Deputy Police Chief James Hinson will retire Friday, Sept. 13 according to a press release sent out by the City of Greensboro.
Hinson who joined the Greensboro Police Department on June 16, 1991 has long been a controversial figure in the department. There was no reason given for Hinson’s sudden retirement, but Hinson has been in the news lately because of incidents that happened in May at the group home he has owned and operated since 2006.
In May one of the clients at the group home for troubled young men, complained that he had been improperly touched and sexually assaulted by Richard Vernell Heath who was one of the employees of the group home owned by Hinson and former police officer Kevin Chandler at 2212 Glenside Drive.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Service Regulation investigated the complaint and produced a 53 page report which found the group home administrators of had violated a number of regulations and fined Center of Progressive Strides (COPS) that operated the group home at least $2,000.
One of the violations was that the complaint made by the client who is a minor was not reported to Child Protective Services or law enforcement.
Hinson is the deputy chief over the family victims unit which is responsible for investigating such accusations and is quoted in the report as saying that he didn’t believe the incident occurred.
The report states, “Prior to a forensic interview being completed as well as investigations being completed by law enforcement or child protective services he [Hinson] determined that client #2 had not been sexually abused and no criminal act had occurred in his group home.”
After the investigation was completed by the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department, Heath was arrested and charged with sexual assault and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child. At his court appearance the bond for Heath was raised from $35,000 to $75,000. If convicted Heath could face life imprisonment.
so are hinson et. al. going to be charged with any crimes? from all the reporting it seems he again bullied people to get his way.
i wonder how all off gpd and other city employees feel today? probably as happy as when scott announced his retirement i am sure!
If we only knew Kevin Chandler’s previous name, before he legally changed it, maybe we could look back further into his past.
Is Hinson involved to a degree that Firing is a viable alternative.I would think with all the “crap” he has been in over these many years that there may be a slight amount of corruption that he may have been in line for termination.What do all think on this suggestion?Just saying!!!!
“Curing violence” one dirty cop at a time. Greensboro is making progress. Lets try to do better next time.