Fairfax County Police Department

Fairfax County Police Department

The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) is a full-service law enforcement agency, located in northern Virginia. The FCPD services a population of 1,037,311 citizens within 395 square miles of Fairfax County, Virginia. [ [http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/demogrph/gendemo.htm General Demographic Information - Fairfax County, Virginia ] ]

History

The Department was founded on July 1, 1940 by Eppa Kirby, who was the county's sheriff at the time. Overwhelmed by handling the jails and the county's police tasks, he persuaded the county's board of supervisors to relieve him of criminal police duties by forming the police department. [ [http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/police2.htm Fairfax County Police History] ]

Organization

The current Chief of Police is David M. Rohrer. The FCPD is divided into eight districts as follows: [http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/pdf/AnnualReport2005.pdf]
*Mason District
*McLean District
*Mount Vernon District
*Fair Oaks District
*Franconia District
*Reston District
*Sully District
*West Springfield District

ee also

* List of law enforcement agencies in Virginia
* Fairfax County
* County police

References

External links

* [http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/ Farifax County Police website]
* [http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ Fairfax County government website]


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