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The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice - Prisons will test all staff at three prisons in a pilot project aimed at improving staff health and safety, as well as reducing the potential for spread of COVID-19 at the facilities.

Update: The State Highway Patrol has identified the driver in Saturday night's pursuit that occurred in Cumberland County.  A trooper attempted to stop Mr. Chy-eem Dreqwon Bobbitt, 28, of  Brookhaven, PA for a speeding violation on Cumberland Rd. Mr.

After a long history of fights, drug violations, and countless calls to the Sheriff’s Office, a Union County community can feel a little safer. 

One week from today is the annual ShakeOut earthquake drill.

Two offenders participating in Extending the Limits of Confinement (ELC) and who walked away from their transitional housing have been captured. Officers from the Department of Public Safety’s Special Operations and Intelligence Unit (SOIU) captured Delbert K. Furman, 67, Thursday, Oct. 8.

A Greene Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

After a long history of fights, drug violations, and countless calls to the Davie County Sheriff’s Office, a Mocksville neighborhood can feel a little safer. 

At the request of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, the North Carolina National Guard has restarted COVID-19 relief operations supporting food banks and rapid testing for COVID-19.

Read the 2020 N.C. Resiliency Week proclamation.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice is actively seeking three offenders serving a portion of their active sentences outside of prison who have walked away from their respective residential locations.

A Central Prison offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

A Pender Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

Today, State officials announced the N.C. Resilient Communities Program, a new initiative to help North Carolina prepare for the impacts of climate change while reducing damages from future disasters such as hurricanes, flooding and wildfires. 

The Department of Public Safety recognized its committed and exceptional employees on Sept. 29 during the department’s annual Badge of Excellence Ceremony held at the Joint Force Headquarters.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol will partner with 14 state agencies in an effort to reduce collisions along the I-95 corridor.