Fauquier County Sheriff's Office


The Fauquier County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 68,010 people within 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

Since the establishment of the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office, 2 officers have died in the line of duty.
OfficerDate of DeathDetails
Wednesday, July 5, 1972
Automobile accident
Monday, July 9, 1990
Struck by train