Captain Brian Jacobs
Division of Emergency Communications

Captain Jacobs began his law enforcement career with the Stafford County Sheriff's Office in 1996.  He started in the Jail Division and then transferred to the Field Operations Division as a Patrolman. He was later promoted to 1st Sergeant within the Traffic Safety Division. In 2016, he was appointed to 1st Lieutenant and assigned as the Assistant Division Commander of Administrative Services. In 2018, he was transferred to the Emergency Communications Division and in 2024 promoted to Captain within the Emergency Communications Division.

Captain Jacobs is a graduate of the FBI-LEEDA’s Supervisory, Command, and Executive Leadership Institutes, earning the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy Award.  Captain Jacobs graduated from the Leading, Educating and Developing (LEAD) program at the University of Virginia, which is designed for leaders of high-performance government organizations.

Captain Jacobs previously served as the assistant team leader on the SWAT Team from 2000-2021 and as a member of the Dive Team.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Emergency Communications Center (ECC) is organized as its own Division within the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office and is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year supporting operations through an ever-changing emergency communications infrastructure. The Division is responsible for answering 911 emergency calls, administrative calls and dispatching all emergency responses in Stafford County. The Division currently consists of a Communications Director and Assistant Director, Training Staff, Computer Aided Dispatch Programmer Analyst, Radio Technician Programmer Analyst, Administrative Assistant VCIN Coordinator, Supervisory Staff, VCIN Operators, Emergency Call Takers, Fire Rescue Emergency Medical Dispatchers and Law Enforcement Dispatchers.

EMERGENCY NUMBER: 911

NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER: (540) 658-4400

Phone: (540) 658-4400
FAX: (540) 658-4419
E-Mail: BJacobs@staffordcountyva.gov