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Residents urge action on criminal justice response, emergency planning and employee longevity during Alamance public comment
Summary
During public comment at the commissioners meeting, residents criticized the local criminal justice response, requested public access to emergency management plans, urged restoring an employee service bonus, and raised concerns about tax and fire department funding.
Several residents used the public comment period to raise concerns about law enforcement and the district attorney's office, emergency planning for older adults, employee longevity pay, and county land planning and tax changes.
Gary Williamson of Graham spoke at length about what he described as a broken local justice system and disputed county law enforcement and district attorney actions. “Our justice system in Alamance County is completely broken,” Williamson said in public comment, and he described ongoing personal disputes with individuals he said had prior arrests and with local law enforcement response. Williamson told the board he had…
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