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Board approves $130,226 in sheriff’s office grants for drones, overtime and training
Summary
The board approved $130,226 in appropriations for several sheriff’s office grants — including a drone replacement grant and overtime funding for violent-crime reduction — and sheriff’s staff noted recent operational benefits including use of drones to find a missing child.
Sheriff Davis addressed the board with details of multiple grants totaling $130,226, including a $15,971 unmanned aircraft replacement grant from the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, a $99,999 violence-reduction grant to secure overtime for deputies, $9,672 from the U.S. Department of Justice for staff overtime and inmate security, and $4,584 from the Virginia State Police for auto-theft training support.
The board moved and approved the additional appropriation as presented, 6-0. Sheriff’s staff said the department now has drones in each patrol unit and that those tools have supported operations; “we have, drones in the field. They're in each of our patrol units. Each shift has a drone that's readily available. Those drones include features such as thermal night vision as well,” a sheriff’s representative said. The sheriff’s office described use of the technology during a recent missing-child response and noted the department’s new Project Lifesaver partnership with the city sheriff’s office.
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