Topics Related to Governors Crime Commission

July 10, 2025, 1pm - 3pm
Agenda

1:00 p.m. 
Call to order, roll call approval of 4/10/2025 minutes, ethics reminder 
Deana Joy, chair 

1:15 p.m. 
GCC Staff Updates 

1:30 p.m. 
DSS Update 
Kathy Stone, DHHS 

1:45 p.m. 
CJA membership update, vote on new members 
CJA Task Force/GCC Staff 

2:00 p.m. 
Presentation: Child Abuse Resource, prosecutor update 
Donna Rainwater, Conference of District Attorneys 

May 23, 2025, 10am - 12pm

Meeting of Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program and Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Program committee.

10:00 a.m. Call to Order and Roll Call
Ethics Reminder 
Approval of March 18, 2024 CJI-SCIP Combined Minutes
(CJI approved at their May 8, 2025 meeting)
Chief Dan House, Chair

10:10 a.m. Federal Updates 
Caroline Farmer
GCC Executive Director

Press Release in English  

Hoy jueves, el gobernador Josh Stein se dirigió a la Comisión del Gobernador contra el Delito (Governor’s Crime Commission, GCC), para reseñar las prioridades en las que su administración quisiera que esta Comisión, un organismo asesor integrado por 44 miembros, se enfocara durante el próximo año.

On Thursday, Gov. Josh Stein addressed the Governor’s Crime Commission, outlining the priorities his administration would like the 44-member advisory body to focus on over the next year.
Alguacil Charles Blackwood encabezará la Comisión de 44 integrantes, el principal organismo asesor del Gobernador y Secretario de NCDPS, en materia del delito y la justicia penal.

Press Release in English  

Ayer lunes, la Comisión de Compensación a Víctimas del Delitos votó por la aprobación de US$446,169 en fondos de reembolso para las víctimas de delitos violentos que han solicitado asistencia económica para cubrir costos médicos elegibles, salarios perdidos u otros gastos en los que tuvieron que incurrir por haberse cometido un delito en su contra dentro de Carolina del Norte.

September 4, 2025, 9am - 12pm
Agenda (updated Sept. 3, 2025)

9:00 a.m. Call to order, roll call, ethics reminder, approval of minutes
Sheriff Charles S. Blackwood, chair

9:10 a.m. GCC Updates
Caroline Farmer, executive director, Governor’s Crime Commission

9:20 a.m. Traffic stop update
Michelle Beck, director, Criminal Justice Analysis Center

9:30 a.m. Committee report on grant applications
Chief Dan House, chair of GCC's Criminal Justice Improvement Committee 

9:40 a.m. Vote
Sheriff Blackwood, chair











What is the best way to approach the application process for federal funding through the Governor’s Crime Commission?

December 4, 2025, 9am - 12pm

The meeting will be accessible in-person or via the Webex registration link. 

Agenda

9:00 a.m. - Call to Order
Sheriff Charles S. Blackwood, Chair

9:05 a.m. - Roll Call/ Ethics Reminder/ Approval of Minutes
Sheriff Charles S. Blackwood, Chair

9:10 a.m. - GCC Updates
Caroline Farmer, Executive Director, Governor's Crime Commission

9:15 a.m. - Intoxicating THC
Kaycee Dean, Agency Legal Consultant, NC Department of Health and Human Services

10:15 a.m. - BREAK