News Flash

CARRBORO, N.C. -- Monday, Feb. 1, is Police Chief Walter Horton Day in the Town of Carrboro, as proclaimed by Mayor Lydia Lavelle. 

“I want to offer my thanks and appreciation to Chief Horton for his twenty-seven year career with the Town of Carrboro; for the leadership, service, and protection we have received from him during this time; and best wishes for many years of joy in retirement,” said Mayor Lavelle. 

Chief Horton was first sworn-in as a Carrboro police officer on Sept. 9, 1993, and promoted to lieutenant in 2009 and to Captain in 2011; and after a nationwide search for a chief, selected and sworn-in as Police Chief for the Town of Carrboro in 2013. 

• Read the Proclamation of Police Chief Walter Horton Day in Carrboro at http://townofcarrboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/8713/2021-Walter-Horton-Day
• Read the retirement announcement news story at http://townofcarrboro.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1553 
• WATCH congratulatory messages from the Town Council to Chief Horton at https://youtu.be/urUQRqhuzxE

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