Sergeant Rodney Lee Davis, 30, was killed in the line of duty on August 26, 2003, while serving with the Greene County Sheriff’s Department. That night deputies were serving a narcotics warrant at a residence on Octonia Road in Stanardsville. Arriving at about 11:00 p.m., they were allowed to search by the suspect’s mother and found the suspect hiding in a bedroom, where a struggle began. The suspect broke away and barricaded in another room; when deputies forced the door open they were met with gunfire. Sergeant Davis was struck in the side, an area not covered by his ballistic vest. Deputies returned fire and the suspect was killed at the scene. Sergeant Davis was taken to the University of Virginia Medical Center where he later died.

Davis had served two and a half years with Greene County, previously spent five years with the Newport News Sheriff’s Department and three and a half years with the Middle Peninsula Regional Jail. He left a wife who was expecting a child and two other children. This was the first line-of-duty death in Greene County Sheriff’s Office history. If anyone has information about that night or knew Sergeant Davis, please share what you know.