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Table 1. North Carolina Civilian Advisory Boards (CABs) and Civilian Review Boards (CRBs): Date Created, Location, and Type of Board
Date EstablishedCity or CountyType of BoardNumber of MembersMore Information
1950sNew BernReview (officer hiring only until 2016)5See page 64 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
1991AshevilleAdvisory9See pages 45-46 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
1993Winston-SalemReview11See pages 69-70 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
1996Charlotte/MecklenburgReview11City of Charlotte Ordinance
GreenvilleAdvisory7See pages 59-60 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
1998City of DurhamReview9See pages 52-54 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
2001GreensboroReview7See pages 56-58 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
Carolina BeachAdvisory9See Profiles of CABs and CRBs
2009BensonAdvisory6See pages 46-47 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
2011Chapel HillAdvisory9Chapel Hill Resolution to Establish Board
2013MorrisvilleAdvisory11See pages 62-63 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
2018Knightdale (revised 2020; originally “police only,” then late 2018 or early 2019, it became “police and fire,” and then back to police only in 2020).
Advisory5
See pages 61-62 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
SalisburyAdvisory25See pages 66-68 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
2019Durham County SheriffAdvisory25See pages 54-56 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
2020BurlingtonAdvisory15-20See pages 47-49 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
Guilford County SheriffAdvisory32See pages 60-61 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
RaleighAdvisory9See pages 65-66 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
2021Alamance County SheriffAdvisory6See page 44 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
FayettevilleAdvisory10See Profiles of CABs and CRBs
ManteoAdvisory6See page 62 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
SpencerAdvisory7-9See pages 68-69 in Police Accountability: Civilian Advisory and Review Boards in North Carolina Local Government
2022Holly SpringsAdvisory10See Profiles of CABs and CRBs
Pasquotank County SheriffAdvisory13See Profiles of CABs and CRBs