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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Jacksonville Police Department, Onslow County Sheriff's Office participate in annual torch run
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Tuesday is the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run in Jacksonville. The run includes Jacksonville Police Department officers, Chief Jarad Phelps and Onslow County Sheriff's Office deputies. This benefits Special Olympics North Carolina, a non-profit that helps intellectually disabled athletes compete in twenty different sports programs year-round. The run will begin with police officers at the Department of Public Safety and onto the Onslow County Sheriff's Department where the torch will be passed to deputies for leg 4 at Piney Green Road. The Flame of Hope is carried across the state in The Torch Run Final Leg to light a cauldron that officially opens the Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games. The Jacksonville Police Department has participated in the annual run for over 20 years. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Yahoo
Jacksonville Police Department hosts Coffee With The Chief for community interaction
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The Jacksonville Police Department hosted Coffee With the Chief Monday, Mar. 24, 2025. The event highlighted the importance on connecting with the people of the City of Jacksonville. For members of the JPD, connection with the community is a big key. 'Engagement with our community is our bread and butter,' Jacksonville Police Chief Jarad Phelps said. 'We want positive engagements as much as we can, because the negative ones are the ones where we have to enforce the law and we can do that in a respectful way. These positive interactions make sure we have a tight-knit community so that we are involved with what's going on and they feel comfortable calling when there is an issue.' JPD hosted the event at the Manatial De Esperanza Church where many members of the community speak Spanish. Officer Yalmar Guzman helped translate for Chief Phelps and other officers. Chief Phelps said having conversations with people face to face can help show the community how they're there for them. 'The personal interaction is key to everything,' Chief Phelps said. 'Sitting behind a keyboard and spouting off thoughts is one thing, it's peoples' right to do so. But, the personal interaction you get with somebody and having that conversation is how our world works.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Yahoo
Jacksonville Police confirm posts for missing officer are fake
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT)- Jacksonville Police Chief Jarad Phelps confirmed that a Facebook post about a missing officer is a scam. The post claims an officer named Kathleen Ballinger is missing and in need of medical assistance. 'We do not know this officer, no,' Phelps said. The same post is popping up around the country as far as California and Georgia. The real officer's name is Kennedy Ballinger, who works for the Middletown police in Ohio. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
