Press Releases
Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks and other state officials today officially dedicated the new dining hall at Samarcand Training Academy in a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in Moore County.
The newly constructed 7,500 square foot building is capable of seating 180 students, guests and visitors. The facility offers greatly expanded space and amenities compared to the smaller cafeteria it replaces. Groundbreaking began in February 2018 and was recently completed by the NC DPS Inmate Construction Program at a cost of $2.7 million.
WHAT: North Carolina Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks, along with other DPS leadership, government officials and community members, will participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony next week to dedicate the new Samarcand Training Academy Dining Hall in Moore County.
The North Carolina Helicopter-Aquatic Rescue Team, known as NC HART, is growing with additional aircraft and training for its crews.
With the addition of two Bell 407 helicopters recently acquired by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the number of participating NC HART aircraft is growing to eight.
Governor Roy Cooper shared the following comment after the federal register was published for $168 million in hurricane recovery mitigation funds for North Carolina. Congress passed the mitigation funding on February 9, 2018 to help communities affected by Hurricane Matthew in 2016 become stronger and more resilient.
As students across North Carolina make preparations to begin the school year, the State Highway Patrol is requesting the motoring public to keep safe travel a top priority. More than 14,000 school buses will be hitting the roadways, transporting over 790,000 children to and from school. With this in mind, motorists are encouraged to plan for delays as congestion is to be expected during the morning and afternoon commute.
WHAT: Convocation for the start of the third year of the N.C. Field Minister Program
WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Nash Correctional Institution Gymnasium
2869 U.S. 64 Alt., Nashville, NC 27856
An offender at Bertie Correctional Institution in Windsor died on Aug. 18 in an apparent suicide.
WHAT: N.C. Prison Reform Advisory Board Meeting
DATE/TIME: Tuesday, Aug. 20, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
WHERE: Governor’s Crime Commission, Room 100, 1201 Front St., Raleigh
In the wake of multiple recent mass shooting incidents across the country and less than four months since the tragic school shooting at UNC Charlotte, Gov. Roy Cooper and his public safety team convened state leaders in education, public safety, public health and criminal justice today in Greensboro to learn the latest information on initiatives aimed at protecting North Carolina schools from senseless acts of mass violence.
WHAT: Quarterly meeting of the State Reentry Council Collaborative (SRCC). The SRCC was established by the North Carolina General Assembly and Governor Roy Cooper in 2017 and is managed by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. The SRCC is made up of representatives from across state and local government whose agency responsibilities intersect with the incarceration or reentry process for people in North Carolina.