CUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR TERMINATED
Cumberland County has begun to search for a new emergency communications director after the current director was terminated this week. Mike Blackwood was fired from the position after a special-called meeting by County Mayor Kenneth Carey who also acts as the central communications committee chair. Blackwood is charged with allegedly falsifying time sheet records and is also accused of having conduct issues between he and his assistants. He has served as E-911 Dispatch Director since 2015.