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Public Safety Secretary Names Jane Ammons Gilchrist Chief of Staff
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Secretary Erik A. Hooks has announced the promotion of Jane Ammons Gilchrist to Chief of Staff for the department. In this position, Chief Gilchrist will be taking on an expanded role in helping Secretary Hooks lead the department.
“Chief Gilchrist will not only represent me in many capacities, but also sit alongside me in helping manage many of the high-level responsibilities we have in carrying out the department’s mission of public safety,” Secretary Hooks stated. “She will also take the lead in providing me counsel on strategic planning and help direct the senior leadership team on day-to-day operations.”
Feds, state double down on secrecy of data on in-custody deaths Breaking down CMPD s release of body cam video in death of Harold Easter By Nick Ochsner | April 22, 2021 at 10:55 AM EDT - Updated April 22 at 10:55 AM
As communities across the nation continue to grapple with high-profile police killings, North Carolina officials have again refused to release information on the deaths of people who died in custody, citing guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The congressman who wrote the law requiring states to collect that information says both North Carolina and the U.S. DOJ are getting it wrong.
Jason deBruyn
Specifically,
Madan wrote, the law “would forbid the North Carolina Department of Public Safety” from revealing information from the collected forms.
U.S. DOJ cited that same statute
in its denial last week of a federal Freedom of Information Act request from the Watchdog Reporting Network for the same data.
And in an email this week, the Governor’s Crime Commission, the North Carolina agency responsible for collecting data under the federal law, again said it was prohibited from releasing its own version of the information – regardless of format.
“Information regarding deaths in custody of local law enforcement is not collected or maintained by GCC independently of the DCR-1A or BJA spreadsheets,” commission spokesperson Margaret Ekam said in an email. “Therefore, we do not have any public documents responsive to your request.”