Vienna Police Chief Bob Carlisle Retires
After 35 years in law enforcement across Fairfax County, Bob Carlisle stepped down Jan. 1.
If it wasn’t for a failed eye exam years ago, Vienna Police Chief Robert Carlisle might never have entered law enforcement and today might be looking back on a career flying fighter jets for one of the military services. Instead, Carlisle said goobye to Vienna on Tuesday, capping a 35-year career in law enforcement that began in 1978 when he joined the Fairfax County Police Department as a patrolman. Becoming a cop, however, wasn’t his first choice. “I had to choose and I wanted to fly; it was a sort of dream of mine,” Carlisle said. Though he had perfect vision, the doctors said he wasn’t fit to fly because he was going to need glasses sometime in the near future. “I wasn’t so much crushed as it was a question,” Carlisle said. “Am I …
