PUBLIC SAFETY

SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPTS.

The officers of Troy Police Dept. and our volunteer firemen have my total respect. Their job is extremely dangerous and their record is exemplary. We need to keep turnover low in our police department by making sure our pay scale is comparable or better than other municipalities. We need to make sure our police and firemen have what is needed to do their job.

In addition, we will study the possibility of police officers, who are often the first on the scene of a car accident or a drug overdose, having paramedic training and equipment.

SAFER STREET CROSSINGS

Our busiest intersection, Main and Main, with no automated street crossing, is dangerous for pedestrians trying to cross. Likewise many citizens walk back and forth across Albemarle Rd. near the Bojangles restaurant also near a busy intersection. I propose to automate those intersections and any others that may need it.

FIGHT THE OPIOID CRISIS

The state of North Carolina along with four other states recently reached a $48 billion settlement with drug companies who were responsible for the opioid scourge. Although as yet undisclosed as to how that money is to be distributed I will actively seek to bring some of that funding here to help our local rehabilitation facilities provide addiction treatment.