William “Jake” Jacoby. Image courtesy of NOVA

The new assistant chief of NOVA Police is William “Jake” Jacoby.

Jacoby comes to the College as a 25-year veteran of the Fairfax County Police Department. During his tenure with Fairfax County, Jacoby supervised the Major Crimes Division for eight years.

In prior assignments, he worked on the 2003 Beltway sniper investigation and partnered with the FBI after the 9/11 Pentagon bombing. NBC’s “To Catch a Predator” series featured Jacoby as a law enforcement expert on the exploitation of children by sexual predators.

Jacoby was also the assistant commander of the Fairfax County Criminal Intelligence Division. This division oversaw the Northern Virginia Regional Intelligence Center and a multi-jurisdictional criminal task force to combat organized crime in the region. Jacoby ended his career as the assistant commander of the Franconia District Station, the busiest station in the county for calls for service. During his tenure, Jacoby had eight lieutenants and 140 officers under his command.

Prior to Fairfax County, he was a member of the New York City Police Department.

By: Contributing Author

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