Sheriff presents 2024 annual report: calls, arrests and community outreach programs

King George Sheriff’s Office leaders presented the department’s 2024 annual report, listing operational statistics, staffing changes and community outreach activities.

Sheriff Giles reported 55,972 calls for service in 2024, 1,992 arrests, 4,301 citations, 137 DUI arrests, 42 drug arrests and 5,730 traffic stops. The office handled 395 in‑state prisoner transports and 12 out‑of‑state extraditions; grand jury indictments totaled 424.

The Sheriff’s Office highlighted community engagement events — Special Olympics Polar Plunge, Torch Run, Bright Beginnings, a summer youth academy and “Shop with the Sheriff” — and noted training achievements: a lieutenant completed the National Criminal Justice Command College and a detective completed the Virginia Forensic Science Academy. The office also raised more than $1,700 for Special Olympics through a “No Shave November” fundraiser.

Sheriff Giles outlined several promotions and retirements in 2024 and a number of new hires, including additions to patrol, courts and communications staff and animal control. He said two deputies completed commercial vehicle inspection certifications; the office hopes to focus commercial-vehicle enforcement along Route 3 to address litter and highway safety.

Supervisors asked for additional breakdowns on the 424 indictments and the portion of crimes committed by residents versus nonresidents; the sheriff said he could provide those data on request but did not have them at the meeting.

No formal board action accompanied the report: supervisors thanked the sheriff for the annual overview.