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F CUS On Davis Hired as Corporate Communications Director Chief Medlock to Be Sworn In The City of Fayetteville has hired Tracie Davis as its Corporate Communications Director. Davis will manage public affairs, communication issues and policies, the City���s Call Center, publications, the Print Shop and broadcast of City Council meetings. She will oversee emergency and disaster communications and serve as the key adviser to City management on the planning, development, implementation and control of communications, marketing, media coverage and public relations policies, practices and initiatives. Davis has excellent experience in local government management. She has served as a town manager and deputy town manager in previous positions. Davis comes to Fayetteville after serving for two years as a management consultant for local businesses and governmental agencies in Southeastern North Carolina. Prior to working as an independent consultant, Davis was town manager in the North Carolina municipality of Belville from 2006-2010. She managed everything from the budget to clerk duties to planning to human resources to public relations. Davis managed the town���s operations under the direction of the Mayor and Board of Commissioners. She was deputy town manager for the Town of Nags Head in 2006, assisting the town manager on special projects related to coastal issues, including beach re-nourishment, and setting up on-site training opportunities for staff. continued next page New Police Chief Harold Medlock will be sworn in on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. in the Reeves Auditorium at Methodist University. Fayetteville City Manager Ted Voorhees tapped Medlock as the City���s new police chief. Medlock comes to Fayetteville after serving as a deputy chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department since 2008. While serving in Charlotte, Medlock was responsible for security planning for the Democratic National Convention, held in the Queen City in September 2012. He oversaw 21 local, state and federal public safety organization sub-committees charged with producing the National Special Security Event operations plan associated with the national convention. Additionally, Medlock managed a $50 PLOOLRQ IHGHUDO JUDQW WR IXQG DOO VHFXULW\ DVSHFWV RI WKH FRQYHQWLRQ $OVR LQ &KDUORWWH KH PDQDJHG RI��FHUV assigned to functional units, including seven patrol divisions, a special events unit, a secondary employment unit, a motorcycle operations unit and a major crash investigations unit. Medlock also served regularly as acting chief of police. 0HGORFN LV DQ H[HFXWLYH ERDUG PHPEHU DQG ��UVW YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI WKH 1& 3ROLFH ([HFXWLYHV $VVRFLDWLRQ LQ which he frequently meets with N.C. senators and representatives to discuss law enforcement issues critical across the state. Prior to his extensive duties as deputy chief, he advanced through the ranks of the CharlotteMecklenburg 3ROLFH 'HSDUWPHQW DV D SROLFH RI��FHU VHUJHDQW FDSWDLQ DQG PDMRU 0HGORFN MRLQHG WKH department in Charlotte in 1993. His references include Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe and Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx. Medlock has been married to his wife Gloria for 31 years. Ramsey Street Safety Improves Following Ramsey Street safety improvements requested by the City of Fayetteville, NCDOT has completed a six-month evaluation of the project, which was constructed along Ramsey Street from Country Club Drive northward to the Fayetteville Outer Loop, to include a raised median and landscaping. The evaluation included an analysis of the before and after crash information along this section of roadway. The total number of crashes for the three years prior to construction of the improvements was 774 total crashes, or 258 crashes per year (CPY). The total crashes during the six-month evaluation period after construction was 68 total crashes, a projection of 136 CPY. The types of crashes per year, targeted by the improvements, (angle, left turn, sideswipe, and rear ends in the previous center left turn lane) were reduced from 166 total crashes, or 55.3 CPY, in the previous three years, to zero total crashes, during the six-month evaluation. NCDOT will continue to monitor the location and provide nine-month and one-year supplemental reports after period crash data is available. Does your advertising leave you feeling this way? Advertising can be pretty complex. You may not know which way to turn. There is a sign you can rely on ��� ours. Call us today so that our professionals can make the most of your advertising investment. 484-6200 wwwupandcomingweekly.com Another sign we���re working for you. Free Papers Working For You 6 UCW FEBRUARY 20-26, 2013 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM