Citizens of Greensboro, High Point, Guilford County and the small towns and surrounding areas of unincorporated Guilford County have all been concerned about the number of shootings and the amount of violent crimes committed in the area, which is one reason that will be a key point of focus when Greensboro Police Department Assistant Chief Stephanie Mardis is the featured speaker at the Thursday, Nov. 7 meeting of the Greensboro Human Rights Commission.
The public can attend this online event via Zoom beginning at 6 p.m. on that Thursday. (The meeting ID is 894 2018 6295. To join the meeting by phone, you can call 301-715-8592.)
In this installment of the Human Right’s Commission’s “Let’s Talk” series, Mardis will address community violence, its prevention – and measures that area residents can take to guard against it.
Mardis joined the Greensboro Police Department over two decades ago and she was named the department’s Rookie of the Year in 2002.
She has served in a wide variety of roles since then: patrol, vice and narcotics, resource management, and professional standards.
Mardis was named a captain in the Police Department in 2019 and she attained the assistant chief rank in 2023.
Mardis now oversees the department’s Support Bureau, which oversees the Operational Support Division and the Information and Analysis Division.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Bennett College and she earned a Master’s of Public Administration from Liberty University in 2022.
She also, interestingly, comes from a very big family. She was one of 13 children.
Mardis serves extensively in the community and is an active member of the NC Police Executives Association as well as the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
The Human Rights Department, according to city officials “promotes mutual understanding, respect, and fair treatment of all Greensboro residents regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or familial status.”
You can learn more about the Human Rights Commission at www.greensboro-nc.gov/hrc. If you have questions, contact Commissions Administrator Liz Lennon at 336-373-2038.
Whatsoever could you be talking about? According to his own words, violent crimes are, which is why law enforcement supposedly supports Josh Stein. Fentanyl has decreased, Illegals have decreased. Surely, this cannot be an accurate portrayal of what it is like in our fair city…….or, you can believe our own police and know the lies spouted by Stein and his supporters are just that. Mark Robinson suspended his campaign for the Helene victims while Stein continues to put out misleading and false ads and campaigns. Remember this when you vote, and remember this article.
Stein is a machine politician. Whatever the Democrat party stands for, is what all their candidates are. If you want Socialism and Fascism, that’s what you will get.
John I hate to do this but I must correct your comment about misleading and false ads. They are flat out vicious LIES. It’s the only way Herr Stein can cover what he HASN’T done.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this state is going to have 8 years of Stein. Of course, I hope that the voters wake up at the end of four years and elect someone who will be really good for North Carolina.
Sounds like you have thrown in the towel relative to Mark Robinson winning. It’s not over until the fat lady sings. Vote for Mark Robinson. If Robinson gets the most votes, he wins. Liberals think they are intellectually superior; therefore, their support for Stein. Stein is not superior to Mark Robinson. Robinson has lived the life of a common man with frailties, like you and me. Stein, on the other hand is a coddled since birth, career politician. Who do you think will champion the everyday citizen of North Carolina? Certainly, not Joshua Stein. The pseudo intellectuals live in Raleigh, Charlotte, the Asheville area newcomers, and Greensboro. Vote for Mark Robinson.
Until such time as local and state representatives stiffen penalties for possession of illegal firearms, anytime, not just during a crime, we will not see a reduction in gun violence. Crimes that are reduced down to misdemeanors, with no jail time, offer little incentive to think twice before using that illegal or stolen firearm.
Perhaps. But it doesn’t appear to me violent criminals give a lot of thought about any consequences. There are too many people in prison who didn’t think. Didn’t think they would get caught or ever go to prison. The greatest common denominator for those in prisons is: lack of a father in the home. Period. Sure, there are other factors: mental illness, addiction, etc. But prisons are mostly full of men who didn’t have a father to correct them from the time they were very young.
The second amendment protects all the others. Confiscation of firearms means that only the Govt, and criminals (same thing), have them.
Need to have more road checks
Sad to say but a lot of the violent crimes are being done by juveniles. The system is set up that the juvenile is sent back home after resorting to Violet crime. I know this because I have been a victim of this type of crime. I feel like if you can do the crime when you’re a juvenile like an adult you should do the time like an adult even if you’re a juvenile. The truth is a juvenile can kill you the same as an adult but they are treated differently in the system
I know from example these juveniles that are not handled correctly end up in prison or worse. I think we should demand that juvenile crime be treated like regular crime with punishment before it gets out of hand.
Our legislators need to reduce the age of a juvenile from 18 back to 14 or 16 years of age so they can be charged as an adult. Our legislators need to stop saying that an individual is not responsible for their actions because they were on drugs, drunk, abused as a child or whatever other lame excuse one may come up with. Our legislators need to change the laws and stop making excuses or we the people may be forced take our own actions to protect our families. It starts with our legislators from all parties.
We need less plea bargaining and more MANDATORY sentences.
Plea bargaining causes an increase in crime and distorts the real prison population had there been a trial resulting in a guilty verdict. Criminals and their lawyers know that the game is to kick the can down the road for months and months and months until a plea bargain is reached, thus protecting the criminal and making easy work for criminal lawyers. Why does the state agree to a plea? Because the courts are overwhelmed, and DAs’ offices are overwhelmed. Minorities commit a disproportionally higher number of crimes. If there were no pleas, the prison population would increase with more minorities. As a result, the state would have to contend with outcries of racism. Those crying racism never mention that the criminal actually committed the crime but that (s)he was arrested because of race, as if to say, don’t arrest a minority. The state, cities, and counties know this, so the public is put in danger because the “justice warriors” are hard at work keeping the criminals free.
Excellent point TERMLIMITS. It’s one more example of playing the race card to protect criminals.
OK Chris…your turn. Go ahead and call me names. And I will be me.