Justin Briggs | Employee profile

Employment record

Public institution: City of Newport News
Department / office / school: Police
Position / title: Police Sergeant
Source type: Roster assignment
Classification / role type: Fire/Police Schedule
Record status: Listed in source roster
Source date / period: May 2026

The roster records an assignment at the stated date. It does not establish employment status today.

Original roster wording & label sources

Name in source: JUSTIN BRIGGS
Department in source: Police
Position in source: POLICE SERGEANT

Common job-title abbreviations are expanded for readability. Original wording, job levels and compensation matches are preserved.

Official compensation job classification [2]

Official organization name source [3]

Salary & compensation

Published role range

$88,348 – $118,818

This annual amount is matched to the department and job classification. The underlying compensation file does not name employees, so it cannot verify Justin Briggs’s individual pay.

September 2026 published dataset; downloaded October 1, 2026. The minimum and maximum describe the matching role group, not this person’s earnings.

Compensation source [2]

Contribute a dated public salary record

Public records & case history

Dated professional records, case roles and court outcomes. Lawsuit allegations are identified separately from findings.

Civil litigation · September 30, 2011

Hales v. City of Newport News

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News Division · 4:11-cv-00028

Role in this record: Defendant. Individual versus official capacity not expressly resolved by the reviewed caption.

Plaintiff alleged unlawful arrest and excessive force during a September 2009 encounter. The opinion expressly treats complaint allegations as assumed true for the pleading motion, not factual findings for other purposes.

Documented outcome: September 30, 2011 opinion dismissed the City defendants and allowed some claims against Briggs and one bystander-liability claim against Gayle to survive motions to dismiss.

The court did not establish that the alleged misconduct occurred. Final judgment or later proceedings have not been verified.

Hales v. Newport News — pleading opinion, Doc. 17 [4] · PDF pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 38, 39

Identity match & review date

Full first and last name plus Newport News Police Department in the court opinion match the May 2026 roster; source middle initial retained. Reviewed October 10, 2026.

Brady/Giglio status has not been established here. A lawsuit, decertification decision or third-party database entry does not by itself establish inclusion on a prosecutor’s list. List access and research gaps.

Notes

No additional published note is attached to this profile.

References

City FOIA Employees by PositionEmployee roster · Period: May 2026 · Tracker row ID 1713 · Source page 19
Employee compensation — September 2026Compensation dataset · Document date: September 1, 2026 · Downloaded: October 1, 2026 · Checked: October 1, 2026 · Period: September 2026 published dataset; downloaded October 1, 2026 · Source department: Police · Job classification: POLICE SERGEANT
Official organization name sourceOrganization label source · Checked: October 8, 2026
Hales v. Newport News — pleading opinion, Doc. 17Court record · Document date: September 30, 2011 · Reviewed: October 10, 2026 · PDF pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 38, 39
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