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
9:45 a.m. Grant priority recommendations
Chief Patrice Andrews, Crime Victim Services Committee
Judge J. Corpening, Juvenile Justice Planning Committee
Chief House, CJI Committee, State Crisis Intervention and Prevention Advisory Group
10:15 a.m. Vote
Sheriff Blackwood, chair
10:20 a.m. Break
10:35 a.m. Human Trafficking Collaboration
Steven Holmes, assistant director, NC State Bureau of Investigation
Jonathan Davis, captain, NC State Highway Patrol
Mark Nales, sergeant, NC State Highway Patrol
Casey Fillinger, assistant special agent in charge, SBI
Laura S. Lawrence, president and CEO, Safe Alliance
Cori Goldstein, chief program officer, Safe Alliance
Kasi Walker, director of anti-human trafficking initiatives, Safe Alliance
Seth Banks, president, Conference of District Attorneys
Jordan Ford, chief financial crimes prosecutor, Conference of District Attorneys
Bayleigh Adams, human trafficking legal assistant, Conference of District Attorneys
11:55 a.m. Old/new business
Adjourn