Stafford County Sheriff's Office

Captain Neuhard grew up in Stafford County, graduating from Brooke Point High School, before going on to earn his Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary.

After starting as a Cadet with the Sheriff’s Office in 2006, Captain Neuhard continued serving as an Auxiliary Deputy, Deputy Sheriff, Assistant Shift Supervisor, and Shift Supervisor in the Field Operations Division. Captain Neuhard then began working as the Unit Supervisor for the Homeland Security and Crime Prevention Unit which is responsible for coordinating the Sheriff’s Office’s community outreach, special event planning, and intelligence functions. In March of 2020, Captain Neuhard was appointed as the Assistant Division Commander of the Field Operations Division where he was responsible for assisting with the supervision of the Sheriff’s Office’s patrol shifts and developing and implementing the Sheriff’s Office’s Mental Health Unit and Law Enforcement Phlebotomy Program. In addition to his regular duties, Captain Neuhard has had the pleasure of serving on multiple special teams including the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Team, Civil Disturbance Unit, and Search and Rescue Team.

Captain Neuhard has attended numerous courses through the National Tactical Officers Association including its Public Order Basic Command Certification, SWAT Command Decision Making and Leadership, Supervising Patrol Critical Incidents, and Managing Critical incidents courses. Captain Neuhard is a graduate of FBI LEEDA’s Supervisory and Command Leadership institutes and has attended numerous specialized courses on a range of topics including incident command, search and rescue, and special event planning and security.

SPECIAL SERVICES

Special Services provides a variety of programs, the first of these is Juvenile Services. This unit supplies D.A.R.E. Officers to the schools as well as School Resource Officers to ensure a safe environment within the schools while at the same time creating a link between the youth of the community and law enforcement representatives.

Included in the Special Services function is the Traffic Safety Unit that is charged with the control of traffic movement, enforcement of traffic laws and the reduction of traffic collisions through directed enforcement. To accomplish this task deputies are equipped with motorcycles and marked and unmarked vehicles.

The Special Problems Unit has been charged with the reaction to and solving of special problems that arise from time to time. For example a series of thefts from construction sites will initiate action by the unit as will a sudden upsurge in traffic collisions in a specific area of the County. The unit may work on very serious events, i.e. homicide-assisting investigators, as well as those more annoying incidents such as vandalism.

Homeland Security & Emergency Management prevents, protects against and prepares for all hazards relative to homeland security. The team works daily to protect the community from ever-present threats of terrorism, providing a higher level of situational awareness and mitigating the chances of having our region be caught unaware.

Finally, the unit that has total responsibility for proactive law enforcement is the Crime Prevention Unit. The individuals assigned to this task provide a wide range of services aimed at preventing crime, community involvement and community awareness to the trends in criminal activity within the County.

SPECIAL OPERATIONS

In addition to the units that have organizational stature, the Special Operations Division provides several services that are collateral assignments that support field endeavors; among these Special Operations Team are: K-9 Field Units, Special Weapons and Tactical support, Dive Team, Marine Patrol, Ground Search and Rescue, Honor Guard, Crisis Negotiation Team, Bike Patrol, Boat Patrol, ATV Patrol UAS Team, Civil Disturbance Team and the Command Bus Team.