CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department held a formal swearing-in ceremony for the new chief of police, Estella Patterson, Friday morning at the police academy. The chief’s badge was ...

Former Raleigh police chief Estella Patterson will be named the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Police Chief. Patterson stepped down from her role with RPD in March 2025. Former Raleigh ...

Republicans and Democrats alike celebrated Charlotte’s next police chief in a bipartisan show of support on Friday. The city announced Estella Patterson will become the first female chief of the ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Estella Patterson named CMPD chief in 2025, first woman to lead department. She reduced Raleigh vacancies and secured federal grants ...

Estella Patterson, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's first female chief, was sworn in at a ceremony in southwest Charlotte Friday morning that at times felt like a presidential ...

Estella Patterson, the former chief of the Raleigh Police Department, will take over as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police chief. Patterson, who started her career at CMPD in 1996 and worked at the ...

CHARLOTTE — Estella Patterson will begin her tenure as Charlotte’s next chief of police Monday, according to our partners at The Charlotte Observer. Outgoing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny ...