Press release
The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to providing proper service and law enforcement response our citizens during this COVID-19 epidemic. Like many organizations, we have modified how we operate in order to mitigate exposure risk to our staff and contamination risk to our citizens. As first responders, we do not always have the luxury of social distancing. We want to assure everyone that when you call 911 for an emergency, you will get a response. We will respond to all in-progress call for help with threat to life or public safety. We will also continue to enforce traffic safety laws and actively patrol to keep drunk drivers off our
roads. For non-emergency calls, we ask citizens to call our non-emergency number at (434) 589-8211. For past occurrences, non-violent offenses, thefts, and civil matters, a deputy will most likely give you a phone call to see if we can handle the matter over the phone. We may even ask if you can email documents or text a photo. If a personal response is needed, we may ask some basic assessment questions to help reduce the risk of exposure or transmission of COVID-19. We want to keep our deputies safe, but we also do not want to be a conduit of transmission as our job requires us to come in contact with a vast array of people.
If you come to our office, we will still provide you service. We have increased our daily cleaning regimen. Depending on your needs, we may talk though our secured lobby window, over the phone, or in person. Before entry into the secured area of the building, you will be asked some basic assessment questions to help reduce the risk of exposure or transmission of COVID-19. We will still be doing limited fingerprinting for county residents if they do not pose a health risk or are not in an at-risk category. Our fingerprint machine is in our lock-up area and is the same machine used to process prisoners. It is cleaned after every use, but if you are an at
risk individual, we suggest you delay coming to our office.
The same applies to our magistrate access. Our office hosts a remote link magistrate system. Before use, you will be asked some basic assessment questions to help reduce the risk of exposure or transmission of COVID19. Based on your answers, you may be redirected to either the Albemarle Regional Jail or the Central Virginia Regional Jail where they have live magistrates and a protective two-way communication system.
While these small changes may seem inconvenient, we feel they are necessary to ensure we are always available to help our citizens in a time of emergency. Our goal throughout this entire epidemic is to do our part to ensure the safety and security of all persons in Fluvanna County.
