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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
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
