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The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Larry Marion as the new superintendent at Orange Correctional Center in Hillsborough. Marion, 57, was been the assistant superintendent at Orange CC since 2011, and has been with the Department of Public Safety for 26 years. Marion has also served on the Prison Honor Guard unit. “I am confident in the abilities of Mr. Marion. His professionalism and years of dedicated service have prepared him for this opportunity,” said Director of Prisons Kenneth Lassiter.

Governor Roy Cooper today pressed for faster action to restore power to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. The islands lost power Thursday following damage by a contractor to a critical transmission line from the mainland and local officials have ordered all visitors to evacuate.

Nearly 40 law enforcement officers and support staff from state, local and federal agencies joined forces on Thursday for Operation Summer Thunder, an enforcement operation that investigated gang activity in Richmond County.

Nearly 80 law enforcement officers and support staff from state, local and federal agencies joined forces this week for Operation Heatwave, an enforcement operation that served outstanding criminal warrants and conducted compliance checks on high risk and violent offenders on probation and parole in Scotland County. The operation saw:

Governor Roy Cooper today urged authorities to work quickly to restore power to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands following the major outage that occurred there yesterday afternoon. “The situation is stabilizing today thanks to the use of additional portable generators,” Governor Cooper said. “Public safety services have power as do water and sewer. I ask residents and visitors to be patient as everyone works towards restoring the power and getting conditions back to normal on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. Conserving power is crucial until that time comes.”

Governor Roy Cooper today signed into law Senate Bill 445, a law that reduces the wait time for criminal record expungement for first-time, non-violent offenders. “Criminal justice shouldn’t end at incarceration. It should end at restoration,” Gov. Cooper said. “We want North Carolinians who have corrected their mistakes to go on to live purposeful, productive lives.”

WHEN: Friday, July 28, 11:30 a.m. WHERE: Scotland County Emergency Operations Center 1403 West Boulevard Laurinburg, NC 28352 WHAT: Representatives from local law enforcement agencies will speak about “Operation Heatwave,” a two-day operation that sought wanted fugitives and absconders from probation or parole, drug offenders and confiscation of illegal weapons in Scotland County.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Stephanie Freeman as the director of its Office of Staff Development and Training (OSDT).

Approximately 100 state, local and federal officers combined forces this week in Wake County to conduct searches of high-risk individuals on probation or parole supervision and to seek others wanted on outstanding criminal warrants. The two-day effort on June 27-28 resulted in 41 arrests, the seizure of 15 firearms, seizure of approximately $21,000 in cash and quantities of marijuana, cocaine and crystal methamphetamine.

MEDIA ADVISORY What: Graduation Ceremony for 10 new N.C. ALE Agents When: 11 a.m. Friday, June 30, 2017 Where: Dept. of Public Safety, Samarcand Training Academy, 3600 Samarcand Road, Jackson Springs (Moore County)