Charlotte Police Swear In 20 New Officers
Class 205 completed eight months of training and testing before receiving badges in a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department ceremony.
Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Law Enforcement
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department swore in 20 recruits from Class 205 after they completed eight months of training, tests and hard work. The class graduated Friday, November 6, 2026, and the new officers have been assigned to a division.
Why it matters
The graduation adds 20 officers to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department at a time when the department is also facing allegations involving former officers and racist text messages. The new officers will begin patrol duty soon.
Twenty recruits from Class 205 were sworn in as officers on November 6, 2026, after eight months of training and testing. Details of the division assignment and patrol start date were not specified.
The players
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency serving the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
Savannah Bourgeois
Savannah Bourgeois is a newly sworn-in officer who spent years as a crime scene investigator before joining the department.
The details
Officer Savannah Bourgeois, who spent years as a crime scene investigator before joining, was among the graduates of Class 205. Separately, former Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers are allegedly involved in racist text messages, a matter the extraction does not further detail.
Timeline
Eight months before November 6, 2026: recruits begin training and testing.
November 6, 2026: Class 205 graduates and recruits are sworn in.
Soon after November 6, 2026: new officers begin patrol duty.
Legal Context
Class 205 is one more recruit class completed through the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department training academy. The swearing-in occurs alongside separate allegations involving former department officers and racist text messages.
Residents of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County will see 20 newly sworn officers begin patrol duty soon. The timing of patrol deployment and assigned divisions were not specified in the extraction.
The takeaway
Newly sworn officers entering patrol can change how a neighborhood experiences policing, so following division assignments and deployment updates helps residents understand local coverage. Readers can track the department's public communications for those details as they are released.
Further reading
Explore more Charlotte law enforcement coverage for context on local policing.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Wbtv.
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