Storm Response Series: While North Carolina braced for Hurricane Florence, numerous NC Public Safety agencies joined in the storm preparations, response and recovery. Today's blog provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the Civil Air Patrol's efforts.
Blog: Correction Connection
Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are becoming an increasing important part of the preparedness culture and emergency response efforts in North Carolina. (Above: CERT representative engages with FEMA teams at the State Emergency Operations Center)
Twenty-four NC Department of Public Safety employees graduated from the 19th Correctional Leadership Development Program (CLDP) class on September 6, completing a yearlong journey designed to cultivate future leaders.
Pictured Above: Millie Gordon hugs Western Region Director, Steve Bailey, as he presents her with the 2008 Old North State Award for the many decades of volunteer service to the NC Division of Prisons.
NC DPS Secretary Erik A. Hooks and State Crime Lab director John Byrd are leading a team of professionals charged with implementing a statewide system to track sexual assault evidence collection kits.
Encountering an active assailant is not a situation anyone wants to be in, but it is something we need to be prepared for. That’s exactly what NC first responders across several North Carolina counties have been doing this summer.
Last month, 25 male students from Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center spent a day at Frank Liske Park in Concord training with Carolina Panthers players and staff, including Mario Addison (All-Pro starting defensive end) and Kawann Short (starting defensive tackle).
Tougher consequences now await offenders in North Carolina’s prison system who assault staff members, as the Division of Prisons takes another step to provide the safest working and living environment for staff and offenders.
On August 7, when law enforcement officers across the state joined their local communities for National Night Out events, NCDPS officers were there, as well.
Normally, a correctional officer focuses on performing duties that protect prison employees, the public, and even inmates when the situation arises. But there are situations that call on the officers to take the additional steps to save an inmate’s life.
Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed the week of April 8 – 14, 2108 as Crime Victims’ Rights Week in North Carolina, mirroring the national observance that honors victims of crime and recognizing the state’s commitment to care for the needs of crime victims and their families.
Jim Blackburn recalls compassionate PPOs as critical piece to his successful reentry
Curriculum restructure improves officer safety, retention, and job satisfaction
North Carolina is changing the way it trains new correctional officers so they are better prepared for the roles they play inside the state’s prisons.
The first meeting of the Prison Reform Advisory Board on March 20 was another important step in the endeavor towards improving operations and making prisons safer for employees, the inmates, visitors and ultimately the public.