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Harold Medlock

HAROLD MEDLOCK

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Chief Harold Medlock served as Chief of Police of the Fayetteville Police Department for nearly four years, retiring in January, 2017. He served for 25 years with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department; promoting to Deputy Chief in 2008.

Chief Medlock currently serves as an Associate Monitor for Accountability and Transparency for a Major City Police Department’s Federal Consent Decree. He serves as a Subject Matter Expert and Strategic Site Liaison for several Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) projects including Strategic Policing Initiative, Public Safety Partnership, Project Safe Neighborhood, and Body Worn Cameras.

Chief Medlock has been involved in the development of several innovative concepts in both the CMPD and the FPD to improve transparency and trust with the communities he served, including employee wellness and accountability, technological innovations, policy and training, and the use of social media to provide factual and complete information virtually eliminating community mistrust of issues. He is frequently asked to share his experience with communities regarding his work with traffic enforcement.

Chief Medlock earned an MBA degree from Pfeiffer University and is a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute, the FBI National Academy, and the Senior Management Institute for Police.

Chief Medlock actively served on several law enforcement and social issue boards including the North Carolina Governor’s Crime Commission, the North Carolina Police Executives Association, the North Carolina Criminal Justice Training and Standards Commission, and the N.C. Commission for Racial and Ethnic Disparity.

He was asked to present written and verbal testimony for the President’s Task Force for 21st Century Policing.