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Fulfilling the core government function of providing for the safety and security of our citizens, and supporting those who defend our freedom.

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    Fulfilling the core government function of providing for the safety and security of our citizens, and supporting those who defend our freedom.

  • This budget reinforces North Carolina's reputation as the most military-friendly state in the nation by providing for those who defend our freedom.
    • Funds in-state tuition for nonresident military veterans at institutions within the UNC system and the state's 58 community colleges.
    • Coordinates and centralizes services for military communities, active duty personnel and veterans by creating the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs at no additional cost. The department will reorganize programs that protect and advocate on behalf of our military bases, promote the health and safety of our veterans and military families and connect our veterans to jobs.
    • Directs the Governor's Crime Commission to engage local officials to support the development of additional veterans' courts, building on the success of courts in Harnett and Cumberland counties.
    • Awards $2 million over the biennium to hire officers, including veterans trained through the Human Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) project, or a comparable training program, to use technology to locate and rescue children in danger.
  • Recognizes the dedication of our law enforcement and corrections officers who are confronted daily with danger and violence.
    • Funds the full five percent step increase for eligible State Troopers in each year of the biennium.
    • Provides additional funding to improve crime lab operations and reduce criminal case backlogs.
    • Allocates funding for the Highway Patrol, State Bureau of Investigation, and Alcohol Law Enforcement to replace aging law enforcement vehicles to improve safety and reduce maintenance costs.
    • Includes $21 million in funding to help compensate and retain our corrections officers and their supervisors, who confront the most violent people in our state every day.
  • Establishes behavior health treatment units at eight high security prisons across the state and increases resources for treatment of inmates with behavioral health needs.
    • Opens another 72 inpatient residential mental health beds at the Central Prison Health Care Facility.
    • Provides funding to open a training academy in Moore County for certified correctional officers, probation/parole officers and juvenile court counselors.
  • Increases funding for our court system by $16 million over the biennium to address costs associated with jurors, witnesses, interpreters, expert witnesses for prosecutors, equipment maintenance, hardware and software.
  • Expands existing North Carolina Business Courts, as recommended by the North Carolina Economic Development Board.
  • Increases funds by more than $9 million over the biennium for private assigned counsel for indigent defendants.
  • Transfers Animal Welfare from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Department of Public Safety to allow animal welfare to be more effectively addressed by the law enforcement community.

  • Contact: Crystal Feldman
  •     govpress@nc.gov

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