Raleigh police and north Raleigh residents talk safety and crime prevention
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AT 4.30.
>> COVERING WAKE COUNTY
TONIGHT. SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN
NORTH RALEIGH SAY THEY'RE
INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT
SAFETY, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT
TONIGHT, RESIDENTS HEARD ABOUT
CASES OF ROAD RAGE EVEN STOLEN
VEHICLES. AND THIS ALL COMES ON
THE HEELS OF A RECENT SHOOTING
ON ATLANTIC AVENUE WRAL'S
JULIAN GRACE IS JOINING US LIVE
TALKING ABOUT HOW POLICE PLAN
TO STEP UP PATROLS IN THIS
PARTICULAR PART OF THE CITY.
JILLIAN.
>> WELL, WE KNOW THEY ARE DOING
A LOT. AND FIRST WE TALKED TO
BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA
AND THEY TELL ME THEY'RE NOT
HAVING PROBLEMS IN FRONT OF
THEIR ESTABLISHMENT. AS YOU SEE
RIGHT HERE BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY
QUIET. THEY TELL ME, THOUGH,
THE BIG PROBLEM IS HAPPENING
RIGHT OVER HERE. ONE ATLANTA
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
ATLANTIC AVENUE?
>> GOOD.
>> BUT SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH AT
05:00AM TELLS A DIFFERENT
STORY. POLICE WERE DISPATCHED
TO ATLANTIC AVENUE IN MILLBROOK
ROAD. ONCE THERE THEY FOUND 3
PEOPLE SHOT THERE. INJURIES.
NON-LIFE-THREATENING AND DURING
THE COMMOTION, THE SUSPECT
SLIPPED AWAY COUNCIL WOMAN
TONIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
RALEIGH. POLICE SHOULD CRIME
STATISTICS IN COMMUNITY
INITIATIVES. OFFICERS NOTED
THAT ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS IN
STOLEN CAR CRIMES ARE ON THE
RALEIGH. POLICE ARE ALSO USING
A VOLUNTARY SYSTEM CALLED
CONNECT RALEIGH WITH THE
DEPARTMENT. CAN TAP INTO YOUR
SECURITY CAMERAS IF YOU AGREE.
>> RIGHT NOW THE DEPARTMENT
HAS ACCESS TO ABOUT 900 CAMERAS
DURING THIS TIME. WE ALSO ASKED
HOW THE OFFICERS CAN ADDRESS
THE VIOLENCE NEAR ATLANTIC
AVENUE. WE DO FOCUS ON A LOT
OF STRATEGIC AREAS. SO IF WE
SEE AN UPTICK IN CRIME, WE'RE
GOING TO ADDRESS IT WITH THE
OFFICERS, WHETHER IT'S THE BEAT
OFFICERS.
>> WHETHER IT'S A SPECIFIC
UNIT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT
IN THE AREA AND ADDRESSED THOSE
ISSUES BASED ON THE
INTELLIGENCE LEAD INFORMATION
THAT WE GET
>> WE CAUGHT UP WITH HER SON,
DRAKE AS HE WATCHED HIS PICKUP
TRUCK. HE'S LIVED IN THIS AREA
FOR 15 YEARS. HE SAYS HE'S
SAFE. BUT HE ALSO SAYS
AFTER HOURS.
>> THINGS CAN CHANGE WHEN IT'S
LATE AT NIGHT, ANYTHING CAN
HELP.
>> ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. NOW.
ONE COMMON THREAD WE FOUND OUT
TONIGHT AS WE TALKED TO MANY OF
THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS
HERE, MANY DID NOT WANT TO GO
ON CAMERA, BUT THEY DID TELL
ME THIS. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
MORE OFFICERS HERE ON THE
STREETS. RALEIGH POLICE
DEPARTMENT ARE TRYING TO DO
JUST THAT RIGHT NOW TRYING TO
FEEL 44 FAKE IT WAS ISSUES
REPORTING LIVE IN NORTH