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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk70930776"></a><a name="_Hlk532890042"></a><a name="_Hlk532890118"></a><a name="_Hlk68158823"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">NEWS
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">For Immediate Release
Date: 10/01/21<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Contact: Public Information Office
Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919) 560-0020<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">E-mail:
</span></b></span></span></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Watch October ‘In Touch with Durham County’<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><a name="_Hlk68158767"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">We welcome Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead to
the show<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham, N.C. – </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The
Durham County Public Information Office continues to bring residents who are also social distancing important information on our programs and services with the “In Touch with Durham County” show for October 2021 shot completely online and safe!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The show is available to watch on the DCo YouTube channel
</span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/mgR4XDFcdog"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">;
as well as on the </span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/public-information/the-durham-county-government-show"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham
County Government website</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"> and the
</span></span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham Television Network</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">In this month’s episode, host Deborah Craig-Ray, General Manager of Strategic Planning and Innovation, welcomes
Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Birkhead was elected to his first term as the Durham County Sheriff in November of 2018 and he returns to the
show for the first time since April 2019. He described the time in between appearances on the show as a “whirlwind.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Sheriff Birkhead talks about how the Sheriff’s Office has responded to and been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
– beginning with discussions with the King County (Washington) leadership back in early 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Birkhead stressed how the Sheriff’s Office, the Detention Center and the Durham County Courthouse have kept operating
as safely as possible for the past 18-plus months.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The Sheriff talks in depth about how his office is addressing the gun violence in our community, including partnering
with local, state, and federal partners to target offenders as well as building and maintaining good relationships with the community. A big part of those efforts have been the establishment of the first-ever community advisory board for a sheriff’s office
in North Carolina. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Birkhead also talks about how his office responded during the protests following the murder of George Floyd in
Missouri, staffing concerns and recruitment efforts in Durham County, his appointment by Governor Roy Cooper to the North Carolina Task Force on Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, accreditations by the Sheriff’s Office, and much more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">About “In Touch with Durham County”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The “In Touch with Durham County” show is a monthly program that provides governmental programming and access
to your local government and provides timely, ongoing coverage of Durham County Government. The show airs daily on the
</span></span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham Television Network</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
(DTN). DTN is available on Spectrum channel 8, Google Fiber channel 8, Frontier channel 70 and AT&T U-verse channel 99. To view past editions of the “In Touch with Durham County” show, visit the DCo YouTube Channel
</span></span><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYjpxKxVJ0FM3sAWsGZZYrGcYz7Mk1Tn"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">For more information on the Durham County Public Information Office, visit the
</span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/public-information"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">PIO website</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">,
call 919-560-0000 or email </span></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.
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