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The Franklin County Sheriff's Office provides law
enforcement services throughout Franklin County including Boones Mill, Ferrum and Rocky
Mount. The Sheriff's Office is dedicated to protecting the life and property of County
residents and to safeguarding each citizen's constitutional rights. The Sheriff's Office
carries out its law enforcement duties based on the mutual respect and shared
responsibility of the citizens it serves. In addition to law enforcement, the Franklin
County Sheriff's Office is responsible for courtroom security, service of civil process,
inmate housing at Franklin County Jail, a work release dormitory for non-violent
offenders, and dispatchers for law enforcement and emergency services. This department
also provides the following community-oriented services:
- D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education)
- Class Action (Virginia Teens and the Law)
- Resource Officers at Benjamin Franklin Middle
School and Franklin County High School
- Neighborhood Watch Organization
- McGruff Program
- Child Fingerprinting
- Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Program
- Spouse Abuse Prevention Programs
- Drug Abuse Prevention Programs
- Self-Defense Instruction
The Sheriffs Office may be contacted as follows:
EMERGENCY................................... Dial 911
Information..................................... (540) 483-3000
(Community Services/Investigations/Neighborhood Watch)
The Rocky Mount Police Department patrols the Town to
prevent and detect violations of federal, state and local laws. For emergencies, dial 9-1-1;
for non-emergencies, call (540) 483-9275.
The Town of Boones Mill Police monitor traffic and
carry out other law enforcement duties within the Town. (540) 334-5404.
The
Ferrum College
Police Department is a fully certified police department and has
jurisdiction throughout the Blue Ridge Magisterial District of Franklin
County.
The Virginia State Police maintain a staff of nine
troopers assigned to Franklin County to enforce statutory laws. For non-emergencies,
contact the Virginia State Police, Division Six, Salem, VA at 1-540-380-1500;
for emergencies call 1-800-542-5959.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
has a local staff of 3 game wardens who enforce state game/hunting, fishing and boating
laws in Franklin County. They also stock trout in local streams and provide hunter
education classes. Wardens may be contacted at (540) 483-3077 or through
the Franklin County Sheriff's Office at (540) 483-3000.
The Virginia Department of Forestry at Suite B, 285
South Main Street, enforces burning laws which extend from February 15 through April 30
and which permit fires only between 4:00 p.m. and Midnight. The department also assists
private land owners with forest land management. (540) 483-5330
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