President
A. M. “Jake” Jacocks Jr. retired after 10 years as the Chief of Police of the Virginia Beach Police Department on July 1, 2010. Chief Jacocks served for several years as a member of the Executive Committee and as chair of the By-laws Committee of the Major Cities Chiefs Association, and at the time of his retirement, he was serving as Second Vice President of the Association, as well as a member of the Executive Board of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police and the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Criminal Justice Services Board. Chief Jacocks is a past member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He is a past member of the Executive Board of Lead Hampton Roads and recipient of LHR’s Julian F. Hurst Leadership Award, and was a long-term member of the Board of Directors of the Sugar Plum Bakery, Inc., a local non-profit organization that provides job skill training to developmentally disabled individuals.
Jacocks joined the Board of Directors of the Foundation shortly after his retirement.
As a member of the Virginia Beach Police Department, Jacocks served the citizens of Virginia Beach for over 38 years. He began as a civilian desk officer at the age of 19. Once becoming a sworn officer in October 1973, he served in all four precincts, the Detective Bureau, Special Operations and the Professional Standards Office. In April 1999, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Operations and he was appointed Chief of Police on March 15, 2000. Jacocks received a direct commission as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1987 and served as an intelligence officer in a variety of intelligence and operational reserve units, including multiple Department Head tours. He retired from the Navy after over 20 years of service in December 2007 with the rank of Commander. Jacocks holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and a Masters of Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the Southern Police Institute, the Police Executive Leadership School at the University of Richmond, PERF’s Senior Management Institute for Police, the FBI’s National Executive Institute, the Naval Postgraduate School’s Homeland Security Executive Leaders Program, the FBI’s Leaders in Counter Terrorism program and LEAD Hampton Roads.
Chief Jacocks currently works as a consultant to law enforcement agencies around the country.
