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Haywood County honors two retiring deputies and approves canine transfer to handler

2368916 · February 17, 2025
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The board approved resolutions allowing the Haywood County sheriff to transfer badges and issued sidearms to Lieutenant Douglas Wayne Carver and Major Jason Floyd Smiley under North Carolina law, and declared retired canine Rico surplus to permit transfer to handler David Geo Cates for $1.

The Haywood County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 17 approved resolutions recognizing two long-serving deputies and authorizing the sheriff to transfer issued badges and service weapons to them at no charge, and it authorized the disposition of a retired K-9 to its handler.

Sheriff William Bill Wilkie read the resolutions recognizing Lieutenant Douglas Wayne Carver, who retired after 31 years of…

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