Raleigh police major completes Leadership North Carolina class 33

Renae Robinson Lockhart, a major with the Raleigh Police Department in Wake County, completed Leadership North Carolina’s Class 33 at the Quorum Center in Raleigh, joining 55 leaders from across the state who finished the program on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

The class met over seven two-and-a-half-day sessions in Boone, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, New Bern, Charlotte and Asheville. Leadership North Carolina said the program is built to inform, develop and engage committed leaders by broadening their understanding of government, education, health and human services, economic development, the environment and inclusive leadership. Class 33 included leaders from government, business, nonprofit and education sectors.

For Raleigh police, Lockhart’s graduation lands inside a department that says its goal is to make Raleigh one of the safest cities in the United States. The department lists employee development and wellness among Chief Rico Boyce’s strategic priorities, along with community engagement, crime reduction strategies, operational efficiency, accountability and leadership. Boyce, a 25-year department veteran, was promoted to chief on March 1, 2026, after beginning his law enforcement career in 2000.

The department serves nearly 500,000 Raleigh residents, making leadership development more than an internal milestone. Training that broadens a commanding officer’s view of state policy, public systems and cross-sector coordination can shape how the department responds to neighborhoods, calls for service and long-term public safety planning. Lockhart’s completion of the program adds another experienced administrator to the department’s leadership bench at a time when Raleigh police are emphasizing both workforce wellness and results for the city.

Leadership North Carolina says it has now graduated more than 1,500 leaders. The application period for Class 34 opens June 1, 2026, and runs through June 24, extending the pipeline that brought Lockhart into the program and into a statewide network of civic, nonprofit, business and public-sector leaders.