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NC police officer charged with driving while impaired has resigned, officials say

A Salisbury Police officer resigned from the force after the State Highway Patrol arrested him in Mecklenburg County on Thursday on a charge of driving while impaired.

Officer Israel McCants joined the Salisbury Police Department in November 2018, according to a Salisbury Police Department news release on Friday.

McCants was a Police Officer II assigned to Patrol Team Baker, according to the department.

Joe Marusak
The Charlotte Observer
Joe Marusak has been a reporter for The Charlotte Observer since 1989 covering the people, municipalities and major news events of the region, and was a news bureau editor for the paper. He currently reports on breaking news. Support my work with a digital subscription
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