Advisory: Governor's Crime Commission Meets Sept. 3

The Governor's Crime Commission will convene for its quarterly meeting in Raleigh on Sept. 3. The agenda will include discussion of grant funding priorities, as well as presentations on statewide crime trends, mass violence data, and digital fraud and extortion.

The meeting is open to the public and to media. In-person attendees must sign in at the registration desk before entering the conference room.

Visit the Governor's Crime Commission website to learn more about the commission and to view a list of members.

What:
Governor's Crime Commission meeting
When:
Thursday, Sept. 3, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where:
1201 Front Street, Raleigh; livestream
Agenda:
9:00 a.m. Call to order, roll call, ethics reminder, approval of minutes
Sheriff Charles S. Blackwood, chair

9:10 a.m. Updates
Caroline Farmer, executive director, Governor's Crime Commission

9:20 a.m. Funding priorities

• Criminal Justice Improvement Committee Chair Matthew Scott
• State Crisis Intervention Program Committee Chair Judge J Corpening
• Crime Victim Services Committee Chair Patrice Andrews
• Juvenile Justice Planning Committee Chair Deana Joy

9:50 a.m. Trend data & mass violence snapshot
Michelle Beck, interim deputy director, Governor's Crime Commission

10:20 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. "Fraud and Extortion in the Digital Age"
Boz Zellinger, Criminal Bureau chief, NC Department of Justice and Natalia Botella, director of Public Protection Section, NCDOJ

11:15 a.m. Old business - Extortion Blackmail Workgroup
Sheriff Blackwood, chair

11:55 a.m. New business, adjourn
Sheriff Blackwood, chair

The Governor's Crime Commission will next meet on Dec. 3, 2026.