Press Releases

Governor Cooper is urging North Carolinians to pay close attention to the weather forecast today and tomorrow as low temperatures and the potential for a wintry mix of precipitation impact the state.

State Capitol Police Chief Glen Allen today announced Roger “Chip” Hawley will join the agency as its new deputy chief. Hawley, a veteran law enforcement professional with 32 years’ experience, will assume his duties on March 12.

State leaders are urging local law enforcement and school districts to work closely together to ensure that all North Carolina schools are safe and offered state tools and resources to help.

What:  Governor's Crime Commission Quarterly Meeting

RALEIGH - The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Craven Correctional Institution Administrator Larry Dail as the new Eastern Region director for Prisons.

Governor Roy Cooper has declared March 4 – 10 Severe Weather Preparedness Week and urges North Carolinians to prepare and practice safety plans in case severe weather strikes.

The quick actions on the part of a North Carolina State Highway Patrolman and an associate dean at Campbell University are being hailed today for helping to save a man that had been involved in a collision . Trooper D. L.

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety and the National Guard today hosted a one-day career event at Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh.

MEDIA ADVISORYWhat: Statewide Tornado Drill as part of Severe Weather Preparedness Week            Root Elementary School in Raleigh will host reporters covering the tornado drill

State Capitol Police are looking for three individuals suspected in the larceny of United States and North Carolina flags that were stolen from atop the N.C. Department of Justice building on W. Edenton street in the early morning hours of Sunday, Feb. 18.

A Gaston Correctional Center minimum custody inmate who left his outside work assignment was killed today in a single vehicle accident.

Colonel Glenn M. McNeill Jr., commander of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, provided remarks to the 76 newly promoted members of the state highway patrol, their families and friends in a ceremony today in Cary.

77 employees of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol will be recognized for promotions in a ceremony on Monday, February 26, 2018. The promotional ceremony will be held at the Colonial Baptist Church located at 6051 Tryon Road, Cary at 10 a.m.

A Correction Enterprises employee is facing charges Friday night after he was caught this afternoon allegedly attempting to bring contraband into the Sampson Correctional Institution Laundry facility.

 A Caledonia Correctional Institution minimum custody inmate who left his outside work assignment on Thursday was captured early Friday morning.