Fauquier County Sheriff's Office

Fauquier County Sheriff's Office
Abbreviation FCSO
Agency overview
Formed May 24, 1759
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* County (US) of Fauquier in the state of Virginia, USA
Map of Fauquier County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction.
Size 651 square miles (1,690 km2)
Population 68,010
Legal jurisdiction Fauquier County
Governing body County (US)
Constituting instrument Yes
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Warrenton, Virginia
Agency executive Robert P. Mosier, Sheriff
Website
Official Website
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

The Fauquier County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 68,010 people within 651 square miles (1,690 km2) of jurisdiction within Fauquier County, VA.

Organization

The agency is currently headed by Sheriff Robert P. Mosier

Patrol operations The FCSO Patrol Division is Fauquier County’s “First Line of Defense” providing a wide range of law enforcement services. The Patrol Division is responsible for the uniformed patrol functions of the department including 24-hour response to the initial incidents and investigation of crimes, traffic control and enforcement, accident investigation, community policing programs, crime prevention functions and specialized operations

Police canine Canine units routinely respond to alarms and to all buildings that are found to be unsecured.

School Resource Officer Program The School Resource Officer program is a community policing based approach practiced in the school environment.

Sheriff’s Emergency Response Team SERT is a very highly trained and specialized unit. Their purpose is to provide the type of tactical response necessary to safely defuse or bring to a closure certain types of high risk or threat situations.

Community services

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office, 2 officers have died in the line of duty.[2]

Officer Date of Death Details
Deputy Sheriff John Henry Walter
Wednesday, July 5, 1972
Automobile accident
Sergeant Charles Ebert Murray Jr.
Monday, July 9, 1990
Struck by train

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