Police Reform

The unarmed community response teams are designed to respond to the vast majority of 911 calls, which don't involve violent crime.

Police reform advocates say a Raleigh police officer shot Daniel Turcios multiple times, including after he was lying on the ground following a vehicle crash last week.

On April 21, 2021, deputies with the Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed 42-year old Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man. WUNC's Laura Pellicer interviewed Elizabeth City Mayor Bettie Parker about the community's push for changes in policing.

The News & Observer reports that the audit found the Durham Police Department has policies, training and equipment, but it couldn’t confirm that supervisors conduct random reviews to ensure compliance.

Backers of the legislation signed Thursday say it will rid departments of derelict officers and give mental health assistance to others on the force.

A wide-ranging criminal justice measure focused on weeding out problem law enforcement officers in North Carolina and giving mental health aid to others cleared a House committee on Wednesday.

The North Carolina House and Senate each passed bills that would require centralized reporting of Giglio letters, creating a database that law enforcement agencies could consult when hiring new officers. The letters say which law enforcement officers are deemed too untrustworthy to testify in court.

Since late 2019, federal law has required states to collect details on deaths during interactions with law enforcement. North Carolina officials have again refused to release information on the deaths of people who died in custody.

Accountability journalism is sometimes bigger than competition. Seven newsrooms in North Carolina teamed up to keep an eye on those in power.

A report on the Apex Police Department says racial bias is entrenched in its culture.The Apex Town Council hired an outside contractor ― Raleigh-based…