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Public Safety Telecommunicators Week

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.

Highway Patrol and NCDOT Team Up for “Spring Litter Sweep”

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

North Carolina Invests in Giving Troubled Youth a Second Chance

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.

Death Row Inmate Dies of Natural Causes

Death row inmate Jerry Cummings, 76, died Saturday at a Chapel Hill hospital of natural causes.
 
Cummings was first convicted in 1987 in Robeson County and receive

State Emergency Response Commission Meets

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.

The 2016 Winner of “Bring Our Missing Children Home” Poster Contest Honored

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.

Wake County Head-on Fatal Collision Results in One Death

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

Prison Inmates Prepare for Future by Cooking for Soldiers and Others

State prison inmates are getting some valuable on the job training at the National Guard Joint Force Headquarters dining facility that is hoped to be a recipe for success.

Media Advisory: Meeting of Governor’s Task Force on Safer Schools Set for Next Wednesday in Raleigh

Media Advisory: Meeting of Governor’s Task Force on Safer Schools Set for Next Wednesday in Raleigh

Steering Committees Meet on Tuesday, April 5

 

Trooper Charge Driver Involved in Fatal Collision on US 1 near Wake Forest

The State Highway Patrol has charged the driver involved in last Tuesdays fatal collision that resulted in the death of Michelle Simone Barlow, 42, of Wake Forest.

Jamaican National Pleads Guilty to Airport Drug Conspiracy

Winston Sherif Richards, 40, a citizen of Jamaica, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Magistrate Judge David S.

Trooper Named in Officer-Involved Shooting

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has identified the trooper involved in the Sunday, March 27th fatal shooting that occurred at Club Aries located near the intersection of Suttontown Road and Poole Road in Lenoir County.

Escaped inmate being sought in Wilmington

UPDATE:   March 28  1:08 am   

Inmate Terrance Allen is back in custody after returning to the facility on his own a short time ago.

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Trooper-Involved Shooting in Kinston

On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at approximately 2:15 a.m., a trooper responded to a call for assistance by the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office involving a shooting that had occurred at Club Aries located near the intersection of Suttontown Road and Poole Road.  

Four Vehicle Rear End Collision Results in Death of Wake Forest Woman

At approximately 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, the State Highway Patrol responded to a four vehicle rear end collision on US 1 near Circle Drive just south of Wake Forest.