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CAMPBELL COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - Door-to-door sales representatives in Campbell County are now required to wear ID badges while on the job. Captain Brian Murray with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office said the requirement came after the office received calls from residents concerned about solicitors. “We had received several calls from citizens worried about solicitors and if they were who they say they are,” Murray said. Murray said the badges show a vendor has been vetted by the sheriff’s office. The badges are issued by the county and list the vendor’s name, company and photo. The sheriff’s office makes the final decision on whether to approve or deny an application, but the process begins at the commissioner of the revenue’s office. Commissioner Michele Roakes said the badge requirement builds on an existing vendor application process. “We wanted to look at coming up with an identification process,” Roakes said. “We needed to do something for our citizens, for safety and for our deputies if they had to confront these people.” The updated application now includes a box door-to-door solicitors must check. It’s an effort to do one thing. “In one word, safety for both our citizens and for our law enforcement officers,” Roakes said. “That is the big thing that was the push on. Let’s go ahead and add this to a process that we already have.” Vendors looking to apply for a badge are asked to contact the commissioner of revenue’s office.