High school graduation is one of the first major milestones a young person can aim to achieve.
DPS Dispatch
NASHVILLE, NC – Carefully chosen offenders began the third year of the N.C.
RALEIGH - On Aug. 20, the Prison Reform Advisory Board began work on composing its recommendations on best practices for maintaining prison safety to Secretary Erik A. Hooks.
A delegation of state officials, including some from the Department of Public Safety, visited the African nation of Botswana in July to share their knowledge with government agencies in that country, as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
When Jim Thomas started collecting law enforcement patches when he was 21-years-old, little did he know that a handful of patches would grow to be one of the most comprehensive collections of NC State Hi
Dedicating personal time to a cause after putting in a full day’s work (toward the same cause), is a sur
The latest graduates of the Prison Emergency Response Team (PERT) basic training have joined an elite group of correctional officers in North Carolina.
On July 1, 1929, after the General Assembly authorized the State Highway Patrol’s creation, 37 individuals took an oath of office and became North Carolina’s first state troopers.
Pets—whether furry, scaled or feathered—are valued members of any family. When disasters strike, many families are at a loss of what to do with their pets, especially if they must evacuate.
The Proclaimers sang about walking 500 miles and Vanessa Carlton said she’d walk 1,000, but teams who participated in the spring Miles for Wellness Challenge walked a whole lot more!
North Carolina Emergency Management has received the 2019 Wade H. Hargrove Community Leadership Award from the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters for its support of the state and North Carolina’s broadcast stations during Hurricane Florence in the fall of 2018.
The DPS team has seen real results across the state as it works to put Governor Cooper’s Opioid Action Plan into action.
The following message is from North Carolina Department of Public Safety Secretary Erik Hooks.
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State government has plenty of connections with the business community, using vendors and contractors which creates jobs and economic opportunities.