Raleigh Police Chief meets with business owners to curb crime on Glenwood South

Raleigh Chief of Police Estella Patterson met with the Glenwood South Business Alliance to discuss the crime statistic in the final quarter of 2023 and highlight some of the steps both police have taken to curb crime, and what businesses can do to help
Posted 1/30/2024, 2:46:35 AM Updated 1/30/2024, 1:58:05 PM

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>> SAFETY SECURITY AND

VIBRANCY. THESE ARE GOALS,

RALEIGH POLICE, CHIEF OF STAFF

PATTERSON SAYS SHE WANTS

REACHED. SHE'S TALKING

SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CURBING

CRIME AND UNRULY BEHAVIOR IN

GLENWOOD SOUTH.

>> IT'S A NIGHT SHE OFFICERS

MET WITH DOZENS OF BUSINESS

OWNERS ABOUT THE CRIME

REDUCTION IS THAT THEY ARE

SEEING AND WHAT CAN BE IMPROVED

ON. SO LET'S TURN TO WRAL'S

AARON THOMAS. AARON, YOU TALKED

ONE-ON-ONE WITH CHIEF PATTERSON

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE

PROGRESS MADE IN SOME OF THE

CONCERNS GO.

YES. SO ONE OF THE MAIN

CONCERNS THAT CHIEF ESTELLA

PATTERSON SHARE IS THE ILLEGAL

FIREARMS FOUND IN THIS AREA.

LET'S GO INTO SOME OF THE

NUMBERS ARE PRETTY SURE THESE

NUMBERS WITH US.

>> THEY SAID THAT THEY SEIZE

61, ILLEGAL FIREARMS AND THIS

ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN THE

LATTER PART OF 2023. THEN WE GO

BACK TO 2020 TO ABOUT THE SAME

TIME. I'M IN THAT TIME FRAME

THAT THE 100 77% INCREASE FROM

20 TO ILLEGAL FIREARM SEES THE

CHIEF SAID THAT SHE WANTS TO DO

EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO KEEP

ONE INCIDENT FROM BECOMING

CATASTROPHIC.

GOODWOOD SELF.

>> AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT

IN THE PROCESS OF REBRANDING

CHAOS AND CRIME TO BIGGER AND

VIBRANCY. I THINK THAT WE'RE

DOING A FANTASTIC JOB HERE IN

GLENWOOD SOUTH RALEIGH, POLICE

CHIEF ESTELLA PATTERSON AND

OFFICERS MET WITH ROUGHLY 50

PEOPLE. SOME BUSINESS OWNERS,

OTHERS, NEIGHBORS HIGHLIGHTING

EFFORTS TO CUT DOWN ON THE

CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF

THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENTS HAVE

BEEN THAT YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF

THE BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE SHARED

WITH YOU WHAT THEY HAVE SHARED

WITH US IS THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.

DO THE REDUCTION OF THE BOTTLE

NECKING THE BURNOUTS DONUTS

PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THE PARKING

LOTS HERE ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

THEY SAY THAT HAS BEEN

TREMENDOUS. AN AREA OF CONCERN,

FIREARMS GETTING INTO PLACES

THEY SHOULD NOT BE DURING THE

DIALOGUE. SHE PATTERSON OFFERED

UP THE FOLLOWING SOLUTIONS TO

KEEP ORDER EXPANDING THAT

DEPARTMENTS HOSPITALITY UNIT

HAVING BUSINESS OWNERS HIGHER,

CREDIBLE, PRIVATE SECURITY, THE

USE OF METAL DETECTORS AND

SAFETY CAMERAS. SO I'M VERY

PROUD OF OFFICERS AND I'M VERY

PROUD OF ALL THE CITY IS DOING

WHAT THEY'RE DOING. TONY

BASSFORD, THE OWNER OF PLUS,

DUELING PIANO BAR SAYS HE'S

SEEN DRASTIC IMPROVEMENTS OVER

THE MONTHS. WANTS TO GET TO A

POINT WHERE AN INCREASED POLICE

PRESENCE IN THE DISTRICT IS NO

LONGER NEEDED. WE CAN REMOVE

SOME OF THE OFFICERS AND

BASICALLY WE SET AN EXAMPLE.

SO IT DOESN'T HAVE THE LOOK THE

WAY IT DOES. BUT WE STILL HAVE

THE SAME RESULT.

>> THIS IS A LIVE LOOK AT

GLENWOOD AVENUE GLENWOOD SOUTH

OF THE SPECIFIC. USUALLY I DO

SEE A LOT OF FLASHING POLICE

LIGHTS AROUND THIS TIME.

BUT NOW THAT USUALLY TAKES

PLACE ON FRIDAYS AND WEEKENDS

RPD. THEY DO SAY THAT THE

INCREASED OFFICER PRESENCE HAS

MADE A DIFFERENCE AND CURBING

CRIME. AND THAT'S A NEW MEASURE

THEY PUT IN PLACE THIS PAST

FALL.

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