21-Year Prince William Police Veteran Promoted To Assistant Chief

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VA — The Prince William County Police Department promoted Major-Select Shana A. Hrubes to assistant chief of the department's operations division where she will oversee patrol services and the special operations bureau. Hrubes, a native of Prince William County, has 21 years of law enforcement experience, beginning her career with the Prince William County Police Department as a patrol officer assigned to the operations division. She will take over as assistant chief on Dec. 14.

Hrubes, who was also promoted from captain to the rank of major, previously served as a detective in the criminal investigations division and a supervisor in the school resource officer unit. Within the criminal investigations division, Hrubes served as assistant to the Chief of Police, a patrol watch commander, and a member, team coordinator and assistant team commander of the department's crisis negotiation team.

The police department has other assistant chiefs: a sworn assistant chief who oversees the department's criminal investigations division, another sworn assistant chief responsible for the support services division, and a civilian administrative chief who oversees the department's financial and technical services division.

Hrubes and the other assistant chiefs report to Deputy Chief of Police Lt. Col. Jarad Phelps, who reports directly to Prince William County Police Chief Barry M. Barnard. With her promotion, Hrubes will be the second woman to achieve the position of assistant chief in the Prince William County Police Department. Major Dawn Harman currently serves as an assistant chief of the support services division.

In 2014, Hrubes was promoted to the rank of captain and served in the operations division as the district commander of the Western District Station, the commander of the administrative services bureau in the support services division, and most recently as a deputy commander in the criminal investigations division overseeing the property crimes, special victims and youth services bureaus.

Hrubes holds a master of public administration degree from George Mason University and a bachelor of political science degree with a minor in criminal justice studies from James Madison University. She is a graduate of the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association-Executive Leadership Institute, the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, and the Police Executive Research Forum's Senior Management Institute for Police.

The Prince William County Police Department, formed in 1970, has 686 sworn officers and more than 100 civilians who work in the department.