Civilian Oversight Board's Hearing On 2025 Police Custody Death To Resume Wednesday

ALEXANDRIA, VA – The family of Allan Tucker, who died in Alexandria police custody in August 2025, spoke at a public hearing on the incident last night and called for criminal charges to be brought over his death, according to a new report.

The Alexandria Brief reports that several members of Tucker’s family addressed Alexandria’s Independent Community Policing Review Board on Monday, night, along with other community members.

Tucker, 32, of Woodbridge, died in a police car in a sallyport on August 15, awaiting intake into the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office. The case has been under investigation for the past 10 months by the Northern Virginia Critical Incident Response Team, by the Alexandria Police Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility and by the Independent Policing Auditor.

The Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney declined to bring charges against the 3 officers involved in the incident in January. The Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday 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 Independent Policing Auditor found policy violations and systemic gaps contributed to the incident.

Nine people spoke at the public hearing, according to the Alexandria Brief. The board ended the meeting without a conclusion on how to proceed. The board has four options: concur with all or some of the auditor's findings; advise that available information doesn’t support the findings and recommend further review; advise that information is lacking and recommend additional investigation; or recommend referring the matter to the Commonwealth's Attorney.

The board will reconvene on Wednesday at 6 p.m. to complete its discussion and decide how to move forward.

Read more from the Alexandria Brief here.