Public Relations Office
Statewide office:
Administrative Headquarters
7700 Midlothian Turnpike
Richmond, VA 23235
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 27472,
Richmond, VA 23261
Phone: (804) 674-2016
Fax: (804) 674-2345
Email: questions@vsp.virginia.gov
Regional Public Information Officers
Richmond, Culpeper, Appomattox, Wytheville, Chesapeake, Salem/Roanoke and Fairfax County.
The Public Relations Office serves as the primary contact for local, state, and national media through its response to incidents and dissemination of news releases about Department programs and activities. The office also maintains daily contact with the public through outreach and education.
Contacts
STATEWIDE:
Public Relations Manager (Richmond)
Corinne Geller
7700 Midlothian Turnpike
Richmond, Virginia
(804) 674-2789 telephone
(804) 674-2345 fax
(804) 263-5547 cell
corinne.geller@vsp.virginia.gov
REGIONAL:
Sergeant Dylan Davenport
2434 Pine Forest Drive,
Colonial Heights, VA 23834
(804) 609-5508 telephone
Dylan.davenport@
vsp.virginia.gov
Cities: Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights
Counties: Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex, Goochland, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Louisa, New Kent, Northumberland, Nottoway, Prince George, Powhatan, Richmond, Westmoreland.
Sergeant Brent Coffey
15148 State Police Road
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
(540) 829-7713 telephone
Brent.Coffey@
vsp.virginia.gov
Cities: Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, and Winchester
Counties: Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Madison, Orange, Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren.
(Including the cities and towns located in the above counties.)
Vacant
(434) 352-7128 (Div. III telephone)
Cities: Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Staunton
Counties: Augusta, Albemarle, Amherst, Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte Cumberland, Fluvanna, Greene, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nelson, and Prince Edward. (Including the cities and towns located in the above counties.
Sergeant Michelle Anaya
110 Pratt Street
Fort Monroe, Virginia 23651
(757) 727-4788 telephone
michelle.anaya@
vsp.virginia.gov
Cities: Chesapeake, Hampton, Norfolk, Newport News, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg
Counties: Accomack, Brunswick, Northampton, Gloucester, Greensville, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Middlesex, and Southampton, Surry, Sussex, and York (Including the cities and towns located in the above counties.)
Sergeant Rick Garletts
3775 W. Main Street
Salem, Virginia 24153
(540) 375-9598 telephone
rick.garletts@
vsp.virginia.gov
Cities: Roanoke and Salem
Counties: Allegheny, Bath, Bedford, Botetourt, Craig, Floyd, Franklin, Henry, Highland, Montgomery, Patrick, Pittsylvania Roanoke, and Rockbridge. (Including the cities and towns located in the above counties.)
MEDIA IDENTIFICATION CARDS:
Reporters, photographers, and video personnel employed by a Virginia Association of Broadcasters (VAB) or a Virginia Press Association (VPA) media agency should contact their publisher or station manager to complete and notarize a State Police Identification Card Application.
Note: Identification cards are issued for a period of three years. Renewal forms are available from the VAB or VPA.
The notarized application, accompanied by a 2x2 inch, passport-type photograph, is submitted to either:
Virginia Association of Broadcasters
630 Country Green Lane
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Attention: Executive Director
OR
Virginia Press Association
11529 Nuckols Road
Glen Allen VA 23059
Attention: Publication Editor
The VAB or VPA will construct the card and forward the notarized application or renewal form and any accompanying correspondence to the Virginia State Police, Public Relations Office in Richmond. The State Police record the application, the Superintendent signs the card, and then it is mailed to the broadcasting station or newspaper.