HAMLET— Four officers have been promoted and one has joined the ranks at the Hamlet Police Department.
Michael Wayne Johnson, a Scotland County native, was hired as a patrolman late last month. He graduated last year from Basic Law Enforcement Training at Richmond Community College.
Anthony Jacobs was recently promoted from patrol sergeant to lieutenant and is now the head of the detective division. He has been with the department for four years.
Donald Ray Morton, formerly a patrol corporal, is also now a lieutenant and leads the patrol division. He has 13 years of law enforcement experience, including stints with the Rockingham and Wadesboro police departments.
Officers Greg Stone and Jatique Barnes, both former corporals, were recently promoted to sergeant.
Several officers, including Stone and Morton, were promoted in May as part of a restructuring by Chief Tommy McMasters.
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