Region 62 is located in Northern Virginia.  It is an integral part of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. area.

Region 62, known by its members as "The Virginia Patriot Region", was approved by the delegates at the 2003 National Delegate Conference (NDC) in Niagara Falls.  Region 62’s area consists of much of the “official” Northern Virginia area as recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia.^*1*   In particular, the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, and Loudoun are included.  The cities of Alexandria, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Herndon, Leesburg, Middleburg, Vienna, and Warrenton are also included along with numerous smaller communities.  The area is large, very diverse, and mostly highly populated, particularly the area located immediately south of the Potomac River and the District of Columbia.  The Potomac River separates the Commonwealth of Virginia from Washington D.C. and the state of Maryland.

Members of the region come from the active and retired ranks of a variety of local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.  The majority of them have served with one (or more) of the numerous law enforcement agencies prevalent within Virginia or the District of Columbia.  Other members have served in various other jurisdictions prior to settling in the Northern Virginia area.  

With the formation of Region 62, the Commonwealth of Virginia, often referred to as the "Old Dominion State" now includes three separate and active IPA regions: 18, 60, and 62.  

Region 18's area of coverage includes most of the eastern half of Virginia (with the exception of the Northern Virginia area listed above) and also includes the state of West Virginia.  The Commonwealth is divided by an imaginary line running in a south (by south-easterly) direction along the western borders of the following counties: Highland, Augusta, Nelson, Buckingham, Prince Edward, Lunenburg, and Mecklenburg.  These counties and the remaining eastern section of the state running all of the way to the Atlantic Ocean are part of the Region 18 service area.  Two other counties, Accomack and Northampton, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, are located on the DelMarVa [Delaware-Maryland-Virginia] Peninsula bordered by the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.  The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, described as "one of the seven engineering wonders of the modern world" link the Peninsula to the Virginia Beach and Norfolk areas.  

Region 60's service area begins at the aforementioned imaginary line, includes the counties of Bath, Rockbridge,  Amherst, Appomattox, Charlotte, Halifax, and continues to the western border of Virginia.  Region 60 also contains many beautiful and picturesque areas and includes the Blue Ridge Parkway which crests along the Blue Ridge Mountains.

 
^*1*  For whatever reason, Prince William and Stafford Counties, also a part of the "official" Northern Virginia area were not relinquished when Region 62 was formed.  Both counties (and several other contiguous counties) were originally requested to become an integral part of Region 62 in order to better serve members from those areas.  IPA members from those counties (as well as from any other area) are always welcome and encouraged to attend Region 62 functions at any time.  Servo Per Amikeco!