Since 1995, Albemarle County, the City of Charlottesville, and the University of Virginia have been under a contract where the public safety agencies of each cooperate with each other for mutual aid.
This year the contract is being updated and the Finance Committee of the UVA Board of Visitors had a briefing on September 11.
“[UVA Police] Chief Tim Longo, Barry Meek from the General Counsel’s office and a team of leaders from the city and county got back together and said boundaries have changed, jurisdictional areas have changed and we need to upgrade this agreement,” said J.J. Davis, UVA’s executive vice president and chief operating officer…