Tale of Two NC Sheriffs: Pitt County's Paula Dance (dir. Dilsey Davis)

'When one thinks of a sheriff in North Carolina, it’s easy to go back to the good ole days when the most popular sheriff around was Andy Griffith, in the make believe Mayberry. But today, North Carolina is more diverse, and so are the sheriffs in charge. Sheriff Paula Dance of Pitt County is serving her first term as the first African-American female sheriff in the state. She’s admired for not partnering with ICE to specifically target Hispanic populations. Independent Television ITVS producer Dilsey Davis teamed up with WUNC Radio’s Race and Southern Culture Reporter Leoneda Inge to tell the Tale of Two North Carolina Rural Sheriffs and their choices to manage growing jail populations.'