About 200 people braved the cold, rainy weather Wednesday night to hear from the four finalists vying to be Winston-Salem’s next police chief at a forum held at the Salem Lake Marina. For nearly two hours, the candidates fielded questions from a community panel on topics such as gun violence, community policing, and recruiting and retaining officers in a department struggling to fill vacancies.
The candidates will answer questions from a five-member panel at a public forum Wednesday. Assistant City Manager Patrice Toney says they’ll address concerns raised by feedback from the community during the search.
Winston-Salem residents will get the chance to hear finalists for the job of city police chief field questions about the approach they would take to the job during a Jan.