As we recognize Women’s History Month, Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown is the first African-American female to hold the position of Police Chief in North Carolina’s capital of Raleigh. A North Carolina native, Deck-Brown joined the Raleigh Police Department in 1987. She graduated from East Carolina University and received a master’s degree in public administration from […]
UPDATE: Wednesday morning Wake County Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley agreed to release video footage from the officer-involved shooting of 26-year-old Javier Torres on Tuesday by North Rogers Lane and New Bern Avenue. Currently, Torres is in stable condition and his family had been notified. ORIGINAL: Thursday Raleigh officers responded to a 911 call of […]
An angry community gathered for a vigil for 24-year-old Akiel Denkins, who was shot and killed by a Raleigh police officer when the officer tried to serve a warrant on him for a felony drug charge. Hundreds gathered together repeating “Black lives matter” and demanding accountability for what witnesses say was a shooting of an […]
Raleigh’s police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown has answered one of the most common questions that she gets when speaking to the community through video: What should someone do when they are pulled over? To avoid the types of confrontations that have led to officer-involved shootings elsewhere, the Raleigh Police Department has produced a video to […]
Father’s Forever will host it’s 9th graduation this Saturday and Raleigh Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown will help congratulate the men by delivering the graduation address. Father’s Forever is a non-profit organization that helps fathers become financially responsible, become more involoved in children’s lives, find employment by educating on the importance of their parental roles as […]
