It teaches officers how to respond to a person in a crisis with serious mental illness. CMPD tells WCCB, approximately 38% of the department is CIT trained. The national average for CIT officers in major police departments is 25%.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is trying to find a 35-year-old man with autism who went missing Tuesday afternoon.
A heartwarming show of support in Matthews: carnival in honor of Charlie Holt. You may remember Charlie died suddenly at the age of five, nearly two years ago. His family has opened up to WCCB Charlotte about their loss.
The Panthers will open and close their 25th regular season at home for the first time in a decade, squaring off against last year’s NFC Championship game participants to begin and end their 2019 slate.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is trying to identify a suspect wanted in connection to an armed robbery.
On April 17, 1964, the world was first introduced to the Ford Mustang. Fifty-five years later, enthusiasts from all over the world have gathered in Concord to celebrate the launch of the original pony car.
Police are investigating after a person was shot near an apartment complex in east Charlotte.
Chewy, an online pet supply retailer, has selected Rowan County for its new fulfillment center, creating 1,200 new jobs and investing $55 million, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will locate in Salisbury, N.C.
Hickory Public Schools has announced that May 1st will be an optional teacher workday.
As several school districts across the state prepare to close on May 1st for a teacher's day of action, Union county Schools are taking a different approach.
A man has been charged with setting several fires in Albemarle overnight.
Transportation agencies gathered in Charlotte today to celebrate the completion of the Sugar Creek Road grade separation, a project designed to improve efficiency, safety and mobility in one of the state’s busiest rail corridors.
A father convicted of injuring his infant daughter years ago by shaking her was charged Wednesday with criminal homicide following the teenager’s death.
Authorities say an inmate who escaped from the Randolph Correctional Center on April 17th has been apprehended.
A young Florida woman who traveled to Colorado and bought a shotgun for what authorities feared would be a Columbine-inspired attack just days ahead of the 20th anniversary was found dead Wednesday in an apparent suicide after a nearly 24-hour manhunt.
On Tuesday, Cheyenne Kenniston pleaded guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter and was sentenced in the death of a 17-year-old Hickory girl.
Charlotte Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is pleased to announce that Preston Browder of Charlotte has been nominated as a candidate for LLS’s 2019 Man of the Year.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department will be hosting a Bridge the Difference event tomorrow, April 18, 2019. The event will be held at ImaginOn (300 East 7th Street) and begin at 2:00 p.m.
The music performance times and Campers’ Pre-Party details are now available for the debut of Epicenter, May 10, 11 and 12 at the newly created Rockingham Festival Grounds in Richmond County, NC.
A real estate ad from Australia features a dancing couple, A. Rod talks about preparing to propose and Ellen surprises deserving teachers.
A Pew research center report shows millennials will make up roughly a quarter of eligible voters in 2020. Generation Z, those born after 1996, will make up another 10%.
What we do know is that we've seen the only body camera video of what happened. During a community conversation with Chief Kerr Putney, a community activist asked him if he considered stepping down.
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