New Charlotte-Mecklenburg police chief outlines top priorities

Some of the main priorities to reduce crime, reduce job vacancies

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - City leaders introduced the next police chief for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Monday morning.

Estella Patterson said her three main priorities will be to reduce violent crime, strengthen community relationships, and reduce job vacancies within the department.

Patterson called her return to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police “a full circle moment” because she spent 25 years with them before serving, most recently, as the police chief in Raleigh.

She’ll be the first female police chief in the history of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

This is a GREAT Choice.    I knew her when she was over at Westover.    She was a great partner to neighborhoods and this neighborhood Madison Park / Montclaire.     She will make Charlotte safer.