COVID-19 Resources for Sheriff's Offices

Governor Northam has declared a State of Emergency regarding COVID-19. Please visit Coronavirus Updates Virginia.gov to stay informed.  VSA continues to collect resources that may be of use to you and will continue to keep you informed.

VSA Actions

• Request to Governor regarding presumptive illness provisions
• VSA COVID-19 Actions
• VSA & VARJ Communications Memo: COVID-19 Prevention (04/06/20)
• Virginia Beach Sheriff Ken Stolle Requests Attorney General Mark Herring to Provide Clarification on Protection for First Responders & Healthcare Workers
• Informational Bulletin Re: Evictions Effective August 10, 2020

National Coronavirus Resources

• Preparing For a Pandemic Influenza
• American Correctional Association
• National Governors' Association (updated  03/16/20)
• National Sheriffs' Association -Coronavirus  (updated 03/16/20)
• National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Coronavirus Information
• International Association of Chiefs of Police- Organizational Readiness  (03/10/20)
• International Association of Chiefs of Police - Law Enforcement Information on COVID-19  (03/09/20)
• International Association of Chiefs of Police - Staying Healthy as a Police Officer
• Lexipol Coronavirus Learning & Policy Center 
• U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Advisory Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During the COVID-19 Response
• Reuse of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (03/22/2020)
• Stafford Act Fact Sheet - National Sheriffs' Association (03/26/20)
  
• National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Guidance for HIT CONFIRMATION, LOCATE, and VALIDATION procedures during the National Emergency  (03/31/20)
  
• Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Resources (04/06/20)
• OSHA Interim Guidance COVID-19 (04/06/20)
• Guidelines: Opening Up America Again (04/16/20)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Guidance for Law Enforcement and First Responders Administering Naloxone (05/14/20)

• What Law Enforcement Personnel Need to Know about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• What Law Enforcement Personnel Need to Know about Coronavirus Disease 2019 - PDF
• Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities (CDC) (03/23/20)
• CDC Guidance on Management of COVID-19 inCorrectional and Detention Facilities (04/10/20)
• FAQs for administrators, staff, people who are incarcerated, families (04/10/20)
• Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 Not in Healthcare Settings (05/04/20)
• Criteria for Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 (05/04/20)
• Strategies to Mitigate Healthcare Personnel Staffing Shortages (05/04/20)
• Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities (05/04/20)
• FAQs for Correctional and Detention Facilities (05/04/20)
• Interim Guidance on Management of COVID-19 in Correctional and Detention Facilities (07.21.20)
  
• Interim Considerations for SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Correctional and Detention Facilities  (07.21.20)
• Discontinuation of Isolation for Persons with COVID-19 Not in Healthcare Settings (07.21.20)
• CDC Correctional Toolkit - COVID-19 (8.3.2020)

CESF

• Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (03/31/20)
• BJA Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program Allocations
• BJA Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program Formula Grant Solicitation Released
• BJA FY 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program
• Bureau of Prisons COVID-19 Resources (04/06/20)
• Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Program Notice #1  (04/07/20)
• 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Information FAQs (04/08/20)
• Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program SolicitationFY 2020 Formula Grant Solicitation (04/09/20)

DHS

• Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 Response (03/20/20)
• COVID-19 Law Enforcement Risk Mitigation and Exposure Best Practices (04/07/20)
  

FBI

• FBI Director Letter to Law Enforcement (04/20/20)

FEMA

• FEMA Stakeholder Advisory: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic - Eligible Emergency (03/19/20)
• COVID-19 Pandemic Eligible Emergency Protective Measures  (03/20/20)
• Application Deadlines Extended for Five Additional Fiscal Year 2020 Preparedness Grant Programs  (03/24/20)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Whole-of-Government Response  (03/29/20)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Whole-of-America Response (04/01/20)
• FEMA Advisement on the Reimbursement for the Transportation of Inmates  (04/10/20)
• FEMA PPE Preservation Best Practices (4/14/20)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security PPE Shortage Strategies (4/14/20)
• FEMA Stakeholder Advisory: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic - Eligible Emergency (03/19/20)
• FEMA Fact Sheet: Addressing PPE Needs in Non-Healthcare Settings (04/21/20)
• FEMA Advisory: Addressing PPE Needs in Non-Healthcare Settings (04/22/20)

Governor's Orders

• Governor Northam Declares State of Emergency, Outlines Additional Measure to Combat COVID-19  (03/12/20)
• Governor Northam Orders All Virginia K-12 Schools Closed for Minimum of Two Weeks  (03/13/20)
• Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner Declaration of Public Health Emergency (03/17/20)
• Governor and Health Commissioner Issue Public Health Emergency Order to Enforce 10-Patron Limit  (03/17/20)
• Governor Northam Announces New Measures to Combat COVID-19 and Support Impacted Virginians  (3/17/20)
• Governor Northam Announces Additional Actions to Address COVID-19  (03/18/20)
• Joint Statements From Public Safety Agencies in Virginia (03/18/20)
• Amended Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner Declaration of Public Health Emergency(03/20/20)
• Governor Northam Orders Statewide Closure of Certain Non-Essential Businesses, K-12 Schools (03/23/20)
• Frequently Asked Questions regarding Executive Order Fifty-Three(03/23/20)
• Governor Northam Issues Statewide Stay at Home Order (03/30/20)
• Executive Order Fifty Five (03/30/20)
• CASC Guidance re: EO-55 (04/01/20)
• Faith Communities Guidance Document Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office of the Governor VEST Health Equity Work Group (04/08/20)
• Virginia Dramatically Decreases Jail Population Following Guidance from Governor Northam (04/17/20)
• Amended Executive Order Number Fifty-Three: Extension of Temporary Restrictions on Restaurants, Recreational, Entertainment, Gatherings, Non-Essential Retail Businesses, and Closure of K-12 Schools Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (04/17/20)
• Third Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 Emergency (04/22/20)
• Governor Northam Acts to Ensure Liability Protections for Healthcare Workers (4/28/20)
• Executive Order Sixty (4/28/20)
• Forward Virginia Blueprint - Phase 1 (05/08/20)
• Executive Order Sixty One (05/09/20)
• Safer at Home: Phase One Guidelines for all Business Sectors (05/09/20)
• Safer at Home: Phase One Religious Services (05/09/20)
• Governor Northam's Presentation: Phase 1 (05/08/20)
• Commonwealth’s Attorneys Services Council Guidance of Executive Order Sixty One (05/14/2020)
  
• Governor Northam Announces Face Covering Requirement and Workplace Safety Regulations (05/27/2020)
• Governor Northam Announces Phase Two Guidelines to Further Ease Public Health Restrictions (06/02/2020)
• Safer at Home: Phase Two Guidelines (06/02/2020)
• Governor Northam Outlines Phase Three Guidelines to Lift Additional Public Health Restrictions (06/19/2020)
• Safer at Home: Phase Three Guidelines (06/19/2020)
• Governor Northam's Slide Presentation: Phase 3 (06/19/2020)
• Executive Order 67 and Order of Public Health Emergency Seven - Phase Three Easing of Certain Temporary Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (06/30/20)
• Governor Northam Announces General Assembly to Convene August 18 (07/17/20)
• Executive Order Sixty-Eight and Order of Public Health Emergency - Eight Additional Restrictions on the Eastern Region Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) (07/28/2020)
• Governor Northam Signs Executive Order to Address Impacts of COVID-19 in State-Operated Psychiatric Hospitals (8.18.2020)
• Governor Northam Announces New Mitigation Measures to Slow COVID-19 Spread (12.10.2020)

Mental Health

• Public Safety Psychological Health Services Staying Sane Issue #1  (03/23/20)
• Public Safety Psychological Health Services Staying Sane Issue #2 (03/23/20)
• PHASE III: Dealing with the Loss of One of Your Own to the Coronavirus (COVID 19): Preparation and Response  (04/5/20)
• PHASE IV (A) IN THE NEW NORMAL: Leadership’s Responsibility in Dealing with the Loss of One of Your Own to the Coronavirus (COVID 19): Issues, Preparation, and Response Consideration (04/11/20)
  

 Other State Resources

• Alabama Covid Response to all Sheriff.pdf  (03/16/20)
• Lake County Ohio Pandemic Influenza coop.docx
• PERF's Daily COVID-19 Report - Interview with Kirkland, WA Police Department re: policies, protocols and activities  (03/17/20)
• The St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office, Corrections Division, partnered with GUARDIAN RFID and Dr. Anne Spaulding, MD, on a video that provides key tips to prevent the spread of Coronavirus into your jails.   
  

Virginia Resources

• General Order, U.S. District Court  (03/12/20)
• Attorney General Herring warns Virginians about coronavirus scams  (03/06/20)
• Order Declaring Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 (03/16/20)
• Virginia ABC Update - March 27, 2020
• Supreme Court of Virginia Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency (3/28/20)
• Supreme Court of Virginia - COVID-19 Appellate & Local Court Information Procedure  (3/28/20)
• Virginia ABC Update - April , 2020
• AG Advice to a Chief on Religious Services (04/03/20)
• Virginia ABC Update - April 9, 2020
• Letter to the Northam Administration from several legislators requesting release on inmates (04/10/20) 
• Supreme Court of Virginia Order - Re: Fourth Order Modifying and Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in response to COVID-19 Emergency (05/06/20)
• Secretary of Finance: Local Allocations for Federal CARES Coronavirus Relief Funds (05/12/20)
• Supreme Court of Virginia Order - Re: Fifth Order Modifying and Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency (06/22/2020)
• Virginia ABC Update - May 29, 2020
• Sixth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency of Judicial Emergency in response to COVID-19 Emergency (06/24/20)
• Virginia ABC Update - July 17, 2020
• Supreme Court of Virginia Order - Re: Seventh Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency (07/08/2020)
• Amendment of Eighth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 Emergency (August 7, 2020)
• Supreme Court of Virginia Order - Re: Ninth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency (08/20/2020)
• Supreme Court of Virginia Order - Re: Tenth Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency (09/04/2020)
• Supreme Court of Virginia Order - Re: Eleventh Order Extending Declaration of Judicial Emergency in Response to COVID-19 Emergency (09/28/2020)

The Supreme Court of Virginia has ordered the following: "Effective August 10 through September 7, 2020 (pursuant to Va. Code § 17.1-330 Declaration of judicial emergency), the issuance of writs of eviction pursuant to unlawful detainer actions is suspended and continued. However, this suspension and continuation shall not apply to writs of eviction in unlawful detainer actions that are unrelated to the failure to pay rent."

While this language suspends the issuance of any new evictions, it does not suspend the execution of any pending evictions. If you are pending an eviction due to the inability to pay rent, you may have cause to make a motion to the General District Court to stay the execution of your eviction based on this new Supreme Court of Virginia order. For further information, please contact Legal Services of Northern Virginia at 703-778-6800. 

Local Sheriffs Offices Process & Procedures

• Intake Lobby Isolation Guidelines - Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office (03/12/20)
• New Admit Procedure - Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office (03/14/20)
• Arlington County Civil Process Court Order (03/18/20)
• Arlington County Eviction Court Order (03/18/20)
• Isle of Wight Working Against Exploitation of Children on Internet (04/20/20)
  
• Eviction Orders & the CARES Act (07/10/20)

Virginia Department of Health and Behavioral Developmental Services 

• Notification about Admissions at Piedmont Geriatric Hospital (7/09/2020)
• Temporary Admission Hold at Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute - Sent on Behalf of Commissioner Land (10/31/2020)
• Holiday Census Pressures (11/24/2020)
• Admissions Hold at Catawba Hospital (12/11/2020)
• DBHDS State Hospital COVID-related Admissions Changes - Sent on Behalf of Commissioner Land (12.31.20) 

Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS)

• COVID-19 Testing Request Form (Electronic submission) for testing through DCLS (04/02/20)
• DCLS Guidance for COVID-19 Testing (04/02/20)
  

Virginia Department of Corrections

• COVID-19 Offender Screening Form
  
• COVID-19 Offender Screening Form Memo
• Alternative Mental Health Transportation and the Coronavirus (03/13/20)
• Virginia Department of Corrections Suspension of Intake (03/16/20)
• Virginia Department of Corrections Jail Intakes (03/20/20)
• Virginia Department of Corrections COVID-19 and Jail Intakes (04/15/20
• Virginia Department of Corrections Early Release Letter (05/08/20)
• Virginia Department of Corrections Early Release Plan (05/08/20)
• State Responsible Inmate Appeal for COVID-19 Early Release (05/08/20)
• COVID-19 Department of Corrections Form for Early Release From Local and Regional Jails (05/08/20)
• Exemplary Good Time (EGT)/Judicial Good Time (JGT)/ Class Level Evaluation (05/08/20)
• Virginia Department of Corrections Memo: Intake from Jails to Department of Corrections (9.04.2020)
• COVID-19 Offender Screening Questionnaire (09.04.2020)
• COVID-19 Inmate Questionnaire for Entry into DOC Facility (10.31.2020)
• COVID-19 Intake from Jails to Department of Corrections- Female Inmates (10.31.2020)
  
• Virginia Department of Corrections Memo: COVID-19 Vaccinations and Jail Intake (3.3.2021)

Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services

• DCJS Training Policy and the Coronavirus(03/13/20)
• DCJS Guidance Related to COVID-19 and the Commonwealth’s State of Emergency (03/25/20
  

Virginia Department of Emergency Management

• Virginia to receive federal funding to provide safe hotel housing for first responders during COVID-19 response (04/21/20)

Virginia Department of Forensic Science

• Virginia Department of Forensic Science Evidence Handling & Laboratory Capabilities Guide (03/26/2020)

Virginia Department of Health

• Testing for COVID-19 due to Occupational Exposures (03/26/20)
• VDH Memo: Sharing of Information with First Responders (3/30/20)
• VDH Updated Guidance on Testing for COVID-19 (04/02/20)
• VDH COVID-19 Interim Guidance for Correctional Facilities (05/03/20)
• VDH FAQs for Correctional Facilities (04/30/20)
• VDH When to End Isolation and Quarantine Infographic (05/04/20)
  
• BinaxNOW Local Jail Survey Data (11/05/2020)
• Virginia Department of Health Abbott BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Cards (11/10/2020)

Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development

• Rent and Mortgage Relief Program (RMRP)- English (08/13/2020)
• Rent and Mortgage Relief Program (RMRP)- Spanish (08/13/2020)

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

• DMV Letter (07.29.2020)

Virginia Department of Social Services

• Virginia Department of Social Services Childcare Guidance (03/31/20)
• Virginia Department of Social Services Childcare Guidance (04/15/20)
  

Virginia Department of Veterans Services

• VVFS JIS Virginia Sheriffs' Letter (05/12/20)
• VVFS Jail brochure Vets in Criminal Justice System Brochure 2020 (05/12/20)
• JIS Program Services (05/12/20)
• JIS Service Request (05/12/20)

Virginia State Police

• Department of State Police SOR Registration Process (03/17/20)
•  Sex Offender Registry Memo (3/24/20)
•  Sex Offender Registration during COVID-19 Emergency – Additional New Procedures (3/25/20)
• COVID-19 Temporary Documentation - Change of Address Only (03/26/2020)
•  COVID-19 Temporary Documentation - Change of Education Only (03/26/2020)
•  COVID-19 Temporary Documentation - Change of Employment Only (03/26/2020)
• COVID-19 Temporary Documentation - Change of Vehicle Only (03/26/2020)
•  COVID-19 Temporary Documentation - Re-Registration Only (03/26/2020)
  

Graphics

• Department of Health and Human Services Info Sheet
• Virginia Department of Health Graphic
• International Association of Chiefs of Police - General Fact Sheet
• Stop the Spread of Germs
  
• International Association of Chiefs of Police - Staying Healthy as a Police Officer
• 15 Days to Slow the Spread  (03/16/20)
• Non-FDA Approved COVID-19 Test Kits Shipped to the United States(03/19/20)

In the Media

• Va. Corrections Department eyeing vacant state prison to house COVID-19 inmates
• Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office taking coronavirus precautions  (03/06/20)
• Operators of Virginia prisons and Richmond-area jails take measures against coronavirus  (03/10/20)
• Concerned about coronavirus, local jails step up screening of inmates, suspend weekend programs  (03/11/20)
• Newport News Sheriff's Office Precautions Against Coronavirus (03/13/20)
• Caroline County Board of Supervisors Declares Local Emergency  (03/14/20)
• VBSO releasing some nonviolent offenders into home incarceration (03/17/20)
• Virginia Beach Correctional Center On-Site Visitation Cancelled
• Beware Coronavirus Scams  (3/18/20)
• Malicious website pretending to be the live map for "Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases
• Hampton Sheriff's Office: COVID-19 Update  (03/27/20)
• Letter from Virginia Beach Sheriff Ken Stolle re: Presumptive Illness Provisions (04/10/20)
  

Questions & Answers

• What Employers Need to Know about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act  (03/26/20)
• Pender and Coward: Legal Opinions and Observations
  
• FMLA & Coronavirus
• Pender & Coward COVID-19 Resources  (4/13/20)

Statistics

• Jail populations as reported by the Compensation Board (03/17/20)
• Jail populations as reported by the Compensation Board (03/19/20)

Suppliers of Equipment

• Letter to sheriffs from Staples (03/17/20)
• Register for Staples' "prioritized" service (03/18/20)
• Staples Customer Support (03/18/20)
• Staples Restricted Item Guide (03/27/20)
• Staples NEW Quick Search Function - Step by Step Process (03/27/20)
  

VDH Webinar

• Slides from VDH Virginia Sheriffs' Association COVID-19 Webinar  (03/16/20)

Other Resources

*Please note VSA does not endorse any companies, resources are for informational purposes only

• Lexipol Coronavirus Learning & Policy Center