DINWIDDIE - Mike Foster, who reports he has 12 years of law enforcement experience, says "Dinwiddie has some outstanding deputies and we need more visibility for the existing 61 deputies." He is running for sheriff in the Nov. 4 election.

"There is a major drug problem in Dinwiddie and I am a drug expert. I have planned and put in drug dog programs at two universities (Virginia State and Virginia Commonwealth)," Foster says.

He has trained fellow officers at VSU and he is a certified community policing officer.

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