Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice (TREC)
About the Task Force
Governor Cooper established the Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice (TREC) through Executive Order 145 in June 2020.
Led by Attorney General Josh Stein and North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Anita Earls, the task force convened a wide range of stakeholders including: advocates, elected officials, state and local law enforcement agencies, justice-involved individuals, representatives of the judicial branch and more.
The task force submitted its recommendations on December 14, 2020. Read the final report here, the executive summary here, and the recommendations chart here.
Task Force Members
| Prefix | Name | Occupation |
|---|---|---|
| The Honorable | Josh Stein | Attorney General, State of North Carolina |
| The Honorable | Anita S. Earls | Associate Justice, NC Supreme Court |
| Secretary | Eddie Buffaloe | Secretary, Department of Public Safety |
| Sheriff | Clarence Birkhead | Durham County Sheriff |
| Ms. | Brooke Locklear Clark | District Court Judge, Robeson County |
| The Honorable | Alan Thornburg | Superior Court Judge, Buncombe County |
| Mr. | James Raeford Woodall Jr. | District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 18 (Chatham and Orange) |
| The Honorable | Mujtaba A. Mohammed | NC Senate |
| Mr. | Henderson Hill | Senior Counsel, ACLU Capital Punishment Project |
| Ms. | Deborah Dicks Maxwell | President, Wilmington NAACP |
| Mr. | Kerwin Pittman | Founder, Recidivism Reduction Educational Programs Services |
| Mrs. | Angelica R. Wind | Executive Director, OurVoice NC |
| Chief of Police | Gina Hawkins | Chief of Police, Fayetteville |
| Chief of Police | Jeffrey Smythe | Chief of Police, Burlington |
| Professor | April Dawson | Associate Dean and Professor, NC Central University Schol of Law |
| The Honorable | James D. Gailliard | NC House of Representatives |
| The Honorable | Ronnie Smith | Martin County Commissioner |
| Mr. | Michael Hawkins | Transylvania County Commissioner |
| The Honorable | Mitch Colvin | Mayor of Fayetteville |
| Ms. | Mary Sheehan Pollard | Executive Director of NC Prisoner Legal Services |
| The Honorable | Marcia H. Morey | NC House of Representatives |
| Sergeant | Billy Gartin | Sergeant, Raleigh Police Department |
| Ms. | Tarrah Callahan | Executive Director, Conservatives for Criminal Justice |
| Mr. | Talley Wells | Executive Director, NC Council on Developmental Disabilities |