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COLONIAL HEIGHTS POLICE

Welcome to the City of Colonial Heights Police Department Website!  The men and women of the Colonial Heights Police Department are committed to providing a professional response to the needs of the community.  It is the department’s goal to establish a partnership with the citizens to provide excellence in public service.  We invite you to use this website to obtain information on police services and to communicate with us about public safety issues in the City of Colonial Heights.

Colonel Jeffrey W. Faries, Chief of Police, has been with the Colonial Heights Police Department since August 23, 1989, when he started his 20+-year career as a patrol officer.  By July, 1991, he was assigned to the Investigations Division as a detective and became a Detective Sergeant on January 11, 1995.  The following year, he was assigned as Patrol Sergeant, where he was in a supervisory position for nearly five years, until he was again promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on February 21, 2001.  He was the Commander of the Investigations Division when, due to his exceptional leadership skills, a promotion to the position of Captain found him in charge of the Patrol Division in August, 2005.  After the departure of Chief Richard L. Schurman in January, 2006, Captain Faries assumed the role of Acting Chief of Police.  In August, 2006, after an intensive eight-month search and a review of 78 applicants from across the country, then Acting Police Chief Jeff Faries was chosen as the City’s new Chief of Police.                       

Colonel Faries has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Virginia Tech.  He is also a graduate of the prestigious FBI National Academy 212th Session, and is currently a fellow with the Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership through the University of Virginia.  During his illustrious career, he has received several distinguished awards for service to our community, including Officer of the Year (1992), Medal of Valor (1994) and was two-time recipient of the M.A.D.D. Award (1997 and 1998).  In 2009, through the leadership of Chief Faries, the department was awarded the Virginia Municipal League’s Risk Management Excellence Award.

Among his many work-related memberships, the Chief is the past chairman of the Central Virginia Regional Narcotics Task Force, and serves his community as a member of the Kiwanis Club and Chamber of Commerce.  He maintains memberships in such prestigious professional organizations as the FBI National Academy Association; IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police); the Juvenile and Domestic Violence Task Force; the Chesterfield/Colonial Heights Sexual Abuse Task Force; the Youth Services Commission; the Transportation Safety Commission; the Juvenile Administrators Concerned for Kids Committee; and the Chesterfield/Colonial Heights Community Criminal Justice Board.  Chief Faries’ membership in the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (VACP) finds him currently sitting on two boards—the Highway Safety Committee and the Witness Protection Board.  Most recently, Chief Faries graduated from the IACP’s National Law Enforcement Leadership Institute on Violence against Women (2009), as well as the IACP’s Center for Police Leadership in the area of Leadership in Police Organizations (2008). 

Chief Faries’ commitment to his community is evidenced by his regular participation in such events as the Annual Colonial Heights City Clean-up Day and the Annual Special Olympics events, such as Cops and Lobsters and the Torch Run.  He is a great supporter of the City school system and attends many high school sporting events as he cheers on the mighty Colonials.  Jeff resides in Colonial Heights with his wife, Trinia, and daughters Michelle and Madison. 

 

 
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