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Some data is now collected on incidents where officers kill or badly injure someone on the job. But with legislation and language tucked into the state budget, lawmakers raised a
Sheriffs Flex Muscle: A Powerful Lobby Shaped NC’s Newest Body-Camera Law. Members of the Legislative Black Caucus traveled to Andrew Brown Jr.’s funeral in Elizabeth City in May and asked his family a heavy question. How could North Carolina do better by families whose...
Police chiefs and sheriffs lost the power to show families body-camera video, due to push by North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association.
A bill filed last month in the North Carolina Legislature that would allow the public greater access to the personnel files of state and local government employees — including teachers, law enforcement and city and county workers — moved one step closer to passage this week. Senate Bill 355, which would grant public access to information concerning terminations, suspensions and other disciplinary actions, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 27 and now heads to the Rules Committee. SB 355 applies to each department, agency, institution, commission and bureau of the state, incl...
What it means locally In Fayetteville, the bill's passage could mean the creation of a board that's been long requested by local activists. Past attempts to create one never came to fruition. Mayor Mitch Colvin said Wednesday that since 2012, the city's wanted the ability to set up a review process for law enforcement. If the bill goes through, it's something the council would consider adopting locally, he said. Colvin didn't have concerns with the bill, but said the "devil's in the details" and that the council will have to look into what's applicable to Fayetteville. What the bill enta...