GREENSBORO, N.C. — Advocates who attended the North Carolina Family Justice Center’s conference paid tribute to Greensboro Police Sgt. Philip Dale Nix.

What You Need To Know

  • The North Carolina Family Justice Center held its annual conference in Greensboro this week

  • During the conference attendees remembered Greensboro Police Sgt. Philip Dale Nix, who died stopping a crime last year 

  • The tribute honored Nix’s service to the community and abuse survivors 

Nix served the last six years of his career at the Guilford County’s Family Justice Center helping survivors of abuse and attended the conference every year.

Family Justice Center Director Catherine Johnson said Nix’s contributions were immeasurable.

“He was an incredible leader, and like a superstar, he bound us together and transformed how our family justice centers works with law enforcement, and we trained family justice centers across our state on just that,” Johnson told the audience Wednesday.  

It’s been nearly one year since Nix was shot and killed while trying to stop a gas station robbery.

Greensboro Police Officer Daniel Benotti said the tribute was meaningful and forwarded Nix’s legacy of service.

“Sgt. Nix was able to inspire everybody to put love and a personal passion into the job performance. It means a lot that his memory goes on. He still does embody the best of what the Greensboro Police Department has to offer,” Benotti said.

More than 400 workers in law enforcement, social services, mental health and local government used the conference to share initiatives aimed at ending abuse.