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Aug 4: Meck County Unity Group Holds Rally to Remove Century-Old Confederate statue in Cornelius
Aug 3: National Night Out Returns To Charlotte In 2021: Details
Jul 29: Gun, Ammo Found in Man’s Backpack at N. Carolina Courthouse
Jul 27: Man Tried Entering Mecklenburg County Courthouse With Gun, Ammo, Sheriff’s Office says
Jul 27: Huntersville Man Arrested For Attempting To Enter Mecklenburg County Courthouse With Firearm
Jul 26: An Eviction Crisis Looms For Charlotte
Jul 23: Charlotte Congresswoman Pleads For Longer Eviction Freeze. Sheriff Says He Can’t.
Jul 22: NC Congresswoman Fighting for Extension on Eviction notices
Jul 21: MCSO Hosts HISET And CMS Graduation Ceremony For Residents
Jul 16: National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) Sheriffs Strongly Urge Support for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021
Jul 15: Adventure, Mentoring Await Youngsters in the Great Outdoors Camping with Cradle Initiative Launches
Jul 14: Sheriff’s Office Warns Against Potent Heroin Strain
Jul 11: NC Detention Center Officer Fired After Fight With Inmate
Jul 11: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Officer Fired After Fight With Inmate
Jul 9: Mecklenburg Jail Officer Fired After Fight With Inmate, Sheriff’s Office Says
Jul 9: Mecklenburg Jail Officer Fired After Fight With Inmate, Sheriff’s Office Says
Jun 29: Mecklenburg County Detention Officer Cut With 'Homemade Weapon'
Jun 28: Inmate Bit Jail Officer and Cut Her with ‘Homemade Weapon,’ Mecklenburg Sheriff Says
Jun 28: Detention Center Officer Bitten, Cut With Homemade Weapon
Jun 28: Charlotte Inmate Bites, Attacks Detention Officer with Weapon
Jun 27: NC Detention Officer Stabbed, Seriously Injured in Altercation with Inmate
Jun 24: Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office Mourning Loss of K-9 Deputy
Jun 22: Inmate Dies After Being Found Unresponsive in Mecklenburg County Jail Cell
Jun 22: Inmate Found Dead at Mecklenburg County Detention Center a Day After Arrest
Jun 22: Another Person Dies After Being Found Unresponsive at Mecklenburg Jail; 3rd This Year
Jun 22: Mecklenburg County Inmates Given Tablets, Can Message Family, Listen To Music and Watch Movies
Jun 22: Sheriff Explains Inmate Access To Tablets
Jun 20: ‘So Glad to See Him.’ Mecklenburg Jail Briefly Lifts Restrictions for Father’s Day
Jun 20: Children of Inmates Reunite with Dads on Father's Day
Jun 11: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Reconnecting Families for Father’s Day
Jun 11: Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff: Family, Friends Mailing Letters Laced With Drugs To Inmates
Jun 10: Inmate Visits At County Jail To Resume For Father's Day Weekend
Jun 9: COVID Vaccine Live Updates: Here’s What To Know in North Carolina on June 10
Jun 9: Mecklenburg Jail Allows In-Person Father’s Day Visits, First Time Since COVID Shutdown
Jun 9: Detention Officer Faces Charges For Recurring Rape Of Transgender Inmate
Jun 8: North Carolina Correctional Officer Charged with Sex Assault Against Transgender Inmate: Sheriff
Jun 7: Mecklenburg County Detention Officer Terminated, Charged With Sexually Assaulting Transgender Inmate
Jun 7: NC Jailer Charged with Multiple Sex Crimes. Sources Say Victim is a Transgender Inmate
May 29: NC Jailer Under Investigation in Alleged Sexual Assault of Trans Inmate, Sources Say
May 26: NC Jailer Under Investigation in Alleged Sexual Assault of Trans Inmate, Sources Say
May 26: Detention Officer Suspended Pending Misconduct Investigation
May 25: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Officer Suspended Amid Investigation
May 25: Mecklenburg County Detention Officer Suspended Pending Investigation
May 25: Sheriff Garry McFadden Makes Statement One Year After George Floyd’s Death
May 23: Second Inmate This Month Dies at North Carolina Jail After Being Found Unresponsive
May 22: 2nd Inmate Dies After Being Found Unresponsive at Jail
May 16: Camping Group Brings Charlotte Kids to the Outdoors
May 14: Inmate Dies After Found Unresponsive in Mecklenburg Co. jail
May 14: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Reports In-Custody Death Of A 20-Year-Old
May 13: Beyond Ending Shackling, a New Bill Opens Up Questions About Children Born to Incarcerated Moms
May 5: One Year Later, ‘Raise The Age’ Law Getting Mixed Reviews
May 4: North Carolina Jail Employee Stabbed Several Times by Inmate
May 3: Meck County Sergeant Hospitalized After Stabbed 3 Times by Inmate
May 3: County Jail Official Stabbed by Inmate with 'Homemade Weapon,' Meck sheriff says
May 3: Mecklenburg Co. Sergeant Attacked, Stabbed by Inmate
May 3: Mecklenburg County Jail Employee Stabbed Several Times by Inmate
Apr 29: Active Shooter Survival Training Offered Online Today: MCSO
Apr 26: Gun Sales Skyrocket in Carolinas as Calls for Control Grow Louder
Apr 23: Mecklenburg County Sheriff Was Ready To Offer Vaccine To Protesters If Arrested
Apr 20: "Justice has spoken." Charlotte Leaders Still Believe More Work Needs To Be Done After Chauvin Verdict
Apr 20: Mecklenburg County Sheriff McFadden Helps Sheriff in Minneapolis Prepare for Aftermath of Chauvin Verdict
Mar 31: Triad Leaders Condemn Bill Requiring ICE Cooperation
Mar 26: Mecklenburg County Deputies Admit Fault After Teen Facing Juvenile, Adult Charges Released Erroneously
Mar 25: Sheriff, Family of 21-Year-Old Killed in Charlotte Calls on Violence to End
Mar 25: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Staff Wrongly Releases 16-Year-Old Juvenile From Custody
Mar 25: Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff’s Office Mistakenly Releases Juvenile
Mar 24: Here's What's Different About The New NC Bill That Would Make Sheriffs Cooperate With ICE
Mar 21: Bill Would Release Officer Records, Make Rioting a Felony
Mar 21: NC Bill Would Release Officer Records, Make Rioting a Felony
Mar 19: Bill Would Release Officer Records, Make Rioting a Felony
Mar 16: Courts Face Backlogs Due to COVID-19 Shutdowns as Families Wait for Justice
Mar 16: Mecklenburg County Jail Inmates to Get COVID-19 Vaccine in April as Part of Group 4
Mar 13: N.C. Senate Passes New Bill to Require Cooperation with ICE
Mar 12: Mecklenburg County Sheriff, Detention Center Staff to Begin Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines
Mar 10: The Link Between Immigration Enforcement and Babies' Health
Mar 10: Another Bill Tries to Force North Carolina Sheriffs to Assist ICE
Mar 9: Mecklenburg County Jail Officers Injured During Struggle with Inmate
Mar 9: 'Tensions are High'; Inmate Accused of Attacking 3 Detention Officers, Sergeant in Mecklenburg Jail
Mar 9: Another Bill Tries to Force NC Sheriffs to Assist ICE
Mar 9: Inmate Wielding Sharp Object Injures Officers at Uptown facility
Mar 9: Lawmakers Again Try to Force Uncooperative North Carolina Sheriffs to Assist ICE
Mar 9: Another Bill Tries to Force NC Sheriffs to Assist ICE
Feb 25: Meck Sheriff Responds After Man at Center of ICE Conflict Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
Feb 25: Why I Oppose Bills to Force NC Sheriffs to Honor ICE Detainers
Feb 22: Miscommunication and Lack of Plan Marred Tent City Abatement Order
Feb 21: Charlotte Homeless Encampment 'Tent City' Cleared Out Following Abatement Order
Feb 19: Mecklenburg County Leaders at Odds with City of Charlotte, Law Enforcement as ‘Tent City’ Residents Pushed Out Due to Rat Infestation
Feb 19: As Deadline to Vacate Tent City Looms, County and City Leaders Spar
Feb 18: Top Mecklenburg County Law Enforcement Leaders Share How they Perceived Events in 2020 as Black Men
Feb 18: As Deadline Looms to Relocate Tent City Residents, Leaders Point Fingers Over Who Should Help
Feb 18: Grassroots Response Launched to Help Uptown Tent City Residents Initiative Aims to Transition from Encampment
Feb 18: Mecklenburg County Leaders at Odds with City of Charlotte, Law Enforcement as ‘Tent City’ Residents Pushed Out Due to Rat Infestation
Feb 18: The Blame Game & Charlotte’s Tent City
Feb 17: "I'm still a Black man" | Top Mecklenburg County Law Enforcement Leaders Share How they Perceived Events in 2020 as Black Men
Feb 10: "Come and See Me Before You Pull the Trigger": Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff Addresses Recent Homicides; Vigil Held for Murdered Teen
Feb 8: Mecklenburg County Reports Just Three Inmates with COVID-19
Feb 7: Gun Sales are Surging in Charlotte
Feb 7: January, 2021 Sets New Record For Gun Sales
Feb 6: Anti-Violence Event Held in Charlotte
Feb 6: In Jail, Job Skills Take Root in Collaboration with Sheriff, Gardeners
Feb 5: Charlotte Moms Push for Ban on Bond in Murder Cases
Feb 2: Charlotte Teen Leads Charge Against Violence
Jan 28: Emails Reveal COVID Confusion, Riots and Staff Shortages in Mecklenburg County Jail
Jan 27: Rep. Dan Bishop. Sen. Thom Tillis Want to Bring an End to 'Sanctuary Cities'
Jan 27: Juveniles Test Negative for COVID-19 after Potential Exposure at Mecklenburg Co. Detention Center
Jan 25: Mecklenburg County Jail Releases Vaccine Plan Amid Declining Cases
Jan 25: Former Keene State Soccer Star Works Inauguration Security
Jan 24: Charlotte’s ‘Unprecedented’ Demand for Guns and Ammo is Fueled by More than Politics
Jan 22: Charlotte’s ‘Unprecedented’ Demand for Guns and Ammo is Fueled by More than Politics
Jan 22: Charlotte’s ‘Unprecedented’ Demand for Guns and Ammo is Fueled by More than Politics
Jan 21: Gone Camping: Living for Opportunity in the Great Outdoors
Jan 20: How Immigration Changes Could Impact Mecklenburg County
Jan 20: President Biden Addresses Immigration Policy Reform During First Day in Office
Jan 20: Dozens of Mecklenburg County Deputies Helping Protect Washington, D.C.
Jan 19: Deputies from Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Prepared to Provide Security Assistance for Inauguration
Jan 18: Mecklenburg County Deputies Heading to D.C.
Jan 18: Hundreds of Local Officers Sent to Washington D.C. to Help with Inauguration Security
Jan 18: 40 Meck County Deputies Sent to DC to Help with Security at Biden’s Inauguration
Jan 17: Mecklenburg Co. Deputies Prepare for Inauguration Trip to D.C.
Jan 15: More Than 100 Charlotte Officers Heading To Nation’s Capital Ahead Of Inauguration Day
Jan 15: Dozens of Mecklenburg County Deputies Leave for Washington as Part of Biden Inauguration Security
Jan 8: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Reports Decrease in COVID-19 Cases at Jail, First Vaccination Being Planned
Jan 8: COVID-19 Cases Decrease at Mecklenburg County jail, Officials Say
Dec 24: Mixed Reactions Over Executive Order Allowing To-Go Cocktails
Dec 14: Mecklenburg County Jail Lifts Lockdown after Completing COVID-19 Testing
Dec 10: Jail COVID Outbreak Spikes: 107 Inmates Test Positive; Jail Locked Down for 2 days
Dec 10: Mecklenburg Jail on Lockdown as 107 Inmates, More Than 20 Staff Members Actively Positive for Coronavirus
Dec 10: Mecklenburg County Detention Center in Lockdown as COVID-19 Outbreak Spreads
Dec 10: Meck County Jail on 48-Hour Lockdown; More Than 100 Inmates Infected with COVID-19
Dec 10: Mecklenburg County Detention Center on Lockdown After a Rise in Positive COVID-19 Cases
Dec 9: GTL and the Brian Hamilton Foundation Team Up to Provide Free Entrepreneurship Courses in Correctional Facilities Nationwide
Dec 5: Meck County Sheriff’s Office Gives Out Free Gun Locks to Try to Stop Accidental Shootings
Dec 4: 'We Are Playing With People’s Lives': 65 Meck County Jail Inmates Have COVID-19
Dec 3: 65 Inmates Test Positive for Coronavirus, 255 in Isolation or Quarantine at Mecklenburg Jail
Dec 3: COVID-19 Cases at Mecklenburg County Detention Center-Central Continue to Rise
Dec 3: COVID Cases Continue to Increase at Mecklenburg County Jail
Dec 3: Meck Jail Battered By Its Biggest Surge Yet of COVID-19 Cases. Here’s Who Caused It.
Dec 3: Mecklenburg Jail Battered By Its Biggest Surge Yet of COVID-19 Cases
Dec 1: NYU Experts Offer 'Evidence-Based' Smart Policing Plan
Nov 25: 18 Inmates Test Positive For Coronavirus At Mecklenburg Jail
Nov 25: ICE Launches Billboard Campaign In Charlotte Area Aimed At Sanctuary Policies
Nov 25: 10th annual Cops and Barbers turkey giveaway event held in Charlotte
Nov 24: Hundreds Line Up For Thanksgiving Dinner Drive-Thru In West Charlotte
Nov 24: Officials Investigating Whether Jail Officers Did Required Checks Before Rockingham County Teen Died
Nov 23: Officials Investigating Whether Jail Officers Did Required Checks Before Teen Died
Nov 23: Officials Investigating Whether Jail Officers Did Required Checks Before Teen Died
Nov 23: Officials Investigating Whether Jail Officers Did Required Checks Before Teen Died
Nov 21: Inmate at Charlotte Juvenile Detention Center Dies by Apparent Suicide
Nov 21: Teen Dies of Apparent Suicide Saturday at Mecklenburg Jail North, NC Officials Say
Nov 21: Juvenile Dies from Apparent Suicide at Mecklenburg Detention Center
Nov 17: Even With Protections, Thousands Face Eviction
Nov 12: ICE Billboards Of Wanted Illegal Immigrants Is ‘Misinformation,’ North Carolina Sheriff Says
Nov 11: ICE Billboards Of Wanted Illegal Immigrants Is ‘Misinformation,’ North Carolina Sheriff Says
Nov 11: ICE Billboards Of Wanted Illegal Immigrants Is ‘Misinformation,’ North Carolina Sheriff Says
Nov 10: Mecklenburg Sheriff Says ICE Is Spreading Untruths, Blasts New Charlotte Billboards
Nov 10: Mecklenburg Sheriff Says ICE Is Spreading Untruths, Blasts New Charlotte Billboards
Nov 10: NC Billboards Appear Showing Released ICE Suspects; Sheriff Disagrees About Message
Nov 10: 'Misleading' Billboards Showing Wanted ICE Suspects Appear Around Charlotte
Nov 10: Mecklenburg Sheriff Says ICE Is Spreading Untruths, Blasts New Charlotte Billboards
Nov 9: New ICE Billboards On Charlotte Interstates Warn Of Dangerous Immigration Violators
Nov 9: New ICE Billboards On Charlotte Interstates Warn Of Dangerous Immigration Violators
Nov 9: New ICE Billboards On Charlotte Interstates Warn Of Dangerous Immigration Violators
Nov 9: New ICE Billboards On Charlotte Interstates Warn Of Dangerous Immigration Violators
Nov 5: Concealed Gun Permit Applications Surge In Mecklenburg County, Prompting Delays
Nov 5: 'Unprecedented' Surge In Gun Permits Reported In Mecklenburg
Nov 5: 'Unprecedented' Surge In Gun Permits Reported In Mecklenburg
Nov 5: Surge in Purchase Permit and New Concealed Carry Applications
Nov 1: Local Families Find Unique Ways To Celebrate Halloween While Staying Safe
Oct 31: Charlotte Families Get Creative To Safely Celebrate Halloween
Oct 31: How One Formerly Incarcerated Man Went From Never Voting To Volunteering At The Polls
Oct 30: Will North Carolina’s Jailed Voters Be Represented In This Election?
Oct 28: Operation “Watchful Eye” Verifies Addresses Of 1,005 Sex Offenders In Mecklenburg County
Oct 16: On 25th Anniversary Of Million Man March, Black Men Come Together To Uplift, Empower, Encourage Voting In Charlotte
Oct 12: 'She Mothered Me.' Judy Williams Consoled Families Of Charlotte Murder Victims, Dies At 69
Oct 12: Finding Home: CDC Moratorium Can Help, But It Can't Stop All Evictions
Oct 11: Getting Out The Vote In North Carolina Jails During A Pandemic
Oct 7: Despite Misconceptions, Many Inmates Still Allowed To Vote By Mail
Oct 7: Closing Crisis At The Epicentre; 5 Businesses Evicted
Oct 6: 'It's About Relationships’ | Charlotte Neighborhoods Celebrate National Night Out
Oct 5: Getting Out The Vote In Jail, During a Pandemic
Oct 1: Helping People In Jail Exercise Their Right To Vote In North Carolina
Sep 30: Political Climate Raises Concerns of Violence This Election
Sep 29: FOX 46 Rides Along With ICE As Tennis Match Over Detainers Continues
Sep 28: Mecklenburg County Seeing An Unprecedented Surge In Number of People Applying For Gun Permits
Sep 28: ICE Arrests 12, Including 6 Previously Released From Charlotte Jail During Operation
Sep 28: ICE Announces Targeted Arrests in Mecklenburg County
Sep 28: ICE Agents Arrest 24 People Across NC, Including Charlotte, in Latest Operation
Sep 28: Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff’s Office Sees Major Surge in Purchase Permits, Concealed Carry Applications
Sep 24: ‘Four Years Ago, What Were You Doing?’: Mecklenburg County Sheriff Reflects on 2016 Protests During Time of Unrest
Sep 22: Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest Jail Support Members During Sit-In
Sep 21: More Than Two Dozen Arrested at Jail Support Encampment Outside Charlotte Jail
Sep 21: 25 Jail Support Demonstrators Arrested During Staged Sit-In
Sep 21: 25 Arrested Outside of Mecklenburg County Jail; Sheriff Calls for Unity
Sep 21: Mecklenburg Sheriff’s Deputies Arrest 25 at Jail Support Sit-In
Sep 21: Conflict Continues Between Activists, Mecklenburg Sheriff
Sep 17: Meck County Sheriff, CMPD Chief Address Police Reform During Virtual Town Hall
Sep 11: 5 People Arrested After Clashes Between Jail Support And Sheriff’s Deputies
Sep 11: Meck Co Sheriff Evicts Jail Support Group, 5 Arrested As They Protest Friday Night
Sep 11: Group Protests After Jail Support Encampment Cleared From Outside Mecklenburg County Jail
Sep 11: Deputies Again Remove Charlotte Jail Support Station. Leader Calls The Act An ‘Ambush’
Aug 18: Mecklenburg Sheriff Says Activist Group Outside Jail Is Defecating, Having Sex In Public
Aug 18: Meck. Co. Sheriff: Jail Support Has Been Hijacked, Causing More Issues Than It's Helping
Aug 18: Sheriff Raising More Concerns About “Jail Support” Group
Aug 14: 20-Year Veteran Detention Officer in North Carolina Dies From COVID-19 Complications
Aug 14: UNC-Chapel Hill Reports 2 COVID-19 Clusters in Student Housing
Aug 14: 20-Year Veteran Mecklenburg County Detention Officer Dies From COVID-19 Complications
Aug 14: Mecklenburg Detention Officer Dies After Contracting Covid-19
Aug 14: 20-Year Veteran Mecklenburg County Detention Officer Dies From COVID-19 Complications
Aug 13: Mecklenburg County Detention Officer Dies From COVID-19 Complications
Aug 13: Longtime Mecklenburg County Detention Officer Dies From COVID-19 Complications, Officials Say
Aug 7: The Staying Power — and Unrelenting Police Conflict — of Charlotte’s Jail Support
Aug 3: 19 Hearses Driven Through The Streets of Charlotte in Powerful Message About Violence
Aug 2: Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff, Local Funeral Directors Hold Hearse Procession Showing Impact of Charlotte Violence
Aug 2: COVID-19 Outbreak Hits Meck. County Detention Center; 43 Residents Test Positive
Jul 27: Mecklenburg Co. Sheriff’s Office Dispels Social Media Chatter of Inmate Mistreatment
Jul 26: COVID-19 Infections Spike in Mecklenburg Detention Center: 43 Confirmed Cases Among Inmates Since June
Jul 24: COVID-19 Cases on the Rise in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center
Jul 24: COVID-19 Outbreak Hits Meck. County Detention Center; 43 Residents Test Positive
Jul 24: 43 Inmates at Mecklenburg County Detention Center Test Positive for COVID-19
Jul 24: Sheriff McFadden Questions Whether Evictions Should Resume; Challenges Sheriff's to Give $1,000 to Help Struggling Families
Jul 21: Tensions Between Sheriff, Charlotte Jail Support Group Grow After Arrest Interference
Jul 12: Charlotte Man Dies At Mecklenburg Detention Center: Sheriff
Jun 8: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Changes Use of Force Policy Removes the Usage of "Tear Gas"
Jun 5: Community Gathers at Charlotte’s Freedom Park for Educational ‘People’s University’ Event
Jun 4: McFadden Says He's Drafting 'Duty To Intervene' Policy
Jun 4: Mecklenburg Sheriff Garry McFadden Says He’s Drafting a ‘Duty to Intervene’ Policy
Jun 4: New CMPD Policy Spells Out Duty To Intervene In Police Brutality
Jun 3: After Days of Protests, Will Charlotte Be Put Under Curfew?
Jun 3: FOX 46 Now: Protest Coverage
Jun 3: CNN Political Commentator Bakari Sellers Will Join Alma Adams, Sheriff Garry McFadden, and Alvin C. Jacobs, Jr. for ‘Unmasked’ Virtual Panel
Jun 3: Black North Carolina Justice System Leaders Speak in Support of Protesters’ Calls for Change
May 29: MCSO To Reopen Registration Unit Operations With Restrictions
May 28: Feeding Our First Responders
May 28: Organization Delivers Meals to Sheriff's Office
May 28: Feeding the Frontline Workers
May 28: Feeding the Frontline Workers
May 21: CLT After Dark (starts at 24:30)
Apr 30: Meck County deputies surprise 10-year-old boy with birthday parade
Apr 22: Number of Inmates Inside Some N.C. Jails Dropping
Apr 21: Days Inn Shuts Off Utilities To Push Residents Out, Then Relents -- For Now
Apr 15: Mecklenburg County First Responders Host Parade of Lights for Huntersville Medical Workers
Apr 9: Charlotte Parade of Lights
Apr 9: 'Parade of Lights' Honors Charlotte Hospital Workers' 'Relentless Dedication'
Apr 9: Parade of Lights: First Responders Show Unity, Support for Healthcare Workers in Charlotte
Apr 9: First Responders Hold Parade Thanking Healthcare Workers
Apr 7: Community Engagement Officers Delivering Food to Local Hotels for Homeless Families
Apr 6: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Announces a Positive Test for COVD-19 of a Detention Officer
Apr 2: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Announces A Positive Test for COVD-19 of a Wellpath Nurse
Apr 2: Nurse at Meck Co. Juvenile Detention Center Tests Positive for COVID-19
Apr 2: Mecklenburg Jail Nurse Tests Positive for COVID-19; Exposure Minimal, Sheriff Says
Apr 2: Nurse at Mecklenburg County Juvenile Detention Center Tests Positive for COVID-19
Apr 2: Mecklenburg Jail Nurse Tests Positive for COVID-19; Exposure Minimal, Sheriff Says
Apr 1: Sheriff talks about changes at Mecklenburg County jail to keep COVID-19 out
Mar 31: Telemundo Charlotte: COVID-19 and the Hispanic Community
Mar 26: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Remains Prepared During the Coronavirus Pandemic to Care for Residents in the Mecklenburg County Detention Centers
Mar 26: Sheriff McFadden Issues a Plea for Citizens to Adhere to the “Stay at Home Order”
Mar 26: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Will Continue to Process Pistol Purchase Permits and Concealed Handgun Permits During Coronavirus Crisis
Mar 20: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Suspends Evictions During Coronavirus Crisis
Mar 18: In-Custody Death of Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Resident
Mar 17: Mecklenburg County Sheriff Asks Courts to Halt Evictions; Announces Other Changes
Mar 16: MCSO Statement On Court Ordered Eviction Execution
Mar 16: Coronavirus update: What you need to know in Mecklenburg County
Mar 16: Mecklenburg Sheriff: Courts Should Not Issue Eviction Notices for 30 Days Due To Coronavirus
Mar 2: Clearing up Confusion Around Raise the Age
Feb 29: Program teaching inmates to be entrepreneurs
Feb 19: Mecklenburg County Sheriff McFadden responds to immigration criticism
Feb 5: A look inside Mecklenburg County's new juvenile-only Detention Center
Feb 5: Mecklenburg County sheriff, CMPD make changes after Raise the Age law enacted
Jan 30: Sheriff Battling Human Trafficking through Education Campaign
Jan 29: Human trafficking education aims to help the most vulnerable
Jan 29: These Bechtler art classes in Mecklenburg jails help develop skills and self-esteem
Jan 27: 10-year-old Travels Hundreds of Miles to Hug Police Officers
Jan 24: Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry L. McFadden's Response to Proposed Second Amendment Sanctuary County Designation
Jan 21: Residents Reconnect with their Children in the Jail’s New Child-Friendly Visitation Room
Jan 15: Largest Juvenile Detention Facility in NC Opens as Raise the Age Law goes into Effect
Jan 14: Mecklenburg County Sheriff Warns Parents about 15 Apps that could be used to Target Children
Jan 14: Mecklenburg County Opens New Juvenile Detention Center
Jan 14: Mecklenburg County Transforms Existing Detention Center into One Just for Juveniles
Jan 3: NC Churches, Police Drill Down on Training after Texas Church Shooting
Jan 2: Places of Worship Increase Security in Wake of Recent Attacks
Apr. 14, 2019: Female Students Complete Construction Class
Apr. 12, 2019: Executive Training in Preparation for RNC 2020
Apr. 11, 2019: Executive Training in Preparation for RNC 2020
Mar 20, 2019: The Need for Diversity in the Workplace
Mar 20, 2019: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Hosts its First Juvenile Diversion Program for 2019
Mar 18, 2019: Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office Holds its First Career Fair
Mar 18, 2019: Finishing Touches as MCSO Prepares for its First Career Fair
Feb 17, 2019: Free Phone Calls For Youthful Offenders In Mecklenburg County Jail
Feb 12, 2019: Carolina Impact Talks With Sheriff Garry McFadden
Jan 18, 2019: MCSO Shows How Effective Screening Wands Can Be
Jan 18, 2019: Sheriff McFadden Discusses The Issue Of Crime And Young Black Males
Jan 10, 2018: Sheriff Shutters Unit That Kept Teen Inmates in Solitary Confinement
Press Releases
Press Releases
Jul 27: MCSO Deputies Arrest Man Attempting to Enter County Courthouse with a Firearm
Jul 22: Sheriff McFadden Responds to Congresswoman Adams' Letter
Jul 20: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Implements Meal for Eid al-Adha
Jul 20: MCSO Hosts HISET and CMS Graduation Ceremony
Jul 9: Sheriff Garry L. McFadden Terminates Detention Officer
Jul 1: Sheriff McFadden Invited to Address the National Sheriff’s Association
Jun 28: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Officer Injured by Resident
Jun 22: In-Custody Death of Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Resident
Jun 22: New Re-Entry Support Services (RESS) Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Jun 8: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Remains Committed to Residents, Families and Friends Staying Connected and Reopens Visitation at the Detention Center for Father’s Day Weekend
Jun 7: Sheriff McFadden Terminates Detention Officer Kyle Harris After Charges of Sexual Assault
May 25: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Officer Suspended Pending Investigation
May 25: Sheriff McFadden Releases Statement on the One Year Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death
May 22: Resident at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center Dies from Apparent Suicide
May 14: In-Custody Death of Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Resident
May 3: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Sergeant Attacked by Resident
Apr 20: Sheriff McFadden Responds to Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial
Apr 12: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Implements New Video-Conferencing Tool
Apr 9: COVID-19 Vaccine offered to Mecklenburg County Detention Center Residents
Mar 26: Juvenile Resident at the Mecklenburg County Juvenile Detention Center Erroneously Released Safely Returned
Mar 19: The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Stands in Solidarity with the Asian American and Pacific Island Community and Condemns Acts of Violence
Mar 17: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Central Awarded National Accreditation for a 7th Time
Mar 12: Mecklenburg County Sheriff, Deputies, Staff to Begin Receiving Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine
Mar 12: MCSO Welcomes New K-9 Deputies
Mar 9: Mecklenburg County Detention Center Officers and Sergeant Attacked by Resident
Mar 2: Sheriff McFadden Responds to 'Release of Violent Criminals from County Jail (Detention Center)' Report
Feb 25: Sheriff McFadden Responds to Federal Sentencing of Luis Pineda-Ancheta
Feb 25: Sheriff McFadden Responds to Senate Bill 101
Feb 19: MCSO Provides Security for Grassroots Organization Assisting the Homeless
Feb 19: Mecklenburg County Detention Centers Report Zero Cases of COVID-19
Feb 18: Sheriff McFadden Responds to Mecklenburg County Abatement Order for North End Encampment
Feb 8: COVID-19 Cases at Detention Center Continue to Decrease Due to Widespread Testing
Jan 27: Juveniles Test Negative for COVID-19 after Potential Exposure at Detention Center
Jan 14: MCSO Deputies to Assist with Security for Presidential Inauguration
Jan 8: COVID-19 Cases Decrease Significantly at Detention Center Central
Dec 23: SCAM ALERT: Texts Claim Deadline has Passed for Concealed Weapons Permits
Dec 23: MCSO Spreads Holiday Cheer from the Detention Center to the Community
Dec 14: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Lifts Detention Center Lockdown Following an Increase in Positive COVID 19 Cases
Dec 11: The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Announces Detention Center Lockdown Following an Increase in Positive COVID 19 Cases at Detention Center Central
Dec 9: GTL and the Brian Hamilton Foundation Team Up to Provide Free Entrepreneurship Courses in Correctional Facilities Nationwide
Dec 3: COVID 19 Cases at Detention Center Central Continue to Rise
Nov 21: Death of Juvenile Resident at the Mecklenburg County Juvenile Detention Center from Apparent Suicide
Nov 10: Sheriff McFadden Responds to ICE’s Deployment of Misleading Billboards
Nov 5: Surge in Purchase Permit and New Concealed Carry Applications
Oct 7: The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Introduces the Medication Assisted Treatment Program
Sep 28: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Sees Unprecedented Surge in Purchase Permit and New Concealed Carry Applications
Sep 22: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Remains Committed to Residents, Families and Friends Staying Connected During the Pandemic
Sep 22: COVID-19 Mecklenburg County Detention Center Update
Sep 21: Sheriff’s Office Will Not Allow Fourth Street Encampment to Return
Sep 11: Sheriff’s Office Moves Fourth Street Encampment
Aug 27: Sheriff Garry L. McFadden Terminates Detention Officer
Aug 14: MCSO to Host a Virtual Female Behavioral Health Unit Unveil
Aug 13: Mecklenburg County Detention Officer Passes Away From COVID 19
Aug 7: Current COVID-19 Cases in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center
Jul 27: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Responds to Misinformation on Social Media
Jul 24: COVID-19 Cases on the Rise in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center
Jul 16: In-Custody Death of Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Resident Follow Up
Jul 12: In-Custody Death of Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Resident
Jun 18: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Removal of Jail Support
Jun 8: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Changes Use of Force Policy Removes the Usage of “Tear Gas”
May 29: MCSO To Reopen Registration Unit Operations With Restrictions
Apr 6: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Announces a Positive Test for COVD-19 of a Detention Officer
Apr 2: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Announces a Positive Test for COVD-19 of a Wellpath Nurse
Mar 26: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Will Continue to Process Pistol Purchase Permits and Concealed Handgun Permits During Coronavirus Crisis
Mar 26: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Remains Prepared During the Coronavirus Pandemic to Care for Residents in the Mecklenburg County Detention Centers
Mar 26: Sheriff McFadden Issues a Plea for Citizens to Adhere to the “Stay at Home Order”
Mar 20: Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office Suspends Evictions During Coronavirus Crisis
Mar 16: MCSO Statement On Court Ordered Eviction Execution
Mar 10: MCSO Criminal Justice Partnership Program - Piedmont International University
