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FCPD Acting Police Chief Takes Your Questions

Acting Police Chief James A. Morris will take constituent questions in an online chat Friday.

Got a question about crime in Fairfax County? Lt. Col. James A. Morris, acting police chief for the Fairfax County Police Department, will take constituents' questions at 12:30 p.m. Friday in an online chat discussion, "Ask Fairfax!" 

Morris began his new position Oct. 20. The appointment was made since Police Chief David M. Rohrer was selected by the Board of Supervisors to serve as a deputy county executive to oversee public safety agencies. You can read more about Morris here.

You can get your question in now and "tune in" online Friday here.

Here's where you can ask your question.

The county offers these suggestions regarding its online discussions: 

Ask Fairfax! is a way for you and our county staff to engage in online discussions about key topics in our community.

Here’s how it works:

  • Choose a topic and submit your question. Questions may be submitted in advance and they will be answered live for up to one hour on the specified date; live questions may be asked during that hour, too.
  • Due to time constraints and volume, we may not answer all questions.
  • Keep it clean; questions that include vulgar or disparaging language will not be answered.
  • If similar questions are submitted, we will choose the one that best represents the spirit of the question.

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Charles Kuhman April 5, 2013 at 07:18 pm
I have worked at the Herndon polls on several occasions, and I would like to make sure everyoneRead More understands what Fairfax County and the State of Virginina already require poll workers to do to combat voter fraud. The requirements that people work in their own precincts among their neighbors is to make the likelihood of someone committing voter fraud small at best. We are to stay there all day (5:30 am until the vote count is complete, usually a full hour after the polls close at the earliest) as another check on the chance of someone voting more than once or under more than one name. Both parties are represented among the poll workers by design to even out the chances of at least one worker knowing anyone who might walk in to vote. I have yet to work in a precinct where at least some volunteer poll watchers weren't present for either or both parties (and for all three parties in the election that include Ross Perot) for some or all of the voting hours. Poll workers are instructed on how to challenge a ballot, and I have had to do this myself on at least one occasion. A challenged ballot is sealed and kept, and after the election a panel makes a decision as to whether the ballot will be unsealed and counted. In most cases, the election is clearly won or lost without the challenged ballots, and they are destroyed unopened. I say all this to assure everyone that I feel large scale voter fraud is very unlikely. The need for other measures is unnecessary.