Operations Bureau

About the Operations Bureau

The Operations Bureau serves as the home of the enforcement or operational components of the Campbell County Sheriff's Office. The agency's Field Division, Resource Services Division, Support Services Division, Community Relations Division as well as the Crime Suppression and Traffic Unit all serve within this bureau. Likewise, this bureau facilitates and implements all department training, and oversees our County's crime analyst.

These are the men and women you see every day on the streets behind the wheels of marked patrol cars or painstakingly investigating a robbery or homicide. They are also the men and women you don't see, as some deputies assigned to this bureau may work dangerous undercover drug operations or in conjunction with special operation teams.

About Major Cliff Wood

Major Clifford Wood was hired by former Sheriff Robert Maxey in January 2001 as a Campbell County Sheriff’s deputy. He attended and graduated the Central Va. Criminal Justice Academy, Class 55 in June 2001. He was assigned to the Field Operations Division as a deputy in June 2001. In 2003 Cliff became a member of the Campbell County Special Response Team (SRT). There he served on the team for 13yrs in a capacity as an SRT operator, sniper, and sniper team leader. 

Cliff was promoted to sergeant in the Field Division in 2004 under Sheriff Terry Gaddy. In 2005 he transferred to the investigation division (CID) as a narcotics investigator. In 2006 Cliff was promoted to the rank of Field Division Lieutenant where he led his shift for approximately 5 yrs. In 2011 he transferred back to the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) as a General Investigator. In 2016 Cliff transitioned into the role of a narcotics investigator and was assigned to the Va. State Police, Central Va. Drug & Gang Task Force (CVDGTF) where he served until May 2020. Cliff transferred from CID back to the Field Division in May 2020 at the rank of Field Operations Lieutenant. 

During the course of Cliff’s career, he has received numerous awards, including the Medal of Valor, Distinguished Service, Commendation and Life Saving awards. He is Central Va. Criminal Justice Academy firearm instructor where he teaches basic firearms to academy students and also departmental training to deputies of the Sheriff’s Office. 

In January 2021, Cliff was appointed to the position of Field Operations Captain under Sheriff Whit Clark, where he served until his appointment to Major in January 2024. He looks forward to continuing to serve the Sheriff’s Office and the citizens of Campbell County.