N.C. Crime Control Secretary Bryan Beatty said today that he will leave the department for a new position that Gov. Mike Easley will soon announce, reports Dan Kane.
Beatty has been in charge of the department — which includes the State Highway Patrol, Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement and the Emergency Management Division — since Easley took office in 2001. Governor-elect Beverly Perdue has not announced who will succeed Beatty.
"I am very proud of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, and of the work we did over the past eight years," Beatty said. "I think whoever takes over the department will be inheriting one of the best agencies in the country."
Beatty declined to identify his new position, which he said he had been discussing with the governor for the past several months. Beatty has been rumored to be in line for an opening on the N.C. Utilities Commission or a state Superior Court seat.
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