Fairfax, VA – In the Spring of 2023, FCPD’s Law Enforcement Training unit took another step forward in its less-lethal options in policing by transitioning and equipping all the department’s patrol officers with less-lethal shotguns. Prior to March, every police cruiser was equipped with a 12-gauge shotgun as a use-of-force option. In an effort to give officers, FCPD reviewed the
Read moreMason Police District- The driver of the 2016 Honda Accord involved in a two-vehicle fatal crash on April 21 has turned himself in and is now facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Mirza Baig, 26, of Alexandria, VA turned himself in at the Adult Detention Center and is being held on no bond. Detectives from our Crash Reconstruction Unit determined
Read moreReston Police District – A 37-year-old man died in a motorcycle crash yesterday evening in Reston. At 7:53 p.m. officers responded to the intersection of Fairfax County Parkway and Sunset Hills Road for a crash involving a 2007 Yamaha R6 and a 2005 Toyota Sienna. Preliminarily, detectives determined the operator of the motorcycle, Dominique Hunt-Brown, of Springfield was traveling southbound
Read moreThe following release is from the Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Virginia ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Fredericksburg man was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution for conspiring to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits (UI) and his role in his sister’s mail theft and bank fraud scheme.
Read moreFairfax, VA – Since July 1, 2020, The Fairfax County Police Department has obtained 177 Emergency Substantial Risk Orders (ESROs). The ESRO statute, otherwise known as a “Red Flag law,” went into effect in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2020. ESROs are a tool that police and community members can use to address individuals who pose a serious and immediate
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