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WRAL News on Wednesday learned the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office will no longer provide school resource officers to several public schools in the county. According to a letter sent to Hope Mills Police Department by Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright, the sheriff's office will no longer assign school crossing guards or deputies as SROs to schools in city limits and several other schools in the county.

Cumberland Sheriff won't provide school resource officers, crossing guards to several schools starting July 1

DELIBERATIONS IN HIS HUSH MONEY TRIAL SCHOOLS IN FAYETTEVILLE, SPRING-LIKE AND HOPE MILLS WILL NO LONGER HAVE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OR CROSSING GUARDS PROVIDED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M ASHLEY ROW AND I'M LENA TILLETT. THIS IS A BIG CHANGE AND WE'RE TOLD THE CHANGE CAME AS A SURPRISE TO MANY WRAL'S. CARLY HAYNES IS JOINING US LIVE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. CARLY, THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS NOW ABOUT FILLING THESE VACANCIES. AND WITH SUCH SHORT NOTICE LOCAL AGENCIES ONLY LEARNED ABOUT ALL OF THIS LAST WEEK. >> AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS BEEN HANDLING THESE POSITIONS FOR THE PAST 2 DECADES. A RUSH TO FILL SAFETY POSITIONS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS. >> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOLD CCS STARTING JULY 1ST. DEPUTIES WILL NO LONGER BE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS FOR CROSSING GUARDS AND FAYETTEVILLE, SPRING LAKE OR HOPE MILLS ALSO SAID THAT >> THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE THAT TO THE SCHOOLS. >> THAT TOOK OVER AS POLICE CHIEF STEVEN DO INJURED BY SURPRISE IN A MEMO HE TOLD THE TOWN MANAGER IT WOULD CAUSE AN EXTREME BURDEN ON ALREADY LIMITED MANPOWER, ADDING THEY NEED TO STAFF MORE POSITIONS, SPEND MORE MONEY TO AT OFFICERS AND TRAIN OFFICERS IN A SHORT TIME PERIOD. >> YOU KNOW, MILES, WE HAVE 7 SCHOOL SO WE WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH THAT'S ALMOST BECOME CAN SEIZE A IF THE TOWN. AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR IF THE COUNTY DECIDES TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. >> RECORDS SHOW THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE NOW PROVIDES 34 SR ROSE AND 98 CROSSING GUARDS AFTER JULY. 1ST, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL NEED 18 SR ROSE AND 31 CROSSING GUARDS HOPE MILLS WILL HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW. >> TO FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS AND DO IT IN THE COMING MONTHS ARE TALKING A SON. >> THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS INVITED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THOSE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO MEET WITH THEM NEXT THURSDAY AS THEY WRESTLE WITH THESE CHANGES CARLY HAYNES, WRAL, NEWS LIVE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND WE WILL HAVE A LINK TO THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY SCHOOLS PRESENTATION

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Nicolas Alan Daniels, of West Portsmouth, Ohio, entered a plea to one felony count of threatening a legislative officer last Thursday in Wake County court, according to legal documents.

Ohio man gets probation after pleading guilty to threatening North Carolina legislator

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More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on Wednesday in Durham, calling for Israel to stop its invasion of Rafah in Gaza and an immediate ceasefire. The demonstration comes after an Israeli airstrike killed dozens of civilians at a tent camp in Rafah.

Dozens of protesters in Durham call for end to Rafah invasion, immediate ceasefire

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Police are investigating a shooting that injured one man Wednesday night in Durham. A preliminary investigation determined the shooting was the result of an armed robbery.

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Two of the three teens who went missing from the Chapel Hill area were found on Wednesday. Police are still searching for the third.

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The Town of Fuquay-Varina announced Brandon Medina retired from his role as police chief on Wednesday.

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The city's pedestrian and bike program manager, Barbara Goodwin, leads the Raleigh Downtown Mobility Study, a 20-question survey focusing on downtown Raleigh and how people get around the city.

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