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Week three of the Brunswick Sheriff’s Citizens Academy started off with a visit to the Brunswick County 911 Center. This is the facility where both emergency calls to 911 and non-emergency calls to the 911 Center’s administrative lines are received, processed, and dispatched. First, Stacy Stevens with the Brunswick County 911 Center gave us an overview of the history and structure of 911 emergency systems in the United States, North Carolina and Brunswick County. According…
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RALEIGH – Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointment today: N.C. Commission on Volunteerism & Community Service Frank Williams (Brunswick County): Frank Williams is a member of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners. He is a past president and charter member of the Leland Area Rotary Club and also served on the boards of directors of Communities in Schools of Brunswick County, Inc. and the North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he served on the…
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Several media outlets have reported recently on joint economic development and branding activities being considered or conducted by the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County. A reporter from one of our local media outlets asked if Brunswick County had an opinion on these initiatives. We have not discussed these as a board, but I provided the reporter with the following statement that reflects my personal opinion: “I am generally supportive of any reasonable activity…
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Tuesday was my second week participating in the Brunswick Sheriff’s Citizens Academy. Before I get into the things we covered Tuesday, I feel compelled to add one thing that I failed to include last week: the Sheriff’s Office is not a department, it is an Office. While the Board of County Commissioners on which I serve appropriates the Sheriff’s budget, the Sheriff reports to the voters, not the county manager. “Department” is referred to as…
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Tonight was the first session of the 14th class of the Brunswick Sheriff’s Citizens Academy, and I am excited to be a member of the class. The Sheriff’s Office website describes the Citizens Academy as follows: The Citizens Academy was established to build a better understanding between Law Enforcement and those we serve, through a series of classroom presentations and community involvement. Class time features a general overview of current law enforcement issues, patrol procedures,…
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