Press Release
Gov. Mike Easley announced a $47.7 million “Secure Communities” initiative to expand crime fighting efforts in North Carolina by improving technology for local law enforcement agencies and adding more investigators, prosecutors, judges and clerks to the criminal justice system.
In budget recommendations Easley will send to the General Assembly, he will also include more money to fill gaps in vital programs being cut by the federal government.
“We need to make certain that our justice system moves as swiftly as possible and that it is not hampered by delays or backlogs,” Easley said. “Local law enforcement officials cannot do anything if there is a brick wall at the courthouse. We owe it to the victims and their families; and we owe it to the law enforcement officers that work tirelessly to get criminals off the streets and behind bars.”
** Read the rest of what Easley is proposing as reported in today's Press Release. If you support it, e-mail him.
