August 2017 Your Opinion Matters You are appreciated Ms Jones, I recently read your


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Phone scammers pose as Sheriff deputy


Te Hampton Sheriff’s Office


wants the public to be aware of an aggressive phone scam targeting Hampton and surrounding area citizens. Several Hampton citizens have recently received calls from impersonators falsely identifying themselves as deputies and employees of the Hampton Sheriff’s Department.


Te caller falsely identifies


himself as Sergeant Fuller of the Hampton Sheriff’s Department and is insistent that there are warrants out for his victims arrest be-cause of a missed jury service date. To avoid arrest they request immediate payment with the purchase of money cards to pay fines in excess of $1,000. Tey have even made pleas to meet victims personally in locations to finalize the transaction


and satisfy the arrest warrant THIS CALL IS A SCAM!! Te collection of fines will never


be requested over the telephone, but through a summons served by your local Sheriff’s Office. If you get this call, don’t give out any information and never meet any caller anywhere seeking to collect funds to avoid an arrest warrant.


Please share this information


to protect other persons from being scammed. Tis scam has been duplicated across the country, so do not assume that your com-munity will not be targeted.


For further questions or concerns,


call the Hampton Sheriff’s Office at (757) 727-6280 or (757)926-2540.


Please call the Hampton Police


Division at (757) 727-6111 to file a report.


www.hamptonroadsmessenger.com


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National League of Cities to highlight need for workforce development


WASHINGTON, D.C. -


Recently, Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, hosted a policy briefing in coordination with the National League of Cities (NLC) on their recent report "The Future of Work in Cities." The


policy discussion highlighted


strategies that can provide support to cities and the economic impacts of workforce development at the federal level.


The testimony briefing native, included from Dr. Patricia P.


Woodbury, Councilmember, Newport News, Virginia. A South Hampton


that increase the employability experience


citizens within Newport News. Her on-the-ground


has a long history of supporting workforce development


Dr. Woodbury programs


of provided


an in-depth analysis on the trends and real-world implications of workforce development.


"Investing in our workforce


is now more important than ever," said Rep. Scott. "The technological innovations that make our day-to-day lives easier also present a challenge to maintaining job growth in our cities.


Driverless cars and other


innovations present the same threats to jobs that ATM's posed to bank tellers and self-check-in kiosks posed to jobs at


airports. When jobs disappear,


problems appear: crime, drug use, and teen pregnancy in addition to loss of homes and an eroding tax base. When technology threatens to displace workers, we must invest in a workforce development system that can quickly respond and prepare workers for a changing labor market."


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