25-02-2025
$147,000 grant to help speed up DWI cases in Mecklenburg County
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Processing DWI cases in Mecklenburg County and beyond is about to get a little easier thanks to a $147,000 grant.
The NC Administrative Office of the Courts has been awarded a grant from the Governor's Highway Safety Program to accelerate the processing of DWI cases in Mecklenburg, Johnston, and Wake counties.
This funding will support an additional 400 DWI court sessions through the end of the federal fiscal year, which concludes on September 30, 2025.
NCAOC Director Ryan Boyce expressed gratitude for the funding and highlighted the collaborative effort needed to improve public safety.
'We're grateful to the GHSP for this funding and partnership,' said Boyce. 'Thank you to the district attorneys, judges, clerks, law enforcement agencies, and other court staff who enhance public safety by working hard to quickly adjudicate these cases.'
The grant aims to help reduce the backlog of pending DWI cases in the targeted counties, which have seen a steady decline in DWI case volume over the past few years.
Statewide DWI cases have decreased by 10 percent since early 2020 and are down nearly 30 percent from the peak levels seen during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
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