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By Alexandra Bogdanovic
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Rappahannock County and other area law enforcement agencies that rely on the state police for aerial support during search-and-rescue missions, manhunts or related incidents can no longer count on a rapid response.
According to Corrine Geller, spokesperson for the Virginia State Police, the state's budget w'oes forced the VSP to tnm more than $22 million from its budget.
As a result, the agency closed its airbase at Manassas Airport, effective Oct. 25.
“It was definitely not an easy decision, and it will definitely have an impact [on the services] we are able to provide to law enforcement agencies [in that area),” Geller said
Staffed by a sergeant and three trooper-pilots, the airbase was one of four operated by the state police in different parts of
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