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During week four of the Brunswick Sheriff’s Citizens Academy, we learned about Animal Protective Services and the Crime Prevention Unit. Animal Protective Services According to the Sheriff’s Office website, the goals of the Animal Protective Services division (in addition to the obvious goals of protecting citizens from rabid or otherwise dangerous animals) are to create…
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Last week, I joined several others from Brunswick County at the annual N.C. Association of County Commissioners conference in Greensboro. Those of us who made the trip attended numerous educational workshops and networked and shared ideas with commissioners from other counties. Some of those in attendance also completed the ethics training required of commissioners (Commissioner…
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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…
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NCACC Presidential Initiative - 100 Counties Prepared
On August 14, 2021, Brunswick County Commissioner and newly installed N.C. Association of County Commissioners President Frank Williams announced his presidential initiative, 100 Counties Prepared. The initiative was borne out of his experience serving as Chair of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners during Hurricanes Florence, Dorian, and Isaias, through which he observed a lack of emergency preparedness training suitable for elected officials. He appointed a statewide task force that worked with NCACC staff to develop a full day of emergency preparedness training for elected officials.
Sixty-one county officials from across North Carolina completed the inaugural 100 Counties Prepared Emergency Preparedness Training for County Commissioners, which was held in conjunction with the 115th Annual NCACC Conference in Cabarrus County on August 11, 2022. A second training was held on May 31, 2023, and additional trainings are planned.
