April 24, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Category: Police

New police unit will investigate threats

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The Fairfax County Police Department’s Organized Crime and Intelligence Bureau has launched a new unit responsible for investigating active violence incidents, bomb threats, and coordination of emergency substantial risk orders (ESROs). The Threat Assessment and Management Unit (TAM) will use a proactive, collaborative, multidisciplinary, and systematic approach to analyze, track, and prevent potential acts of … Continued

Mason Police District has a new commander

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Capt. Patrick Brusch is the new commander of the Mason Police District. He was most recently commander of the Fairfax County Police Department’s violent crimes division. Lt. Christopher Mattus of the Mason station was promoted to assistant commander. Brusch replaced Capt. Loriann LaBarca, who served as Mason Police District commander for less than a year. … Continued

Two people found dead in Fairmont Gardens

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Fairfax County Police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman inside an apartment at Fairmont Gardens in the 4100 block of Wadsworth Court in Annandale. Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths, the FCPD tweeted at 4 p.m. today. An autopsy will be conducted tomorrow. Meanwhile, the police department says there … Continued

Police step up DUI enforcement

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During July, the Fairfax Police Department’s Summer Crime Prevention Team is focusing on driving while under the influence. According to the FCPD, the days around the Fourth of July holiday have some of the highest numbers of impaired driving-related crash fatalities across the country. The Crash Prevention Team includes officers from all eight police stations. … Continued

Red Flag law saves lives

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Since Virginia’s Red Flag law went into effect on July 1, 2020, the Fairfax County Police Department obtained 177 Emergency Substantial Risk Orders (ESROs), the FCPD reports. The Red Flag law allows community members and the police to request the removal of firearms from an individual who poses a serious and immediate threat to themselves … Continued

Working group recommends police reforms

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A Fairfax County police reform working group calls for more transparency, oversight, and integration with mental health professionals, among other recommendations. Lee District Supervisor Rodney Lusk, chair of the Board of Supervisors’ Safety and Security Committee, convened the Police Reform Matrix Working Group in February to review a compendium of more than 300 police reform … Continued

Police Dept. schedules sobriety checkpoints

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The Fairfax County Police Department on May 12 announced plans to hold 12 sobriety patrols and checkpoints through the end of 2023. The FCPD’s DUI squad will hold checkpoints throughout the county, while police stations will have increased saturation patrols, which will include more officers on the street between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. The … Continued

Police target aggressive drivers

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The Fairfax County Police Department rolled out its 2023 Road Shark campaign on March 13 targeting aggressive driving. Road Shark is a high-visibility coordinated enforcement and education effort aimed at reducing crashes, changing driving behavior, and, ultimately, saving lives. The police department will station officers in high-visibility areas all over the county. They will look … Continued

FCPD will pick up unwanted firearms

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With the surge in mass shootings this year, it’s a good time to remind the public about the Fairfax County Police Department’s efforts to encourage the safe disposal of unwanted firearms. There have been 39 mass shootings in the U.S. in the first three weeks of 2023, CNN reports. There were 647 mass shootings in … Continued