The Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office is hosting a Hiring Event at 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, at the Law Enforcement Training Academy, located at 411 Integrity Way, Virginia Beach. This one-day event will provide applicants the opportunity to complete several key steps in the application process at one time with support from VBSO personnel, expediting the hiring process. Learn more here.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - An inmate at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center died by suicide Sunday evening.While conducting a routine security check at 6:03 p.m. on April 6, 2025, a deputy sheriff found Michael “Norah” Horwitz, 38, of Virginia Beach unresponsive. The deputy immediately…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office (VBSO) held a Promotion Ceremony today (April 3, 2025) at Virginia Beach City Hall, Building 1. Six deputy sheriffs with combined service totaling 87 years received promotions under Sheriff Rocky Holcomb.Sheriff Rocky Holcomb kept…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office (VBSO) K9s - Pablo, Apollo, and Boyka – officially have their own trading cards.Each glossy card, the size of regular baseball and football trading cards, features the K9 in full color with eye-popping, movie-poster-like…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – After a thorough investigation, the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) arrested inmate Kareem Walter Ryer for stealing credit card information from the Internet and placing orders from the canteen, according to a CIU report.The report…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Sheriff Rocky Holcomb today announced a comprehensive series of changes to Virginia Beach Correctional Center (VBCC) policies, procedures and operations following the June 2024 death of former inmate Rolin Hill. Holcomb and the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office (VBSO)…
NORFOLK, Va., January 23, 2024 – The Chrysler Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Chesapeake, Norfolk and Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Offices, is proud to present Beyond the Block, an exhibition showcasing the artwork of artists who are incarcerated. The exhibition…
Graduates include father-son duo VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office (VBSO) held Basic Academy Class (BAC) 58 graduation today, recognizing 13 deputy recruits’ successful completion of training. Among the 13 are a father-son duo, 32 years apart, who…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office held a Promotion Ceremony today (Jan. 10, 2025) at Virginia Beach City Hall, Building 1. Eighteen deputy sheriffs and civilians received promotions in the second-largest promotion ceremony since Sheriff Rocky Holcomb took office in…