A merger between the Carrboro and Chapel Hill police departments could enhance community policing in both towns in the future, government officials announced this week.
Carrboro Town Manager Patrice Toney has been working closely with Chapel Hill Town Manager Ted Voorhees and the Chapel Hill Police Department leadership to develop the proposal, according to a Carrboro town news release.
The first group of five officers could move into Chapel Hill’s police headquarters in November, Toney said in a fact sheet provided to the Carrboro Town Council and staff…