Winston-Salem and Greensboro would be two of four North Carolina municipalities participating in a three-year pilot program allowing civilian investigators to handle minor traffic accidents.
Henderson County (Apr 28, 2023) - The Hendersonville Kiwanis Club honored five law officers with the Morris Kaplan Caring and Sharing Law Enforcement Award for their service to their departments and the community.
Police departments, large and small, are experiencing a crisis in staffing. Officers are retiring or leaving the profession, and recruitment of new officers is very difficult. Departments are down from 10-30%, resulting in slow responses to calls for service (or no in-person response for lower level crimes). Sometimes police detectives or other officers not usually