Charlotte Firefighter and Cleveland County Sheriff Honored with Attorney General Josh Stein’s Dogwood Award

November 26th, 2019

For Immediate Release:
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

(RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that Tom Brewer and Sheriff Alan Norman have received the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are given annually to honor North Carolinians who are dedicated to keeping people safe, healthy, and happy in their communities.

Tom Brewer

“Not only is Tom Brewer working every day to keep people safe as a fire fighter – he’s also advocating on behalf of his fellow first responders,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “As the President of the Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics Association of North Carolina, Tom has spoken out in support of fire fighters’ having a greater voice in contracting, promoting public safety, and serving their communities. I appreciate his hard work.”

Tom Brewer is the president of the Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics Association of North Carolina. He has been in public service for 23 years, after beginning his career as a U.S. Air Force crash and rescue fire fighter. Today he serves as a city of Charlotte front-line fire fighter and captain. He is also the president of his local union, IAFF Local 660.

Sheriff Alan Norman

“Sheriff Alan Norman is doing important work to protect public safety in Cleveland County,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “From his commitment to keeping people safe from sex abuse to his tireless work to hold the dealers and traffickers who profit from people’s addiction accountable, I appreciate his leadership.”

Sheriff Alan Norman is currently serving his third term as Cleveland County’s sheriff. A second generation law enforcement officer, Sheriff Norman has worked in law enforcement for more than 35 years.

“It is a shame that sex offenders prey on our children and society,” said Sheriff Alan Norman. “Both are our future and it is my job to make sure that the public is informed of sex offenders within Cleveland County.”

Sheriff Norman also added: “As long as I am Sheriff, we will continue to aggressively go after not only the street dealer, but all the way up the chain to the importer, in an attempt to make our community drug free, which lowers the crime rate. I humbly accept the Dogwood Award on behalf of the men and women I work with.”

A full list of 2019 Dogwood Award Recipients is below:

Wanda Boone, Together for Resilient Youth, Durham
Mark Bowling, Vidant Health, Greenville
Tom Brewer, President, Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics Association of North Carolina, Charlotte
Danny Britt, Columbus and Robeson County
Mandy Cohen, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Raleigh
Casey Cooper, Chief Executive Officer, Cherokee Indian Hospital, Cherokee
Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis, Durham Police Department
Molly Diggins, State Director, Sierra Club, Raleigh
Officer D.K. Evans, School Resource Officer, Greensboro Police Department
Randy Evans, Founder and Director, Walking Tall Wilmington
Dennis Gaddy, Founder and Executive Director, Community Success Initiative, Raleigh
Chief Gina Hawkins, Fayetteville Police Department
Sheriff John Ingram, Brunswick County
Luka Kinard, Student/Speaker on Dangers of E-cigarettes, High Point
Sheriff Alan Norman, Cleveland County
Dennis Riddell, Alamance County
Mayor Bob Scott, Franklin
Chief Wayne Scott, Greensboro Police Department
Mayor Patrick Taylor, Highlands
Chief Catrina Thompson, Winston-Salem Police Department
Don Waddell, General Manager, Carolina Hurricanes, Raleigh
Chief Mike Yaniero, Jacksonville Police Department