About Us
General Information
The Sheriff, who in King William is the primary law enforcement official in the County, is elected to a 4-year term. Under the direction of Sheriff T.D. "Don" Lumpkin, the King William County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for all law enforcement efforts in the County and handles dispatching services for the Fire and Rescue Squads and the Department of Animal Control.
The responsibilities of the Office also include:
- Civil process
- Criminal investigation
- Security when court is in session
- Traffic control for school buses leaving the King William County schools
- Traffic enforcement to help keep the roads safe
The Sheriff’s Office has 30 law enforcement deputies, four full-time and two part-time civil process servers, eight dispatchers, one records manager, one records clerk and one administrative assistant. The office has two deputies who handle investigations and narcotics enforcement.
Our Mission
King William Sheriff’s Office is a progressive agency, which is committed to providing the highest level of public safety and protection to all county residents and guests. This will be accomplished by:
- Being proactive in crime prevention
- Continually interacting with all aspects of our community
- Fairly and impartially enforcing local, state and federal laws
- Maintaining irreproachable professionalism, respect, fairness and integrity by all personnel