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Court & legal recordsArchived file

Knight-Walker v. Commonwealth — 2025 opinion, later reversed

Virginia state agencies · Courts — Newport News PoliceJanuary 28, 2025

Superseded Court of Appeals suppression decision, record 1118-23-1. REVERSED by Supreme Court record 250267 on April 16, 2026. Read with the later decision; this is not a current adverse finding against Officer Jordan Allen.

Source notes & file details

Superseded disposition: see court-knight-walker-commonwealth-2026 and the April 16, 2026 Supreme Court opinion. Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.

File: court-knight-walker-commonwealth-2025.pdf

Court & legal recordsArchived file

Commonwealth v. Knight-Walker — Supreme Court opinion, 250267

Virginia state agencies · Courts — Newport News PoliceApril 16, 2026

Latest reviewed disposition: Supreme Court reversed the 2025 Court of Appeals decision and entered final judgment for the Commonwealth. Officer Jordan Allen did not impermissibly prolong the stop; consent was valid.

Source notes & file details

Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.

File: court-knight-walker-commonwealth-2026.pdf

Policies & proceduresSource link

Virginia DCJS — decertification process and records access

Virginia state agencies · Virginia DCJSDate not specified

Official process and records-access page. It is not a named current status roster. Historical committee minutes require separate review for later reinstatement or judicial outcomes.

Source notes

Official agency website; source link only. Checked October 10, 2026. A page check date is not an issue date or proof of a records response.

Audit & oversight reportsArchived file

DCJS Executive Committee minutes — Terrell Fields appeal, March 28, 2024

Virginia state agencies · Virginia DCJS — Newport News PoliceMarch 28, 2024

The official minutes identify Terrell Fields as formerly with NNPD and record unanimous sustaining of decertification. They refer to evidence supporting an alleged state/federal law violation, without identifying a specific offense or a prosecutor list designation.

Source notes & file details

Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.

File: dcjs-nnpd-fields-decertification-2024.pdf

Audit & oversight reportsArchived file

DCJS Executive Committee minutes — Tasha Gordon appeal, September 21, 2023

Virginia state agencies · Virginia DCJS — Newport News PoliceSeptember 21, 2023

The official minutes identify Tasha Gordon with NNPD and record unanimous affirmance of decertification under the cited statutory clause. They do not identify the underlying act or establish a prosecutor Brady/Giglio designation.

Source notes & file details

Court/agency publication from its official website. Source checked October 10, 2026. Page references use the archived PDF sequence.

File: dcjs-nnpd-gordon-decertification-2023.pdf

Policies & proceduresSource link

Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney — public FOIA information

Other public body · Commonwealth’s AttorneyDate not specified

Official records-access information, checked October 10, 2026. This source is a request route, not a published Brady/Giglio list.

Source notes

Official agency website; source link only. Checked October 10, 2026. A page check date is not an issue date or proof of a records response.

Policies & proceduresSource link

Newport News Sheriff — Public Information Office

Other public body · Sheriff's OfficeDate not specified

Official public-information and FOIA contact route, checked October 10, 2026. No named Brady/Giglio list or disclosure policy was obtained from this page.

Source notes

Official agency website; source link only. Checked October 10, 2026. A page check date is not an issue date or proof of a records response.

Policies & proceduresArchived file

NNPD ADM 270 Administrative & Internal Investigations

City of Newport News · PoliceNovember 17, 2025

Newport News Police Department published administrative policy or procedure: ADM 270 Administrative & Internal Investigations.

Source notes & file details

Published by the official agency and linked at https://www.nnva.gov/2286/Administrative-Policy. Source checked October 1, 2026. The department publishes selected policies; safety-sensitive procedures may be excluded or redacted. This links the publisher’s posted version. No effective date is inferred from the index. The posted PDF first page states Date of Issue: 11/17/2025. The document date reflects that issue date.

File: nnpolice-policy-74.pdf

Public safetyArchived file

Chisholm v. Commonwealth — Court of Appeals opinion, Record 1830-24-1

Other public body · Court of Appeals of VirginiaJune 16, 2026

Unpublished memorandum opinion concerning a Newport News police detention. The file covers the appeal and remand, rather than any later case outcome.

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Source notes & file details

Imported from the Audit Newport News working files. The library copy has 25 pages and identifies the June 16, 2026 opinion. Its introductory information and record number were checked against the court’s published PDF.

File: 2026-1830-24-1.pdf