By WMAL.com
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted this week to shoot down plans to switch from an democratically elected Sheriff’s office to an appointed police chief model. The vote follows the release of a report commissioned by the Board that found that the transition to a police department would be costly and take nearly 10 years.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), who commissioned the report, found that the move would cost Loudoun taxpayers a minimum of $213 million over a 10 year period. The report also found that the transition would likely do little to reduce the counties crime rates.
Currently in Virginia, 86 of the state’s 95 counties use a sheriff office as the primary form of law enforcement. Loudoun County neighbors in Northern Virginia, such as Arlington, Fairfax and Prince Williams do operate both a sheriff’s office and police department. The IACP report revealed that of the five jurisdictions that largely make up Northern Virginia, Loudoun County has experienced the low rate of crime rate per capita.
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