| September 27, 2006 |
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| McDevitt Elected President of
Local LEO Association |
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| The Blue Ridge Law
Enforcement Association elected Burke County Sheriff John T. McDevitt as their
president at a recent quarterly meeting held on September 21st. |
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| The BRLEA is comprised
of area police chiefs, sheriffs, supervisors with the State Bureau of
Investigation and Federal Bureau of Investigation, chiefs with Alcohol Beverage
Control and Alcohol Law Enforcement, and the N.C. State Highway Patrol captain
assigned to Troop F. |
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| The organization is
primarily based in North Carolina Planning Region E, which encompasses Burke,
Catawba, Caldwell, and Alexander County. Currently, the organization is
twenty-eight members strong. |
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| According to the BRLEA's
by-laws, the association's objective is to improve the overall criminal justice
system within Region E, and to work toward the overall improvement of law
enforcement in the State of North Carolina. |
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| The organization meets
quarterly, McDevitt stated, to discuss a gamut of topics which include new laws
and proposed legislation, management issues, grant availability, and
prosecution concerns. |
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| McDevitt said his main
goal as president will be the same as one of the BRLEA's mission statements,
which is to promote cooperation and communication among local, state and
federal law enforcement agencies. |
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| "Interagency cooperation
and mutual respect is something I work toward daily as Burke County Sheriff,"
McDevitt said. "I am honored that my colleagues in law enforcement were
confident enough in my abilities to elect me as their president." |
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| McDevitt will replace
Lenoir Police Chief Joey Reynolds as president. His term will last through
2007. |
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