News Releases for 2005

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December 2005

Media Advisory:
New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available For Public Review In Washington County (12/27)

Gov. Easley Encourages Motorists to Slow Down and Enjoy the Holidays (12/19)

Five ALE Agents Graduate from 22nd Basic School (12/15)

Gov. Easley Warns Residents in Western Portions of North Carolina to Be Ready for Power Outages (12/15)

Gov. Easley Declares Dec. 4-10 as Winter Weather Awareness Week (12/12)

AMBER Alert Cancelled: Two Granville County Toddlers Found Safe (12/07)

ALE Agents Make Multiple Arrests in Fayetteville for Underage Drinking (12/07)

ALE Agent Arrests Iredell Clerk for Selling Tobacco to a Minor (12/05)

ALE Agents Arrest Eight Triad Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (12/02)

November 2005

Media Advisory:
Governor's Crime Commission to meet December 1 and 2 (11/30)

ALE Agents Arrest Seven Clerks in Halifax County for Tobacco Sales to Minors (11/29)

Highway Patrol Trooper Released From Hospital (11/28)

Sec. Beatty Honored for Support of the N.C. National Guard (11/27)

Media Advisory:
Highway Patrol Promotional Ceremony (11/23)
Highway Patrol Promoting Seventy-seven Employees

State Troopers Remind Motorists the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend is the Deadliest (11/21)
The Patrol will be Cracking Down on Speeders and Aggressive Drivers During the Holiday Weekend

Media Advisory:
Highway Patrol to Conduct Operation Slow Down 2005 (11/14)
Highway Patrol Cracking Down on Speeders in Eastern North Carolina

NC ALE Achieves National Accreditation (11/07)
A World First

Gov. Easley Sends 600 N.C. National Guard Troops To Louisiana And Mississippi (11/01)

October 2005

Media Advisory:
New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available For Public Review In Guilford County (10/28)

Media Advisory:
New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available For Public Review In Bladen County (10/26)

Gov. Easley Requests SBA Disaster Declaration For Residents In 14 Southeastern Counties (10/26)

Safety Tips For Halloween Ensure All Treats And No Tricks (10/26)

Media Advisory:
New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available For Public Review In Lee County (10/19)

Media Advisory:
N.C. Highway Patrol to Announce Operation Stop Arm Enforcement Effort (10/14)

Media Advisory:
New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available For Public Review In Cumberland County (10/13)

Gov. Easley Provides $20 Million For Western Farmers (10/11)

Media Advisory:
New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available For Public Review In Sampson County (10/11)

ALE Agents Arrest Ten Clerks in Anson, Guilford and Richmond Counties (10/04)

Media Advisory:
Butner Chief Takes Oath of Office Oct. 7th (10/04)

ALE Agents Arrest 21 Clerks in Beaufort, Craven and Pitt Counties for Illegal Tobacco Sales (10/04)

ALE Agents Arrest Three Clerks in Brunswick County for Illegal Tobacco Sales (10/03)

ALE Agents Arrest Eight Clerks in Chowan County for Illegal Tobacco Sales (10/03)

September 2005

Gov. Easley Signs Military Bills Into Law (9/28)

FORTY-FOUR CADETS GRADUATE FROM 113TH (9/16)

Emergency Assistance Compact Provides Coordination In Hurricane Katrina Recovery Operations (9/15)

Gov. Easley Warns Citizens to Remain Vigilant (9/14)

ALE Agents Arrest 16 Clerks in Brunswick and Duplin Counties (9/01)

ALE Agents Arrest Nine Clerks in Anson, Guilford and Rockingham Counties (9/01)

August 2005

Hobgood New Chief of Butner Public Safety (8/31)

Guidelines for Volunteers and Donations to Hurricane Katrina Efforts (8/31)

Gov. Easley Warns Residents to Prepare for Hurricane Katrina (8/26)

AMBER Alert Cancelled-Rocky Mount Girl Located (8/26)

Results From Operation Slow Down (8/24)
The Highway Patrol will conduct Operation Slow Down 2005 to crackdown on excessive speeders on North Carolina highways.

Media Advisory:
McGuire Nuclear Power Station Exercise to be Held August 9th (8/05)

Media Advisory:
Highway Patrol to Conduct Operation Slow Down in the Triad and Salisbury Areas (8/05)

ALE Agents Arrest Eleven Clerks in Triad for Tobacco Sales to Minors (8/04)

N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement Achieves A World First (8/02)
Becomes the First Agency of its Kind to Receive International Accreditation

ALE Agents Arrest 14 Clerks in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties (8/02)

ALE Agents Arrest Ten Clerks in Pitt County (8/02)

ALE Agents Arrest 24 Clerks in Five Western Counties (8/02)

July 2005

Media Advisory:
Highway Patrol Transition School Graduation at the Western Justice Academy (7/29)

Operation Slow Down 2005 (7/26)
North Carolina State Highway Patrol’s Statewide Crackdown on Speeding

New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available for Public Review in Alamance and Pender Counties (7/22)

Media Advisory:
Highway Patrol to Conduct Operation Slow Down 2005 (7/22)

New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available For Public Review In Durham County (7/15)

New Flood Insurance Rate Maps Available For Public Review In Columbus County (7/15)

Gov. Easley Signs Amendments To ‘Move Over’ Law (7/14)
Drivers Must ‘Move Over’ or Face Increased Penalties for Ignoring Emergency Vehicles

Gov. Easley Urges Caution, Preparation as Storms Approach (7/06)
Tropical Depression Cindy May Bring Heavy Rain, Isolated Tornadoes to North Carolina

ALE Agents Arrest Three Clerks in Lenoir and Wilson Counties (7/06)

ALE Agents Arrest Four Clerks in Pasquotank County (7/05)

ALE Agents Arrest Five Clerks in New Hanover County for Tobacco Sales to Minors (7/01)

ALE Agents Arrest 14 Clerks in Triad for Tobacco Sales to Minors (7/01)

June 2005

Sixth Annual Captain T. L. Cheek Award For Collision Reduction (6/30)

Highway Patrol to Crackdown in North Carolina's Deadliest Counties (6/27)

North Carolina Welcomes Home the National Guard’s 30th Heavy Separate Brigade (6/27)

Media Advisory:
Highway Patrol to Crack Down in the Five Deadliest Counties in North Carolina (6/24)
Press Event in Smithfield June 27th at 10:00 AM

Gov. Easley Announces More Than 4,600 Applications Filed for Hurricane Recovery (6/24)

Media Advisory:
Troopers Receive Awards (6/23)

Media Advisory:
Operation Size and Weight 2005 (6/17)
Highway Patrol Increasing Enforcement of Overweight Trucks

State Search and Rescue Coordinator Earns National Award (6/17)

Media Advisory:
Troopers Crackdown on Aggressive Drivers in Wake County (6/17)

Media Advisory:
Butner Public Safety to Display Two New Fire Engines (6/16)

Charlotte ALE Agents Arrest 18 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (6/16)

Wilmington ALE Agents Arrest 16 For Tobacco Sales to Minors (6/06)

Media Advisory:
Crime Victims Compensation Commission to be Held June 8th (6/03)

Gov. Easley Announces that Calls, Applications Surge as Operation Brighter Day Deadline Nears (6/03)
Nearly 3,000 Applications Have Been Filed for Disaster Assistance Statewide Since Program Began

Gov. Easley Announces Crime Commission Awards $26.9 Million In Grants To Help Fight Crime and Assist Crime Victims (6/03)

Greensboro ALE Agents Arrest Ten Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (6/02)

Nineteen Cadets Graduate From 112th Highway Patrol Basic Academy (6/02)

New Bern ALE Agents Arrest Four Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (6/01)

Point Harbor ALE Agents Arrest Eight Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (6/01)

Asheville ALE Agents Arrest Four Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (6/01)

May 2005

North Carolina Wins International Award for Swiftwater Rescue (5/27)

Gov. Easley Proclaims May 25 as Missing Children's Day (5/24)

Highway Patrol Prepared for Busy Holiday Weekend (5/24)

Troopers Seize 27 Kilos of Cocaine in Traffic Stop (5/24)
Cocaine Estimated Value is 2.7 Million Dollars

Media Advisory:
Highway Patrol to Conduct Two Graduation Ceremonies (5/19)
26th Telecommunicators and 2nd Motor Carrier Transition Schools Complete Training

Gov. Easley Announces Nearly 800 Citizens Seeking Outreach through OBD (5/06)

ALE Agents Arrest 12 Clerks in Wilson County for Tobacco Sales to Minors (5/05)

ALE Agents Arrest 12 Clerks in Triad for Tobacco Sales to Minors (5/05)

ALE Agents Arrest Five Clerks in Hertford for Tobacco Sales to Minors (5/03)

ALE Agents Arrest Eight Clerks in Bladen and Columbus for Tobacco Sales to Minors (5/02)

ALE Agents Arrest 23 Store Clerks for Selling Tobacco to Minors in Catawba and Iredell (5/02)

April 2005

AMBER ALERT CANCELLED FOR ROBESON GIRL (4/30)

Gov. Easley Announces Availability of Hurricane Recovery Funds for Forest Landowners (4/27)

800 Boy Scouts Participate In Mock Terrorism Event This Weekend (4/25)

Gov. Easley Announces One-Stop Application Process for 2004 Hurricane Victims (4/22)

New Explosive Detection K-9 Task Force Created For North Carolina (4/21)

Operation Litter Sweep (4/15)

Trooper Finch Receives Award for Life Saving Action (4/15)

Sec. Beatty Testifies Before Congress On North Carolina’s Use Of Homeland Security Funds (4/12)

Raleigh ALE Agents Arrest 15 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (4/11)

New Bern ALE Agents Arrest 14 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (4/11)

Gov. Easley Activates Hurricane Recovery Bilingual Hotline (4/07)
Hotline Will Provide Additional Disaster Assistance to Citizens

Point Harbor ALE Agents Arrest 11 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (4/06)

Hickory ALE Agents Arrest 33 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (4/06)

Greensboro ALE Agents Arrest 11 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (4/06)

Fayetteville ALE Agents Arrest 34 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (4/06)

Charlotte ALE Agents Arrest 18 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (4/06)

Media Advisory:
Harris Nuclear Plant Exercise to be Held April 5th (4/04)

Media Advisory:
ALE Office Trying for National Accreditation (4/04)

Eight ALE Agents Graduate (4/01)

Asheville ALE Agents Arrest 17 for Tobacco Sales to Minors (4/01)

March 2005

New Flood Insurance Rate Maps for Brunswick County Available for Public Review (3/31)

$12.5 Million in Hurricane Recovery Funds for Hyde County and Canton (3/31)

AMBER Alert Cancelled for Two Georgia Children (3/22)
Children Found Safe

State Highway Patrol Cracking Down on Aggressive Driving the Week of Easter (3/21)
Troopers will Also Increase Enforcement of the Move Over Law

Gov. Easley Creates 2004 Hurricane Recovery Team (3/18)
Announces informational meetings for Western N.C. to highlight recovery programs

Media Advisory:
Aggressive Driving Crackdown for Easter Holiday Travel (3/18)
Press Event March 21, 2005, 10:00 a.m. at the Patrol’s Driver Training Facility

Gov. Easley Announces Hurrican Recovery Asst. Program for Businesses (3/17)

Twenty-One Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Enforcement Officers Graduate From Transition School (3/11)
Sworn In As State Troopers

ALE Sponsors High School Poster Contest on Consequences of Underage Drinking (3/10)

February 2005

N.C. Highway Patrol Promotes 37 Officers (2/09)

Highway Patrol Promotional Ceremony (2/08)
Highway Patrol will Promote 37 New Officers on February 9

Operation Stop Arm (2/07)
Departments of Insurance and Public Instruction Partnering with the Patrol in an Effort to Reduce Stop Arm Violations

Operation Stop Arm (2/04)
Operation Stop Arm will be an aggressive enforcement campaign conducted by the Patrol in all North Carolina counties

Wilmigton ALE Agents Arrest 10 Clerks in January for Tobacco Sales to Minors (2/02)

Asheville ALE Agents Arrest Seven in January for Tobacco Sales to Minors (2/02)

New Bern ALE Agents Arrest 23 in January for Tobacco Sales to Minors (2/02)

January 2005

Deputy Secretary William Dudley Wins Larkins Award at MLK Jr. Observance (1/14)

Asheville ALE Agents Arrest 10 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (1/06)

Charlotte ALE Agents Arrest 12 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (1/06)

New Bern ALE Agents Arrest 16 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (1/06)

Greensboro ALE Agents Arrest Four Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (1/06)

Point Harbor ALE Agents Arrest 14 Clerks for Tobacco Sales to Minors (1/06)

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