Mebane mayor Ed Hooks, who is shown on the left, reads a resolution honoring assistant police chief Thomas Allen Byrd for his 28 years of service to the city.
Byrd, who is retiring at the end of this year, began his career as a patrol officer with the Mebane police department in 1997 before being promoted in 2000 to the department’s Vice and Narcotics division. He was again promoted in 2003 to lieutenant; in 2005 to captain; and to assistant chief in 2009. Byrd is a graduate of the North Carolina Justice Academy’s Management Development Program and holds multiple advanced law enforcement certifications.









