Volume #2, Issue #3
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SHOWCASED POLICE STATIONS
FROM THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
LINK: CLICK ON STATION NAME
- Agency / Formed: Hot Springs Police Department / 1879
- Type / Category / Size: Police Department / Town / Small
- Address / Telephone: 186 Bridge Street / 828-622-3214
- Website: https://www.townofhotsprings.org
- Sworn Officers: 1
- Jurisdiction Population: 610
- Jurisdiction Size: 3.17 Square Miles
- Interesting Fact: The lone officer for the Town also works as a full time North Carolina State Trooper
- Picture Taken By: policestationpictures.com
- Agency / Formed: Sylva Police Department / 1889
- Type / Category / Size: Police Department / Town / Small
- Address / Telephone: 755 W Main Street / 828-586-8901
- Website: sylvapolice.org
- Sworn Officers: 15
- Jurisdiction Population: 2,610
- Jurisdiction Size: 3.17 Square Miles
- Interesting Fact: The Town is named after its founder William Demetrius Seleya. A misspelling in Post Office records changed the spelling of the last name to “Sylva.”
- Picture Taken By: policestationpictures.com
- Agency / Formed: Weaverville Police Department / 1887 (Estimated)
- Type / Category / Size: Police Department / Town / Small
- Address / Telephone: 30 S Main Street / 828-645-5700
- Website: policedepartment@weaverville.org
- Sworn Officers: 13
- Jurisdiction Population: 4,800
- Jurisdiction Size: 3.89 Square Miles
- Interesting Fact: Weaverville is known to locals as “Dry Ridge” due its low intermittent rainfall
- Picture Taken By: policestationpictures.com
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> STATE STATS
– General
- Population: 10.8 Million Estimated (2023)
- Size: 53,819 Square Miles
– Agencies
- Total Police Agencies: 569
- State: 8
- County Sheriff Offices: 100
- County Police Departments: 1
- Municipal: 350
- University & College: 64
- Airport: 4
- Tribal: 1
- Hospital: 15
- Special: 26
– Employees
- Number of Total State Sworn Officers: 24,400 (Estimated)
- Largest Municipal Agencies (Sworn Personnel): Charlotte-Mecklenburg (1,817 Authorized)
- Largest Sheriff’s Office (Sworn Personnel): Wake County (1,000 Authorized)
> JUDICIAL
– North Carolina Courts Move To Implement eCourts Track 3 System in February 2024
From Website (Posted Under ‘Read More’ Below)
On behalf of the Judicial Branch, we are excited to partner with you in the next phase of modernizing our state court system by launching eCourts Track 3 on February 5, 2024, in twelve (12) counties: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington.
This announcement is intended to introduce you to the key information and training resources that legal practitioners need to know for navigating this monumental shift.
As we prepare together for the official launch of eCourts in 12 counties on February 5, 2024, attorneys and other stakeholders may register in advance for Enterprise Justice (Odyssey) platforms, access training materials, and sign up for an introduction to eFiling and Portal search through resources provided below. We encourage you to regularly check the eCourts Hub at NCcourts.gov/eCourts. Questions regarding eCourts applications may be sent to ecourts@nccourts.org.
Read More November 20, 2023 Letter Reference Track 3 eCourts registration and Resources
> LEGISLATIVE
– General Assembly of North Carolina, Session 2023, House Bill 40 Ratified Bill, Opening Statement
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR RIOTING OR INCITING RIOTING THAT CAUSES DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, OR DEATH AND ASSAULTING EMERGENCY PERSONNEL DURING A RIOT OR STATE OF EMERGENCY; TO ALLOW RECOVERY OF TREBLE DAMAGES FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY RIOTING OR LOOTING; AND TO REQUIRE PRETRIAL RELEASE CONDITIONS FOR RIOTING AND LOOTING OFFENSES TO BE DETERMINED BY A JUDGE AND TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO DEVELOP MODEL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY PROTEST RESPONSE AND ENGAGEMENT POLICIES.
Read More Copy of GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2023 HOUSE BILL 40 RATIFIED BILL, Three Pages
– INCREASE RELIABILITY OF IN-CUSTODY INFORMANT STATEMENTS SECTION 4.(a) Chapter 15A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section , Article 54 “Reliability of In-Custody Informant Statements.
Ҥ 15A-981. Corroboration of in-custody informant statement.
(a) Definition. – As used in this section, the term “in-custody informant” means a person, other than a codefendant, accomplice, or coconspirator, whose testimony is based on statements allegedly made by the defendant while both the defendant and the informant were held within a city or county jail or a State correctional institution or otherwise confined, where statements relate to offenses that occurred outside of the confinement.
(b) Recording of In-Custody Informant Interview. – All interviews of in-custody informants by a law enforcement officer shall be recorded using a visual recording device that provides an authentic, accurate, unaltered, and uninterrupted record of the interview that clearly shows both the interviewer and the in-custody informant. This subsection shall not apply to attorneys for the State or defense conducting an interview as part of trial preparation.
(c) Destruction or Modification of Recording After Appeals Exhausted. – The State shall not destroy or alter any electronic recording of an in-custody informant interview until one year after the completion of all State and federal appeals of the conviction, including the ex of any appeal of any motion for appropriate relief or habeas corpus proceedings. Every electronic recording shall be clearly identified and catalogued by law enforcement personnel.”
> LAW ENFORCEMENT
– North Carolina Criminal Justice Information Network ( CJIN )
From The CJIN Website, “About CJIN & Friends” page
The North Carolina Criminal Justice Information Network (CJIN), is a project which will allow for information sharing between federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies.
Over the past several years, the CJIN Board has received information regarding criminal justice activities. The information received came in the form of presentations to the Board from state, federal, and local law enforcement agencies along with interaction with other boards, associations, user groups, workshops throughout the state, conferences and meetings with other states, vendors, etc. These activities have resulted in CJIN being able to formulate a position on various issues impacting the criminal justice community, specifically in the area of technology. We are grateful for all of the assistance that we have received from our approximately 5000+ Friends!
The CJIN Study committee was created during the 1994 Special Crime Session by the North Carolina General Assembly. The Assembly appropriated monies to study and develop a plan for a statewide criminal justice information network. The CJIN Study Final Report, dated April 7, 1995, outlined a comprehensive strategic plan that provided the vision for the statewide Criminal Justice Information Network in North Carolina. The CJIN Study Final Report, dated April 7, 1995, outlined a comprehensive strategic plan that provided the vision for the statewide Criminal Justice Information Network in North Carolina. Based on recommendations and strategies identified in the plan, the General Assembly established the Criminal Justice Information Network (CJIN) Governing Board in Section 23.3 of Chapter 18 of the Session Laws of the 1996 Second Extra Session.
Today, North Carolina is nationally recognized as one of the leading states in developing a statewide criminal justice information network. Our success is in part due to the North Carolina General Assembly recognizing the need for further coordination and cooperation between state and local agencies and establishing standards for the sharing of criminal justice information.