[Durham INC] Watch October ‘In Touch with Durham County’

[Jones, Henry R.]

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release                                          Date: 10/01/21
Contact: Public Information Office                   Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919) 560-0020
E-mail: publicinformationoffice at dconc.gov<mailto:publicinformationoffice at dconc.gov>

Watch October ‘In Touch with Durham County’
We welcome Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead to the show

Durham, N.C. – 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!

The show is available to watch on the DCo YouTube channel here<https://youtu.be/mgR4XDFcdog>; as well as on the Durham County Government website<https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/public-information/the-durham-county-government-show> and the Durham Television Network<https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network>.

In this month’s episode, host Deborah Craig-Ray, General Manager of Strategic Planning and Innovation, welcomes Durham County Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead.

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.”

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.

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.

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.
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.

About “In Touch with Durham County”
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 Durham Television Network<https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network> (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 here<https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYjpxKxVJ0FM3sAWsGZZYrGcYz7Mk1Tn>.

For more information on the Durham County Public Information Office, visit the PIO website<https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/public-information>, call 919-560-0000 or email publicinformationoffice at dconc.gov<mailto:publicinformationoffice at dconc.gov>.


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