Sheriff's Office

MISSION STATEMENT

It is the goal of the Greene County Sheriff's Office to provide exemplary law enforcement service that the citizens can be comfortable with, proud of, and rely upon.  As our deputies go about their daily tasks within the community they continuously focus on providing "Professional Law Enforcement Through Effective Communication."
The deputies of Greene County diligently go about this by traveling into all parts of the county, to reach out to all citizens of the community regardless of age, wealth, race, creed, social status, or religion to establish this effective communications link, which includes complementing other Local, State, and Federal Agencies.

The Sheriff of Greene County is J. Scott Haas.  The citizens of Greene elected Sheriff Haas to this constitutional position on November 4, 2003.

The Sheriff of Greene County is a constitutional officer, as required by the constitution of Virginia.  The citizens of the county elect the Sheriff for a term of 4 years.  The Sheriff's office is funded through the Virginia Compensation Board, Greene County and through State and Federal grant programs.

The Greene County Sheriff's Office is responsible for providing law enforcement, courtroom security and the service of civil process.   Law enforcement consists of two functions.  The first function of law enforcement is patrol.  Patrol deputies are tasked with answering calls for service, investigating minor crimes, serving civil process, patrol and traffic/DUI enforcement.  The Investigative side of law enforcement is tasked with the detailed and extensive follow-ups that are necessary with serious crimes such as homicides, sexual assaults, grand larcenies and narcotics within our jurisdiction. 

The Sheriff's Office additionally provides additional services to Greene and surrounding counties.  The Sheriff's Office has Deputies that are trained in Search and Rescue, (SRT) Tactical Operations and water rescue.  The Sheriff is the responsible agent, by law for all ground search and rescue incidents. 

Other services available to the citizens of Greene:

1. Extra patrol and residence checks for vacation time

2. Speed enforcement requests

3. Neighborhood watches

4. Talks and Instruction

Greene County has three courts.  They are the Circuit, General District and Juvenile/Domestic relations.  The Sheriff is mandated to provide bailiffs for these three courts.  The Bailiff function is to provide physical security to the courtroom, assist courtroom staff, litigants and the transport of prisoners to and from court from our lock-up.

The sheriff's Office has within its office a lock-up that can hold up to 12 prisoners for a maximum of 12 hours.  Detainees that require a longer incarceration are transported to the Central Virginia Regional Jail, which Greene County is a member county.  The Regional Jail is located in Orange VA.  The Greene County lock-up is certified by the Department of Corrections and undergoes routine compliance reviews.  The loc-up has enjoyed 100% compliance form D.O.C. for several years.

If you have an emergency, please call 911.
All other inquires call 434-985-2222

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