Assistant Police Chief Todd Joyce named interim Fayetteville police chief
As Fayetteville Police Chief Kemberle Braden’s retirement date is fast approaching, the City of Fayetteville has named Assistant Police Chief Todd Joyce as interim chief.
Column: Fayetteville Police Chief calling it a career after 29 years of ‘blood, sweat and tears’ on the thin blue line
“This job is not a Monday through Friday 8 to 5 job,” says Kemberle Braden, who will retire in March. “This job takes its toll on you emotionally, physically and mentally.”
Fayetteville police chief to retire in March after two years in leadership role
Fayetteville Police Chief Kemberle Braden announced he will retire at the end of March, city officials confirmed Tuesday.
Fayetteville police arrest adoptive mother of missing siblings on murder charges
Avantae Deven, 63, was arrested last week on multiple charges, including two counts of first-degree murder, in the deaths of her adopted children.
Officials mum on invitation-only Cumberland County sheriff’s meeting on school resource officers
Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright met with local officials last Thursday about SROs and crossing guards, but most have kept silent on what happened.
Cumberland County sheriff pulls school resource officers, crossing guards from public schools
Government officials throughout Cumberland County got a troublesome surprise after Cumberland County Sheriff Ennis Wright notified them of his plans to pull the majority of school resource officers and crossing guards from local public schools. In a May 21 letter to Fayetteville Police Chief Kemberle Braden, Wright wrote, “Effective July 1, 2024, the Cumberland County…
Police ID driver killed by officer after Thursday traffic stop
Fayetteville Police Chief Kemberle Braden on Friday identified the motorist killed by a police officer during a Thursday traffic stop. In a press conference, Braden said 49-year-old DeMarcus Brodie of Fayetteville was shot and killed by Officer Dillon Hoke during a traffic stop that led to a physical altercation between the two.
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Column: We could have used the old city manager at City Council’s public safety meeting
There were those in this community, including some members of the Fayetteville City Council, who never quite warmed to Ted Voorhees, the no-nonsense city manager. He could be pompous. He …
Police Department to host open house with Chief Braden at downtown station Thursday
Police Chief Kemberle Braden will lead an open house for the Fayetteville Police Department on Thursday evening at the headquarters police station, according to a news release.
‘The start of a new chapter’
As he finished taking the oath of office to become Fayetteville’s 25th police chief on Friday, Kemberle Braden was offered some advice. “I have one more instruction,” said Cumberland County Superior Court Judge Jim Ammons after administering the oath. “Kiss your wife, shake my hand — and get it right.” Braden is the city’s first…
New Police Chief Kemberle Braden to be installed in Friday afternoon ceremony
Fayetteville’s incoming police chief will be installed in a ceremony at 4 p.m. Friday in the City Council chamber in City Hall, according to a news release from the city. Kemberle Braden, …
Column: Police chief in waiting recalls March 20, 2002, as defining moment in his career
You are on the night shift. You are a young police officer, along with others, charged with executing a search warrant in a Bonnie Doone home where illegal narcotics are suspected by …
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