the VACP Executive Board. Williams represents the VACP on the Virginia Amber Alert Board and on the Law Enforcement Executives Advisory Committee of the Virginia Crime Prevention Association and serves as the Virginia representative to the State Associations of Chiefs of Police division of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Longo represents the VACP on the Special Olympics Virginia Board of Directors, the Virginia Center for Policing Innovation Board of Directors and on the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission.

Multimedia

 




Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

Latest News

Northrop Grumman logo
Local

New group organizes to lead the fight about Northrop Grumman pollution

uva football kam robinson
UVA Football

UVA Football: Kam Robinson ‘ready to roll’ for Norfolk State on Friday night

Preseason All-ACC linebacker Kam Robinson will be “ready to roll” for Friday night’s Week 2 game with Norfolk State, UVA Football coach Tony Elliott confirmed today, in his weekly pregame press conference.

westwood hills elementary school
Local

Westwood Hills Elementary School to remain closed on Wednesday

Westwood Hills Elementary School will not reopen on Wednesday, as school system officials work through determining a timeline for the school’s reopening, after a shooting at the school last week.

dabo swinney clemson
Football

Dabo Swinney is about to read ‘The Guy in the Glass’ to us after a presser

acc football replay
Football

ACC announces Football Players of the Week: No Hokies, somehow

lars tiffany uva lacrosse
UVA Olympic Sports

UVA loses big at hearing in Lars Tiffany case, might want to think about settling

interstate 81 i-81
Region/State

Rockbridge County: Charlotte man dies from injuries in I-81 accident