As the holiday season approaches crime prevention officer, Inspector Stephen Griffith, is urging people to pay more attention to their personal safety and securing their homes. He pointed to the use of desolate ATMs or those where people are loitering, leaving many packages in unattended vehicles and women carrying cellphones in their back pockets. “A lot of people sometimes travel with too much money on them. Never travel with anything …
Posted December 11, 2020 4:23 a.m. EST
Garner, N.C. The first female police officer at the Garner Police Department has died in a car crash.
According to police, Iris Motley, who retired in 1999, was killed Thursday morning in a crash on U.S. Highway 70 near Jessup Drive.
Garner police posted the news on Facebook, saying Motley was the first full-time female officer hired by the department and the first female officer retiree.
During her career, Motley served as a patrol officer, a crime prevention officer and a DARE officer for Creech Road and Vance elementary schools, where she had a positive impact on hundreds of kids.