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Local, state and federal law enforcement and corrections personnel joined forces this week in a two-day joint operation in Alamance County called Operation Summer Slam that resulted in seven arrests and numerous charges.   During the operation, 45 officers and investigators searched residences and vehicles of 43 high-risk offenders on probation or parole supervision and conducted 41 sex offender compliance checks.   Prison Emergency Response Team officers, canine officers and members of the Special Operations & Intelligence Uni

At approximately 3 a.m., on Monday, June 20, 2016, the State Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle collision one-mile north of Rolesville.   According to a preliminary investigation, a 2014 Nissan passenger vehicle was traveling south on NC96 near the intersection of US401 when it was struck head-on by a 2001 GMC sport utility vehicle. After impact, the Nissan traveled onto the westbound shoulder where it came to a final rest. The GMC traveled onto the eastbound shoulder where it struck group of trees and caught fire.  

The North Carolina state prison system is ending the use of solitary confinement for its youngest inmates and introducing a new youthful offender program to focus on the needs of young people serving sentences in the adult prison system.

The Department of Public Safety and Windsor Police Department are investigating the death of an inmate following a fight Friday night at Bertie Correctional Institution. Preliminary indications are that five inmates were involved in the fight around 10:30 last night. Correctional staff broke up the fight and called EMS. Two inmates were taken to the hospital.

MEDIA ADVISORY    What:  Crime Victims Compensation Quarterly Commission Meeting When: Wednesday, June 15, 10 a.m. Where:   Victim Compensation Conference Room, Ground Floor, G-24D of the Archdale Building, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh

A two-day initiative named Operation Big Show focusing on the compliance of high-risk offenders on probation and parole supervision resulted in the arrest of 54 individuals and the service of more than 100 warrants.  Beginning in the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday June 7, more than 160 law enforcement officers in Nash and Edgecombe counties hit the streets in search of absconders from probation supervision, individuals wanted on outstanding warrants and to conduct compliance searches on high-risk and gang involved probationers.

The Rocky Mount Police Department, in collaboration with the United States Marshals Service and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, will be conducting a media briefing Thursday, June 9 at 11:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers, located at the City of Rocky Mount Administrative Complex, 331 S. Franklin St.  in Rocky Mount.  The purpose of this event will be to discuss the details of a recent compliance enforcement and search operation that involved more than 160 officers from 15 different agencies from this and surrounding areas.

Officials with the Department of Public Safety have requested that law enforcement look into the cause of death of an inmate at Caledonia Correctional Institution. A correctional sergeant found Charles Moss (0504341) unresponsive just before midnight Wednesday night. Correctional staff initiated CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and called EMS and the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office. Attempts to resuscitate the inmate were not successful and EMS pronounced Moss deceased just before 1 a.m.

The first class of three assistance dogs trained by inmates through the “At Both Ends of the Leash” (ABEL) program at Franklin Correctional Center graduated today to be placed with people with disabilities. In a cooperative venture of the state prison system and Eyes Ears Nose and Paws (EENP), a Chapel Hill based non-profit that trains and places assistance dogs, inmates have learned to train service dogs and medical alert dogs. 

WHAT: Governor’s Crime Commission Quarterly Meeting WHEN: Thursday, June 2, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, June 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Governor’s Crime Commission, First Floor Conference Room, 1201 Front St., Raleigh PRESENTATIONS:  Facial Recognition, Law Enforcement Applications and Veterans Transitional Housing Program in Iredell County.