Alexandria Sheriff Sean Casey has been named to Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger’s Transition Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Policy.
Casey was notified last week in an email from Spanberger’s staff that he was named to the committee and assigned to its eight-member Criminal Justice/Corrections Subcommittee.
Casey now attends two virtual meetings per week, one meeting per each group, and is tasked with creating public safety recommendations for the incoming administration.
“I’m extremely honored to be among those helping to support the Governor-elect and her transition team,” Casey said in a release. “In Virginia, we’re fortunate to have a number of highly knowledgeable and experienced public safety leaders and it is indeed a privilege to have been selected.”
Spanberger’s support of Casey comes in the wake of City Council asking for Casey’s office to cease voluntary inmate transfers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Casey has denied that his office collaborates with ICE, and stated that it does not “comply with ICE detainers by holding any inmate past their release date.”
Casey, a Democrat, faced no opposition in his November reelection. A lifelong Alexandria resident, he told ALXnow earlier this year that he doesn’t want another job aside from being the sheriff.
The Sheriff is the third Alexandria official to be named to Gov.-elect Spanberger’s transition team, joining Mayor Alyia Gaskins and Councilmember Canek Aguirre.
