Charlotte public safety took center stage Monday at a State House Oversight Committee hearing in Raleigh, where top city and ...

Inside the legislative auditorium at the North Carolina state legislative building, Monday morning started off in a rather contentious manner.

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 pinned onto ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJZY) — North Carolina Governor Josh Stein took part in the swearing-in ceremony for former Raleigh police chief Estella Patterson on Friday morning, who is stepping into the same ...

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 ...