Fairfax County Sheriff's Office (Virginia) - Divisions

Divisions

Adult Detention Facility

The Adult Detention Center (ADC) serves as the County jail in Fairfax. It is unique in the nation because it provides all three forms of jail housing—linear, podular remote, and direct supervision. The average daily population is about 1200 inmates.

Inmates await trial and sentencing, or release after completing their sentence. The jail holds criminals with all types of offenses from, murder to drunk in public.

Civil Enforcement

The Sheriff's Office provides the service of civil documents including court capias and court orders. The Sheriff's Office also is responsible for executing eviction orders and levies.

Court Security

The Sheriff's Office provides security for the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and the Fairfax County Judicial Center (Jennings Building), both located in Fairfax County's Public Safety Complex. The Judicial Center is one of the busiest courthouses in Virginia with an average of 3,500 persons entering the center daily.

Additionally the Sheriff's Office provides security for the courts in the towns of Vienna and Herndon and the City of Fairfax. Security is provided for the judges, staff and visitors.

The Sheriff's Office also is responsible for escorting in excess of 17,000 prisoners to and from these courts each year.

Community Relations

Honor Guard

The Honor Guard represents the Fairfax County Sheriff's Office at numerous events both locally and nationally.

Project Lifesaver

The Sheriff's office assists families and caregivers of individuals with Autism, Down syndrome, Alzheimer’s and related diseases and disabilities. Clients wear a wristband that emits a silent tracking signal. Deputies that respond to a family member that is lost can locate these individuals.

Community Labor Force

This section provides a substantial savings to the tax payers of Fairfax County by maintaing the grounds at numerous County facilities. The labor force removes grafftti and cleans County right of ways of trash. Labor crews consist of well screened non-violent offenders.

Sheriff's Emergency Response Team (SERT)

The tactical arm of the Sheriff's Office. SERT is trained to handle high risk cell extractions in the ADC, hostage, riot and barricade situations in facilities maintained by the Sheriff's Office. High risk transports, Judiciary and executive protection, and high risk court trials. SERT is also trained in civil disturbance management and provides mutual aid to the Fairfax County Police Department.

Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT)

The Sheriff's Office Crisis Negotiation Team responds to the scene of all hostage or barricade situations in facilities maintained by the Sheriff's Office. Through verbal communications, CNT members protect the lives of all hostages, bystanders, Deputy Sheriff's, and suspects. Their primary objective is to secure the release of all hostages and facilitate the apprehension of all suspects.