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Sheriff outlines staffing, decentralization and victim‑advocate expansion in FY26 budget request
Summary
Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman presented a multi-part FY26 staffing request covering conversion of temporary positions to permanent roles, field operations decentralization with additional leadership for a third shift, expansion of a victim-advocate unit and other training and traffic safety positions.
Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman told supervisors the Sheriff’s Office request for FY 2026 is intended to align staffing with rising operational demands and recommendations from the department’s 2021 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) study.
What the sheriff requested: Chapman described a multi-faceted package that totaled 61 positions the department views as needed over time; 23 positions were included in the county administrator’s proposed budget. The department’s priorities described in the meeting transcript included: - Converting six temporary positions to regular status (administrative assistant, public information officer, civilian financial detective, two civilian background detectives and an ADC program assistant). - Enhancing field…
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