The Alexandria Sheriff’s Office maintains that it violated no policies when a man arrested for public intoxication died while waiting to be booked into the city jail.
On Aug. 15, 2025, Allan Tucker II died in APD custody in the sally port of the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center after waiting upward of 35 minutes during a Sheriff’s office shift change. In a release put out today (June 29), ASO said that the Northern Virginia Critical Incident Response Team found “no criminal wrongdoing on the part of Alexandria Police Department or Alexandria Sheriff’s Office personnel.”
The statement comes after the Alexandria independent policing auditor concluded that APD officers violated performance standards and body camera directives. After reviewing body camera footage from three arresting officers, auditor Ameratu Kamara found that officers disregarded the 32-year-old Tucker’s multiple requests to be taken to the hospital, even as they drove past Inova Alexandria Hospital.
Kamara said the “lengthy shift change” by the sheriff’s office resulted in Tucker never getting a standard medical screening by a nurse at the detention center. She also said police never notified ASO deputies that Tucker was experiencing a medical issue until he was found unresponsive in the back seat of the cruiser.
Kamara recommended in her report that the city should “expand oversight at the state and municipal level to include independent investigations and review of Sheriff and detention personnel and operations.”
ASO said it conducted an internal review of the incident, but will not release those results due to a possibility of civil litigation.
“The review determined that no violations of ASO policies or procedures occurred,” ASO said in the release. “While the review found no violations of Sheriff’s Office policies or procedures, on the advice of legal counsel, due to the possibility of civil litigation, and to protect confidential personnel information, the internal review will not be released.”
ASO released an initial
In January, Alexandria Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Porter announced he would not seek criminal charges against the officers involved in Tucker’s death. The CIRT investigation found officers “did not use or attempt to use force likely to cause death or serious bodily injury at any point during their interaction with the arrestee,” Porter said.
The city’s Independent Community Policing Review Board will conduct a public hearing on Tucker’s death from 6:30-9 p.m. Monday, June 29, in the City Council Chamber at the Del Pepper Community Resource Center.
