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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charlotte’s new police chief is pushing for higher pay and take-home patrol cars as she looks to fill nearly 300 vacancies.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Estella Patterson, the new Charlotte-Mecklenburg police chief, sat down with WBTV at a time when safety in the Queen City was being questioned. Patterson -- the first female ...

Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce credited community engagement as a major reason behind a drop in crime last year.

CHARLOTTE — Channel 9 sat down one-on-one with the new chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Thursday. Estella Patterson was appointed as the new chief of the department last month, ...