Final member appointed to Charlottesville police oversight panel

By The Associated Press
June 3, 2020 | 9:22 AM

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Officials in a Virginia city have appointed a final member to a police oversight panel.

News outlets report the Charlottesville City Council unanimously appointed Phillip Seay to the city’s Police Civilian Review Board on Monday.

Work on the board began in 2017 following a deadly white nationalist rally in the city.

News outlets said Seay filled the eighth seat on the board, which was required to be held by someone with law enforcement experience.

The Daily Progress reports he has worked as a sheriff’s deputy and a juvenile probation counselor.

Councilor Lloyd Snook said Tuesday the board could begin virtual meetings, but it’s unclear whether any have been scheduled.

Va. health dept. improves nursing home inspection backlog, reforms sanction criteria for facilities

By Virginia Mercury
August 22, 2026 | 8:37 PM

Stories of neglect in care or unsanitary living situations have plagued several of Virginia’s nursing home facilities in recent years and data backs up a lapse in oversight by state agencies. With reform efforts underway, the Virginia Department of Health officials said they aim to adopt sanction criteria by the end of the year to rein in bad actors and get troubled facilities back on track. As of July, 58% of Virginia’s nursing homes were overdue for inspections and 68 of Virginia’s 289 nursing homes were found to have serious deficiencies, according to ProPublica. Several of the state’s flagged facilities with numerous deficiencies also had high staffing turnover rates. The issue has been salient among various healthcare spaces, including VDH.

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