Gloucester County Sheriff Darrell Warren Jr. has announced that he is seeking a fourth term as sheriff.

“Gloucester County is one of the safest places to live, work and raise a family,” said Warren, “I am determined to keep it that way through effective community engagement designed to suppress crime, superior recruitment and training of our deputies and by protecting our most vulnerable citizens when people try to take advantage of them.”

Warren joined the Gloucester Sheriff’s Office in 1991 as a patrol deputy and steadily rose through the ranks. He was promoted to patrol sergeant in 1995 and joined the GCSO’s Special Operations Unit that year. He was promoted to patrol lieutenant in 1998, before he transferred to investigations and became that division’s supervisor.

Promoted to captain in 2000, Warren oversaw uniform patrol, investigations, school resource officers, communications and auxiliary personnel. He advanced to major in 2008 and was named chief deputy in 2010.

Warren was named interim sheriff in 2012 upon the resignation of Sheriff Steve Gentry. He won a special election for sheriff that November and was reelected in 2015 and 2019.

In a new term, Warren said he plans to continue aggressive suppression of drug dealers by leveraging federal partners and holding violent criminals and drug traffickers accountable. He plans to continuing working with legislators to bring a “Death by Distribution,” law to Virginia to help combat the fentanyl epidemic.

Warren serves on the Virginia Sheriff’s Association’s Legislative Committee and is the commissioner for the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission. He is a member of the Executive Board for the Hampton Roads Regional Criminal Justice Training Academy and Virginia Highway Safety Committee, as well as the Advisory Council for Rappahannock Community College.

Warren is running as the Republican Party candidate.