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North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) Secretary Eddie Buffaloe Jr. will be taking on a new role as the new deputy chief for the Raleigh Police Department’s Administrative Services Division.
Published: Sunday, November 30th, 2025 @ 9:45 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Members of the Texas legislature introduced legislation that would earmark $40 million in state funds to support Department of Public Safety border security operations as well as operations in Colony Ridge, a massive land development that has become a magnet for illegal immigrants.
Published: Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 @ 3:08 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Border Patrol agents and members of the Texas Department of Public Safety caught illegal immigrants attempting to cross the southern border in fake FedEx vans.
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 8:07 am
By: Daily Wire
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Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order at a press conference Tuesday creating the Office of Violence Prevention in the Department of Public Safety, the first of its kind in the South.
Published: Friday, April 7th, 2023 @ 10:17 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The director of Texas’ Department of Public Safety revealed this week that the police officer husband of a slain Robb Elementary School teacher was detained and disarmed when he tried to enter the school to save his wife.
Published: Sunday, July 3rd, 2022 @ 6:22 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Another report out this week from the N.C. Office of the State Auditor shows inadequate monitoring of funds and deficiencies from departments including the N.C. Department of Public Safety and N.C. Pandemic Recovery Office.
Published: Tuesday, April 19th, 2022 @ 8:13 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As the Chicago Police Department announced that 57% of the carjacking suspects in 2022 are juveniles, Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot told young people at a townhall gathering devoted to public safety “there are too many young people in this room who do not feel loved
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2022 @ 9:18 am
By: Daily Wire
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Governor Roy Cooper appointed Eddie Buffaloe to lead the Department of Public Safety as Secretary.
Published: Sunday, November 7th, 2021 @ 9:09 am
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that Casandra Skinner Hoekstra will serve as Interim Secretary for the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS).
Published: Friday, August 27th, 2021 @ 8:16 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Public Safety Secretary Erik A. Hooks today announced his plans to retire from state service on August 1.
Published: Friday, July 23rd, 2021 @ 2:11 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper appointed N.C. Department of Public Safety’s Chief Deputy Secretary and Senior Policy Advisor Pamela Brewington Cashwell to lead the Department of Administration as Secretary.
Published: Sunday, April 4th, 2021 @ 10:12 pm
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Department of Public Safety sent a letter to local leaders asking them to help slow the spread of the virus by promoting the 3 Ws and considering local actions to improve compliance with executive orders.
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 1:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced a new, expedited reimbursement program
Published: Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 @ 5:43 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On Monday, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (R) approved recommendations from the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety to fire 30 corrections cadets and staffers over a photo wherein the Nazi salute was given by all participating members.
Published: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019 @ 10:48 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Officials from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Department of Public Safety will be participating with federal, state and local officials in a multi-state Ebola virus disease emergency preparedness exercise Nov. 4–8, 2019.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (NC-03) issued the following statement after the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) announced the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) has received nearly $5 million
Published: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 @ 11:02 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina’s juvenile crime rate fell to its lowest point since the state began recording juvenile crime data – 16.18 complaints per every 1,000 kids – according to the latest report from the Department of Public Safety’s Juvenile Justice section.
Published: Saturday, June 15th, 2019 @ 2:23 am
By: Governor's Office
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Public Safety are partnering to create a new medication-assisted treatment (MAT) program to reduce the overdose-related deaths of people with an opioid disorder who are re-entering their communities upon leaving prison.
Published: Friday, May 17th, 2019 @ 5:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 10-31-2018, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit and Probation Officers with Department of Public Safety working together arrested Shannon Waller, 36 years of age, of 105 Bells Avenue in Chocowinity and Randy Furlough, 42 years of age, of 2778 Speights Bridge Road
Published: Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 @ 6:53 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On 08-06-2018, The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit with the assistance of Adult Probation and Parole with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety arrested Travis Cobb, 34 years of age, of 200 Beulah Lane in Washington and Janesha Peele, 24 years of age of 719 Gladden Street
Published: Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 @ 12:10 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina schools, which now refer more than 40 percent of all offenders in the state's juvenile justice system, need to stop arresting and charging kids for minor, nonviolent offenses, state court and public safety leaders say
Published: Saturday, April 28th, 2018 @ 12:37 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Michael Kerr, starving, incoherent, and dehydrated, was loaded into a van March 12, 2014, at Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville. The 53-year-old inmate was bound for a hospital at Central Prison in Raleigh
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2018 @ 9:32 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On 12-08-2017, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit and Probation Officers with North Carolina Department of Public Safety arrested Thomas Monroe Gaynor, 33 years of age, of 409 Idalia Road in Aurora.
Published: Monday, December 11th, 2017 @ 9:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I've been spending a lot of my time recently on projects that facilitate constructive conversation across political differences
Published: Thursday, October 26th, 2017 @ 9:40 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Roy Cooper today named Erik Hooks to lead the state's public safety department to direct law statewide law enforcement, emergency management, juvenile justice, and corrections divisions
Published: Thursday, January 5th, 2017 @ 6:37 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Two workers in the Department of Public Safety violated rules for state vehicles which cost taxpayers more than $7,000, a new report by state Auditor Beth Wood's office says
Published: Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 3:25 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A new audit shows that a physician contracted by the state Department of Public Safety to provide services to five prisons over-billed taxpayers by more than half a million dollars between 2011 and 2014
Published: Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 5:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory was joined by Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry, sheriffs, police chiefs, capitol police, highway patrol troopers, and legislators today to sign legislation that promotes transparency while protecting law enforcement officers, victims and the community
Published: Thursday, July 14th, 2016 @ 11:37 am
By: McCrory Communications
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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.
Published: Sunday, April 17th, 2016 @ 3:45 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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During today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Breaking the Cycle: Mental Health and the Justice System," committee members heard testimony from criminal justice experts, including David Guice, the Commissioner of North Carolina Department of Public Safety's Division of Adult Correction...
Published: Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 @ 10:55 pm
By: Chris Downey
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On 1-21-2016, investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit and Probation Officers with NC Department of Public Safety arrested Bobby Lee Moore, 36 years of age, 21073 Hwy. 33 East in Aurora.
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2016 @ 12:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory released the following statement from Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry...
Published: Saturday, January 9th, 2016 @ 9:28 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory congratulated Michael Sprayberry on his appointment to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Advisory Council (NAC). Sprayberry is the Emergency Management Director for the N.C. Department of Public Safety.
Published: Thursday, September 10th, 2015 @ 12:03 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Department of Public Safety (DPS) Secretary Frank L. Perry and State Budget Director Lee Roberts met with Moore County leaders today to highlight the public safety improvements included in Governor Pat McCrory's Connect NC bond proposal.
Published: Friday, July 31st, 2015 @ 10:02 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory has instructed the Department of Public Safety and the North Carolina National Guard to step up security measures at the NCNG recruiting centers, armories and readiness centers statewide. The heightened security measures are in response to the shootings at the two military...
Published: Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 @ 1:02 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Bernard W. (B. W.) Collier II took the oath of office as Director of the State Bureau of Investigation at the State Capitol in a ceremony attended by his family, Governor Pat McCrory and Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry.
Published: Friday, July 3rd, 2015 @ 9:42 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Bernard W. (B. W.) Collier II took the oath of office as Director of the State Bureau of Investigation at the State Capitol in a ceremony attended by his family, Governor Pat McCrory and Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry. The oath of office was administered by Wake County District...
Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2015 @ 3:07 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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Governor Pat McCrory joined Department of Transportation Secretary Tony Tata and Department of Public Safety Law Enforcement Commissioner Greg Baker today to give an update on Hurricane Arthur preparations.
Published: Sunday, July 6th, 2014 @ 9:06 am
By: Christopher Maye
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With another round of snow and ice expected again this afternoon for many parts of North Carolina, Governor Pat McCrory along with Department of Transportation and Public Safety officials stressed the need to continue staying off the road and using extreme caution.
Published: Thursday, February 13th, 2014 @ 11:02 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While the snow and sleet has ended for most of the state, the coastal counties could see an additional one to three inches of snow/sleet mixed through this afternoon.
Published: Thursday, January 30th, 2014 @ 7:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor McCrory has proclaimed Sunday, December 1, as "Drive Safer Sunday" in North Carolina. The Sunday after the Thanksgiving holiday is traditionally one of the busiest travel days of the year.
Published: Friday, November 29th, 2013 @ 2:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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