Director of Public Safety and Technology

Sam Wolford

108 E Main St
Tazewell, VA 24651
Voice: 276-988-1311
Fax: 276-988-5424

 

Derrick Ruble, Director Email Me	Voice: 276-988-0803 Fax: 276-988-5012
Jason Hodge, Operations Director Email Me	Voice: 276-988-0914 Fax: 276-988-5012

The Tazewell Communicator Newsletter (click to read)

Tazewell County 911 has been handling emergency calls in Tazewell County since April 23, 1997.  We currently process over 9,000 emergency calls a year.  The 911 Center dispatches Fire, Police, and Rescue for emergency calls.

Requests for Incident Reports or Recordings will be given only by court subpoena.  This is to protect the confidentiality and security of any persons calling the 911 center.  Any complaints or questions regarding the service of 911 please contact the Coordinator.

The 911 Center is currently readdressing Tazewell County from the rural route system to a physical address.  Your local Postmaster will inform you of a mailing address change.  The new physical address will be your new mailing address, but do not start using this without checking with your local Postmaster.  This is being done nationwide and is dictated by federal and state laws.  Upon receiving your new physical address it must be posted on your residence in plain view within 30 days.  If your residence is not visible from the road addressed, please post your numbers at the entrance to your driveway and on your residence.  This allows responders to find your residence faster and possibly your life.  Any question or complaints please contact the Mapping/ Addressing Coordinator.  

 

Tazewell County Special Police

108 East Main St
Tazewell, VA 24651
Voice: 276-988-4160
Fax: 276-988-5424

Email Me

Sam Wolford, Director

David White, Supervisor

Larry Nipper, Sergeant

George Pilkins, Corporal

Mission Statement:  To Provide for the welfare and safety of the surrounding communities, its citizens and environment while enforcing the law and maintaining safe responsive emergency services throughout the County of Tazewell, Virginia.

Two officers patrol the County 8am to 4pm Monday thru Friday excluding holidays. During the weekend or holidays there is one officer on call for emergency traffic only.  Tazewell County Special Police have no jurisdiction inside of town limits with the exception of tags and shots. Any litter or animal control complaint inside town limits will be handled by the town police department.

Dog Requirements:
Any animal over four months old in Tazewell County will have and display current tags. Any dog not wearing a collar bearing a license tag of the proper calendar year shall not be considered licesnsed. License tax on dogs shall be due on January 1 and not later than January 31 of each year.

Prices:

Male Dogs	$4.00
Female	$4.00
Usexed Female	$3.00
Kennel:
Up to 20 dogs	$25.00
Over 20 dogs	$35.00

Dogs trained and used as guide dogs for vision or hearing impaired person will have a license, but will not be charged a tax. Payments are to be made at the County Treasurer's Office in the Courthouse floor 2A. You must take a copy of the rabies vacaniaction with you. If the dog's license is lost, destroyed, or stolen the owner shall present the original license receipt to the treasurer and make an application for a copy. A fee of $1.00 will be charged for a duplicate license.


Impoundment of Dogs:
All dogs shall be deemed personal property and may be subject of larceny and malicious or unlawful tresspass and the owners thereof may maintain any action for the killing of, injury to or unlawful detention or use of such dogs as in the case of other personal property. All owners of dogs shall keep and maintain dogs under their supervision and confined to the owner's property by leash, command, or fence (to include "invisible fences"). Failure of the owner to maintain control of their animal may result in the impoundment of the offending dog and/or legal charges under the State or County Code. The owner may claim such dog with photo id and obtain possesion by paying the license fee for unlicensed dogs and the sum of $3.00 per day or a minimum of $5.00 dollars whichever is greater, for licensed and unlicensed dogs, as compensation for the keep of such dog. If the legal owner has failed to pay the charges due no license for the ensuing year shall be issued until all charges are paid.


Routine Calls:
Any other reports of animals after duty hours will be placed on the officer's log and handled during normal duty hours.  Due to a change in the law, Special Police can no longer pick up stray cats.  Calls referring to wildlife should be directed to the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

Complaints of service should be directed to the Director or County Administrator.

 

Tazewell County's Bravest

The men and women who serve with Tazewell County's Fire Departments are all volunteers.  They are funded by the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors, donations and fund raisers.  They are trained according the standards of the  Virginia Department of Fire Programs .

If you have ever wanted to volunteer please contact them by letter or stop by for one of their meetings.  Feel that there is nothing you can give?  You can help with fundraisers, accounting, purchasing, cleaning, or just run errands.

Tazewell County Fire Rescue

Town Of Tazewell

 

TRAINING TRAINING TRAINING If you have a upcoming class you would like posted please send me an email with date, time, location, and contact information. Click to Email IS 300 please schedule your class. Blacksburg Weather is wishing to put on weather watcher class. Please contact me if interested. CSXT Emergency Response to Railroad Incidents Self Study Program for Emergency Responders

 

The men and women who serve with Tazewell County's Rescue Squads are primarily volunteers.  They are funded in part by the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors, donations and fund raisers.  They are trained according the standards of the Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services.  VA OEMS

If you have ever wanted to assist please contact them either by mail or stop by for one of their meetings.  Feel that there is nothing you can give?  You can help with fundraisers, accounting, purchasing, cleaning, or just run errands.

Update from FDA on new drug for Cyanide Poisoning

 

TRAINING TRAINING TRAINING If you have a upcoming class you would like posted please send me an email with date, time, location, and contact information. Click to Email IS 300 please schedule your class. Blacksburg Weather is wishing to put on weather watcher class. Please contact me if interested. CSXT Emergency Response to Railroad Incidents Self Study Program for Emergency Responders

 

Mission Statement:

National Citizen Corps is to harness the power of every individual through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds.

Tazewell County Citizens Corps Council has adopted the same mission statement in order to bring awareness, education and training to the citizens of Tazewell County through this national movement and the dedication of Virginia Corps, an intiative of Governor Mark Warner to increase volunteerism and disaster awareness throughout the state of Virginia. For more information of Virginia Corps please follow the links.

Currently there are five programs under the National Citizen Corps umbrella: CERT, Medical Reserve Corps, Nieghborhood Watch, Fire Corps and Volunteers in Police Service.

Three of these five programs currently exist under the Tazewell County Citizen Corps Council please follow their links for more information.

• National Citizens Corps
• Virginia Citizens Corps
• CERT
• Southwest Virginia Medical Reserve Corps
• Fire Corps
• Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS)

 

Tazewell Community Hospital

Clinch Valley Medical Center