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Loudoun County’s sheriff rejected a request by the school district’s superintendent to dramatically ramp up the law enforcement presence at a pair of school board meetings in August, newly released emails show. Scott Ziegler, the superintendent for the Virginia county, asked the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for three deputies to be inside the administration building for the Aug. 10 and Aug. 11 meetings, the emails show. He also requested a “K-9 explosive sweep,” a five-person “Quick Reaction Force,” undercover deputies, and another team “stood up and on standby at nearby location.” Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman rejected the request,...

The CIA Accidentally Left 'Explosive Training Material' on a School Bus By Elizabeth McLaughlin Apr 1, 2016, 9:24 AM ET The Central Intelligence Agency accidentally left stable “explosive training material” in a school bus last week after concluding a routine training exercise. The Loudoun County, Virginia, school bus unknowingly took elementary and high school students to and from school on Monday and Tuesday with the material under the hood of the bus. On Wednesday, the CIA was notified that the explosive training material, while inert, was found in the bus during a maintenance check. On Thursday the CIA said in...

My youngest daugter was profiled in LCSO 911 NewsLetter :)

Leon County commissioners took a decisive step Tuesday toward allowing voters to decide whether the county and city should have a merged law-enforcement agency under an elected sheriff. The county commissioners voted to send Tallahassee commissioners ballot language for a proposed referendum, but that doesn't mean voters will have the chance to decide the issue of merging the Sheriff's Office and the Police Department. City commissioners - who so far have expressed no desire to merge the agencies - would have to agree to a dual referendum inside and outside city limits. Another alternative, which some consider unlikely, would be...