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BY MARY BETH MARTIN
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
At the public meeting held Sunday at the Washington Fire Hall, Sheriff Larry Sherertz emphasized the importance of communication between the community and local law enforcement officials.
He also outlined several new community programs he plans to introduce, and responded to a variety of questions from the audience.
The meeting was well attended, with close to 70 residents — many of them older citizens — who came to the fire hall on the wet and soggy afternoon to talk to the new sheriff and nine of his deputies.
“No complaint is too small to talk about, because to that person, it may be the biggest thing in their life,” said Sherertz. “I have an open door and open phone policy.”
Sheriff Sherertz introduced each of his deputies, including the one most recently hired, Dep. Bray Williams of Chester Gap. In police work since ‘74
Sherertz explained how he and his wife, Meg, had built a home in Gid Brown Hollow in 1990. They have three grown children.
Sherertz began his career in law enforcement as a patrol officer with the Fairfax County Police Department in 1974.
In 1980, he moved to the newlycreated Crime Analysis Office, where he became involved in automating the information system there, resulting in the compilation of masses of data and accurate predictions of where future crimes might occur.
He also proposed patrols by officers on mountain bikes — similar to the program started in Seattle, Washington — in small areas of the county plagued by crime.
In 1992, he returned to the patrol division as a trainer for new officers.
After commuting to Fairfax for eight years, Sherertz retired from the
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