Our History

The founders of the Virginia State Police Alumni Association met in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 23, 1973 and formed a steering committee to write the By-Laws of the Organization.

On May 26,1973, 40 former Troopers met in Waynesboro and finalized much of the work needed to file documents for a certificate of incorporation.  At this meeting John B. Flinn was elected President.  Filing for the incorporation was completed October 16, 1973 and the Alumni’s next meeting was held December 29, 1973.  The membership at this time had grown to 127.

The Alumni filed a name change on December 23, 1976, from the Virginia State Police Alumni Association to the Virginia State Police Alumni, Inc. The membership has grown to over 500 members and the membership consists of former Virginia State Police Troopers and professional staff of the Department of State Police. Membership dues are $40.00 annually and new applicants are voted on regularly.

The Executive Board consists of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Executive Secretary, Sergeant-At-Arms and a Divisional representative for each of the seven Divisions.  All Executive Board members are elected each year by the membership.  There are a number of other appointed positions who are selected each year by the President.

The Alumni publishes a newsletter called The Grapevine several times a year (see the Grapevine Newsletters tab link to past issues below). We also provide an online membership directory. Once you are a member, you will have access to the directory in real time on our website. We also sell, for a nominal cost, printed versions of the directory once per year if desired.

The Alumni maintains a Health and Welfare chairperson who emails members to relay information on the sickness or injury of members and their families.

Are you a former employee of the department? We’d love to have you join us!