Press Releases

As criminal justice and corrections agencies across the country observe April 24-30, 2016 as National Reentry Week, the North Carolina Department of Public Safety is highlighting efforts in North Carolina to help ex-offenders succeed in society after their release from prison.

At approximately 11:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, 2016, the Highway Patrol responded to a single vehicle fatality on US 64 eastbound near Shepard School Road.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will host an open house at the Bridges Crisis and Assessment Center in Winston-Salem.

UPDATE:  Escaped Inmate Keith Bradley was captured in Raleigh at about 2:30 a.m.

The State Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle head-on collision in Warren County near the city of Warrenton that resulted in three fatalities.

Inmate Scott Sica #1412673 was found unresponsive in his cell this morning at Scotland Correctional Institution.  Prison medical staff and paramedics were unable to revive him and he was later declared dead, the result of an apparent suicide.

With the beginning of prom season, the North Carolina the Highway Patrol will conduct Operation “Drive to Live” during the week of April 18,  2016.  The operation will be conducted from 6:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. each day.

A multi-car pile-up or a blazing chemical fire can put North Carolina’s telecommunicators to the test.  They are trained to remain calm and communicate clearly as they relay information to first responders.  Because of them, lives are saved and calamities controlled.

The State Highway Patrol and NCDOT are once again teaming up in its annual Spring Litter Sweep campaign.

Governor Pat McCrory and officials with the Department of Public Safety today during an open house offered community leaders and elected officials their first view of the renovated Edgecombe Youth Development Center in Rocky Mount.

MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT: State Emergency Response Commission Meeting

The 19-member SERC is responsible for protecting the state’s citizens and environment through effective emergency planning.
Note: Several new commissioners will be sworn in at the Friday meeting.

Today, the North Carolina Center for Missing Persons (NCCMP) will be honoring 10-year old Karen Le from the Boys and Girls Club of Sanford/Lee County with the Center’s prestigious Bring Our Missing Children Home state trophy.

The State Highway Patrol responded to a fatal head-on collision in Wake County earlier today.