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Body camera footage showed Police Chief Mary O'Connor saying "I'm hoping you'll just let us go tonight" after a deputy pulled her and her husband over for driving an unregistered golf cart.

Federal authorities arrested the police chief and city personnel director of Bridgeport, Conn., on Thursday, alleging the two rigged the examination process that led to the chief's hiring in 2018.

U. Reneé Hall will stay on until the end of 2020. She is the latest in a wave of police chiefs to leave their posts after national protests calling for increase law enforcement accountability.

The City of High Point has appointed Travis Stroud, a High Point native and longtime member of the police force, as inte

The City of Greensboro is hosting a series of community meetings at local libraries over the next two weeks to get feedback on the selection of the next police chief.  

"He told hospital staff that he had a gun and that he would shoot anyone who came near him," police said, adding that officers approached the man out of concern for other patients who needed care.

Accused by a stinging report of a "slow-footed response" to violence at the rally, and amid claims that he intimidated officers, Alfred Thomas is retiring. His deputy will take over as interim chief.

Winston-Salem City Manager Lee Garrity has chosen to hire in-house for the new police chief, selecting Assistant Chief Catrina Thompson. She's a 23-year veteran of the department.