North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper named Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood as the vice chair of a state commission this week.

Blackwood received the appointment on Thursday and will now serve as Vice Chair for the Governor’s Crime Commission. The Orange County Sheriff has served on the commission since 2017, but not in a leadership position. With the title, he will take on a larger role within the 45-person commission, according to the sheriff’s office.

“I’m honored to accept this new role on the Governor’s Crime Commission,” said Blackwood in a release. “The work being done by the Commission; for our Courts, the victims of crime, and our law enforcement officers is more important now than ever, and I feel we are well positioned to meet the challenge.”

The GCC is the chief advisory body to the North Carolina governor and the Secretary of Public Safety on crime and justice issues. Additionally, it also applies for federal criminal justice funds from the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the state and then distributes these funds.

The commission’s membership includes the heads of statewide criminal justice agencies, appointed state and local government officials, and private citizens. In addition to Blackwood’s appointment to vice chair, Cooper also named Sherri Allgood, the mayor of Troy, NC, and Apex Police Chief John Letteney to the commission.

Blackwood, who is a Chapel Hill resident, has served as the Orange County Sheriff since 2014 following his election over incumbent Lindy Pendergrass. He won his re-election campaign in 2018 with 77 percent of the vote.

More information about the Governor’s Crime Commission can be found on the its web page on the Department of Public Safety’s website.

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