Staunton Police Department

Staunton Police Department This site is not monitored 24 hours a day. For an emergency, please call or text 911. The official page for the City of Staunton Police Department.

For questions you may call 540-332-3842. The Staunton Police Department is an internationally accredited, full-service law enforcement agency dedicated to serving the citizens of the City of Staunton, Virginia. The Department consists of fifty-three sworn officers and seventeen full-time civilian employees. In addition to providing twenty-four hour patrol coverage and criminal investigative functi

ons, the Department is very active in community policing. This social media page is not a public forum. It is a designated, limited public forum maintained by the City of Staunton. Comments are welcome as they provide engagement between residents and the City of Staunton. However, comments made on this site will be monitored and will be deleted if the comments are solicitations for business, spam with links to external websites, pornographic images, vulgar language, or comments that target any ethnic, racial, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, or religious belief Additionally, any comment that infringes on copyrights or trademarks will be deleted. All content posted on the Staunton Police Department page is subject to public disclosure.

Join us in congratulating Officer Grant Brown, Officer Hunter Warren, and Officer Samantha Fetty for graduating the basi...
05/29/2026

Join us in congratulating Officer Grant Brown, Officer Hunter Warren, and Officer Samantha Fetty for graduating the basic law enforcement course at Central Shenandoah Criminal Justice Training Academy yesterday!

Join us in congratulating Investigator Turner as Staunton Police Department's Officer of the Quarter for January-March 2...
05/27/2026

Join us in congratulating Investigator Turner as Staunton Police Department's Officer of the Quarter for January-March 2026. Chief Williams presented Investigator Turner with the award on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. A luncheon was provided by the Staunton Police Foundation.

05/25/2026
05/20/2026

Tonight between midnight and 4am, the administrative phone lines in the 911 center will be unavailable due to phone system maintenance. If you need to contact the police department for a routine matter, please call 540-448-1075.

911 lines are not affected by this upgrade and are available for emergency calls during this time.

The Staunton Police Department would like to thank everyone who brought snacks, wrote thank-you cards, and generously pr...
05/18/2026

The Staunton Police Department would like to thank everyone who brought snacks, wrote thank-you cards, and generously provided meals for our officers during the 2026 National Police Week. Thank you to the Staunton Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association, Staunton Police Foundation, our dispatchers, Blue Ridge Court Services, Holy Smokes BBQ of Virginia, Chick-fil-A, Big Sky Apartments, New Directions Center, Inc., Columbia Gas, MISSION BBQ, St. Francis Church, Ciro’s Pizza in Verona, and Papa Johns Pizza. We would also like to thank the American Shakespeare Center for allowing our staff to attend their rendition of The Hound of Baskervilles.

We truly appreciate your support!

As we continue through National Police Week, we would like to thank everyone who has brought snacks, thank you cards, an...
05/14/2026

As we continue through National Police Week, we would like to thank everyone who has brought snacks, thank you cards, and meals for our officers so far this week. Thank you to the Staunton Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association, Staunton Police Foundation, our dispatchers, Blue Ridge Court Services, Holy Smokes BBQ, Chick-fil-A, Big Sky Apartments, and Columbia Gas for the meals that you have provided so far this week!

NEWS RELEASEMarcus D Lane Jr, 42, of Staunton, was arrested as part of a joint investigation involving the Staunton Poli...
05/13/2026

NEWS RELEASE

Marcus D Lane Jr, 42, of Staunton, was arrested as part of a joint investigation involving the Staunton Police Department and the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. The Staunton Police Department received a referral through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in April 2026. Lane was charged with twenty-one counts of knowingly possessing and distributing child po*******hy. Lane was arrested on May 5, 2026, by the Staunton Police Department. The investigation is ongoing. Lane is being held without bond at Middle River Regional Jail.

The Staunton Police Department is a member agency of the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

We enjoyed having students from the criminal justice program at Valley Career and Technical Center visit the police depa...
05/13/2026

We enjoyed having students from the criminal justice program at Valley Career and Technical Center visit the police department yesterday. The students asked insightful questions and showed great enthusiasm for various career paths in the criminal justice system.

We had a great time at Kids Matter Day on Saturday!Thank you to everyone who came out to the event!
05/13/2026

We had a great time at Kids Matter Day on Saturday!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the event!

NEWS RELEASEOn May 6, 2026, Stephen D Thompson, 20, of Staunton, was arrested by the Staunton Police Department for six ...
05/13/2026

NEWS RELEASE

On May 6, 2026, Stephen D Thompson, 20, of Staunton, was arrested by the Staunton Police Department for six counts of knowingly possessing and distributing child po*******hy. On May 12, 2026, Thompson was charged with ten additional counts of knowingly possessing and distributing child po*******hy. The investigation is ongoing.

Thompson is being held without bond at Middle River Regional Jail.

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116 W Beverley Street
Staunton, VA
24401

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+15403323842

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