No major changes to CMPDâs search warrant policies, community activists still take it as sign of progress
CMPD will not change some policies after review By Paige Pauroso | April 6, 2021 at 6:39 PM EDT - Updated April 6 at 6:39 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department says it can only go so far when it comes to policing reforms.
The department was asked to re-examine certain policies after last summerâs protests.
Most recently theyâve been looking at how officers handle search warrants.
At the urging of a national movement called âCampaign Zero,â CMPD agreed to recommendations on wearing body cams during searches and the department banned âno-knock warrantsâ last year.
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Republican lawmakers want to discourage local governments from cutting funding for law enforcement.A new bill was introduced this week by Senator Chuck Edwards. If passed, it would punish local governments by taking away state funding if they reduce the law enforcement budget by 1% of the governme
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Michele Coble of Lincolnton poses for a photo on Jan. 12. She s one of more than 1 million eligible North Carolinians who didn t vote in the 2020 election.
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Michele Coble of Lincolnton has a strong opinion about the Jan. 6 mob riot at the U.S. Capitol.
“I think that’s the craziest thing I have ever seen - to storm the Capitol,” she said. “And I’m really thinking you really didn’t accomplish nothing but you stirred up a whole lot of nothing just over the election.”
Could 2021 be the year Charlotte gets control of violent crime?
Efforts to lower the number of homicides in Charlotte were stalled when the focus shifted to the pandemic. In 2020, Charlotte saw a record 123 homicides. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 12:20 AM EST January 3, 2021
CHARLOTTE, N.C. It was another deadly year in 2020. In a year that witnessed so much loss and heartache, Charlotte set a record for homicides with 123 people killed in the Queen City.
The number of homicides toppled the record set in 1993 when 122 homicides were counted, according to data released by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.
Officials point out that the city was half the size in 1993 versus 2020. Then, the city itself housed 451,694 people. That number is easily double the size now and even bigger if you factor in zip codes outside the city limit.