Investigations Division
Welcome to the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division. The Division is comprised of 6 general assignment investigators and 1 narcotics investigator. It is managed by the division Sergeant and division Lieutenant.
All investigators are trained to work general assignment cases. This gives each investigator the experience and expertise to work a wide variety of criminal cases. In addition to this, each investigator also works and trains to refine their skills in a specific areas, such as violent crimes, financial crimes, crimes against persons, family and child abuse, forensics, and computer crimes. The Criminal Investigations Division works primarily felony cases that occur in Gloucester County.
Personnel assigned to the narcotics unit are actively involved with the Tri-Rivers Drug Task Force which includes members from Virginia State Police, Middlesex, Mathews, York and James City Counties. The task force members work proportionately in each jurisdiction making several hundred cases per year.
The Gloucester Sheriff’s Office is also an affiliate agency with the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and is the district coordinating agency for the task force. This task force is designed to investigate the sexual exploitation of children on the internet and provide community outreach education for parents and children.
The investigations conducted by this division, involve citizens from all walks of life. The investigations are conducted diligently without prejudice, and guided by the “rule of law”. The “rule of law” insures that each victim, complainant, and suspect is treated appropriately and professionally.
