MAJOR CRIMES BUREAU COVID CRACKDOWN
COLD CASE WEBPAGE
Detectives from our Major Crimes
The Cold Case Squad, founded in 1995,
bringing them closure is resolute.
Squad recognized that school closures
the Fairfax County Police Department.
This past year, detectives assigned to
learning increased many children’s
investigation of unsolved homicides
unyielding commitment to these victims
them at higher risk of exploitation. In
On July 29, 2020, the Cold Case Squad
evidence. These two sexual assaults,
conducted a proactive operation to
webpage to share information about
excellent examples of how our detectives
Bureau’s Missing and Exploited Person
falls under the Major Crimes Bureau of
and the implementation of distance
The squad is responsible for the
our Cold Case Squad demonstrated their
online presence and inadvertently placed
and serial sex crimes in the County.
by solving two cases through forensic
order to combat this risk, our detectives
announced the launch of a new public
which occurred in 1998 and 2014, are
identify would-be predators. Our MCB
these open investigations.
use today’s advancement in technology
in conjunction with our Organized Crime and Intelligence Bureau, conducted
Operation COVID Crackdown in April of
2020 which resulted in 30 arrests and 68 felony charges.
21 FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
The webpage serves to provide
information to the community as well as to reassure the friends and family
members of these victims that although time may pass, our commitment to
to solve crimes from the past.
