The Area Dispatch investigation into Howell‘s employment Records with the North Carolina Department Of Public Safety has been BLOCKED From Potentially Exposing his history of Corruption. There are known incidents and Associated Complaints, this is not just a possibility of relevant Records. NCDPS is preventing The Release of Public records Under North Carolina Law. The NC State Highway Patrol has Allowed a violent and corrupt Person to be In a Leadership Position with Law Enforcement. they’ve stood back and watched as he was Appointed to A Normally elected position. Out of NC’s 100 Counties, Anson is the only county currently with an appointed Sheriff.

Below covers what should be kept open to the pubic:

§ 126-23.  Certain records to be kept by State agencies open to inspection.

(a)        Each department, agency, institution, commission and bureau of the State shall maintain a record of each of its employees, showing the following information with respect to each such employee:

(1)        Name.

(2)        Age.

(3)        Date of original employment or appointment to State service.

(4)        The terms of any contract by which the employee is employed whether written or oral, past and current, to the extent that the agency has the written contract or a record of the oral contract in its possession.

(5)        Current position.

(6)        Title.

(7)        Current salary.

(8)        Date and amount of each increase or decrease in salary with that department, agency, institution, commission, or bureau.

(9)        Date and type of each promotion, demotion, transfer, suspension, separation, or other change in position classification with that department, agency, institution, commission, or bureau.

(10)      Date and general description of the reasons for each promotion with that department, agency, institution, commission, or bureau.

(11)      Date and type of each dismissal, suspension, or demotion for disciplinary reasons taken by the department, agency, institution, commission, or bureau. If the disciplinary action was a dismissal, a copy of the written notice of the final decision of the head of the department setting forth the specific acts or omissions that are the basis of the dismissal.

(12)      The office or station to which the employee is currently assigned.

(b)        For the purposes of this section, the term “salary” includes pay, benefits, incentives, bonuses, and deferred and all other forms of compensation paid by the employing entity.

(c)        Subject only to rules and regulations for the safekeeping of the records, adopted by the State Human Resources Commission, every person having custody of such records shall permit them to be inspected and examined and copies thereof made by any person during regular business hours. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, any person who is denied access to any such record for the purpose of inspecting, examining or copying the same shall have a right to compel compliance with the provisions of this section by application to a court of competent jurisdiction for a writ of mandamus or other appropriate relief.

(d)       Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, persons in the custody of, or under the supervision of, the Division of Prisons and persons in the custody of local confinement facilities are not entitled to access to the records made public under this section and are prohibited from obtaining those records, absent a court order authorizing access to, or custody, or possession.

(e)        An attorney investigating allegations of unlawful misconduct or abuse by a Division of Prisons employee may request, and shall be provided with, information sufficient to identify the full name or names of the employee alleged to be involved in the misconduct or abuse in the current position of the employee within the Division; or, the last position held by the employee and the last date of employment by the Division. The attorney may not give the offender copies of departmental records or official documents absent a court order authorizing access to, or custody, or possession.  (1975, c. 257, s. 1; c. 667, s. 2; 2007-508, s. 4; 2010-169, s. 18(a); 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2011-324, s. 1.1(b); 2013-382, s. 9.1(c); 2017-186, s. 2(ttttt); 2021-180, s. 19C.9(p).)

The Chronology of Events Is Not In Howell’s Favor

****First Posted: 1/15/2009****

“The whole point was they used excessive force when he was already restrained,” James Hammonds said. “I ain’t saying he’s innocent of a DWI … . I think my brother’s rights were violated. You can’t beat people when they’re handcuffed. This is America.”

“James Hammonds’ complaint includes statements from at least a dozen people who witnessed the arrest. Hammonds said his brother suffered multiple injuries – cracked ribs, cuts and bruises on his body and face, a damaged eye and swollen neck.“

“According to Vaughn Steele, the health administrator at the Robeson County jail, Hammonds was taken to an eye specialist after he was brought to the jail.
‘We sent Mr. Hammonds up there to Duke to see a specialist and now we’re treating him based on that recommendation,’ Steele said. ‘There were no noted internal injuries when he arrived at the jail.‘”

“According to the citation, Hammonds blew .07 on a breath test. The legal limit in North Carolina is .08. Hammonds refused to take the breath exam a second time and Hinson charged him with DWI. Clendenin said patrolmen typically test a motorist’s breath twice and Take the lower of the two tests. But he said a motorist doesn’t have to fail a sobriety test to be charged with a DWI.”

“The officer just has to form an opinion, just like in speeding violations.”

As with the creator of Area Dispatch’s experience, Howell seemed to prejudicially mis-profile James Hammonds, the brother of the victim in the article. Corrupt abuses of power meant to cause trouble for Hammonds and Bradford did not meet their intent due to the misjudgment by Howell, possibly based solely on appearance. As you can read in the article, Howell felt confident enough that he wouldn’t face reprimand for bringing race into a work situation. This confidence led to the cruel, racially targeted insult and a circumstance that wasn’t relevant to the situation described in the article. It’s obvious the intent of the comment was to insult the relatives of the handcuffed man the troopers were beating as “stupid Indians”.

With the Bradford incident, Howell was confident he would avoid repercussions from the false allegations broadcast to what the editor understands as every local, every state, and every federal law enforcement agency in the country using LiNX. It was explained that the LiNX system integration into the Sheriff’s Office Records Management System would be triggered using key terms. The system somehow interprets the level of threat and need for notice based on the terms used with the inputs into the Records Management System. With Howell’s false and potentially harmful (life-threatening) allegations, Bradford immediately hit the radar of the FBI and Dept. of Homeland Security with their Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). These agents visited the editor’s home multiple times and eventually called to set a meeting for questioning. Friends of the editor in law enforcement relayed messages to him through others as a warning that everyone receiving the message was fearful and thought he was an ‘extremist.’ Basically, Bradford became what most during that time possessed a conditioned fear of.