Mission Statement

We are dedicated to the efficient and effective provision of Sheriff’s services to our community. Our commitment focuses on competent, expeditious, and courteous services that enhance our citizens’ safety while providing value for their tax dollar.

Sheriff's Office

We are a staff of 548 dedicated sworn, civilian, part time, and auxiliary employees who continually strive to maintain a high standard of excellence and professionalism for the office.

Our responsibility to the community is to provide a safe and humane correctional center for roughly 1,300 pre-trial and convicted inmates. The Virginia Beach Correctional Center (VBCC) is designed to house inmates awaiting trial, inmates serving local sentences and convicted inmates awaiting transfer to a state penitentiary.

Security is a top priority. Under the dictates of security and safety, all regulations of this jail are designed to promote efficiency, cooperation and safety. And, our duties extend beyond the day-to-day operations of the correctional center. The Virginia Beach Sheriff´s Office also administers the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE Program), maintains security for 28 courts and serves more than 300,000 civil papers on an annual basis.

Immediately after taking office in 1990, retired Sheriff Frank Drew implemented the Sheriff´s Office Community Work Force which allows inmates convicted of nonviolent crimes to perform various community projects at no cost to the taxpayers. The Sheriff´s Office Community Work Force serves as a model program for other law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Virginia and nationwide.