Downtown GoRaleigh transit hub gets armed security
IT IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED
AS A HOMICIDE. WELL, STARTING
THIS MORNING, PRIVATE SECURITY
PATROL STARTED WORKING AT THE
MOORE SQUARE TRANSIT STATION
AND SOME SURROUNDING BUS STOPS
AS PART OF A CONTRACT WITH THE
CITY OF RALEIGH WRAL'S. CARLY
HAYNES SHOWS US WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
GARLIC.
>> YEAH, WE'RE HERE RIGHT NOW.
AND 2 ARMED SECURITY GUARDS
WILL BE PATROLLING THIS TRANSIT
STATION 7 DAYS A WEEK OVER THE
COURSE OF THE NEXT 4 CAMERA WAS
ROLLING IN RIGHT NOW. BUT MAYBE
YOU CAN SEE A MORE THAN 2 ARMED
SECURITY GUARD HERE. THAT'S
BECAUSE ONE OF THOSE OFFICERS
TOLD US THAT THEY WANT TO
ESTABLISH THEIR PRESENCE AND
INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO SOME OF
THE PEOPLE HERE. THE SECURITY
COMPANY IS CALLED CAPITAL
SPECIAL POLICE AT THE SAME ONE
THAT PATROL CITY HALL WRAL'S
DATA TRACKERS ON THE PRICE
SPIKE IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT
WHICH INCLUDES GLENWOOD SOUTH
AND MORE SQUARE IN SEPTEMBER.
BUT IT HAS DROPPED
SIGNIFICANTLY IN OCTOBER AS
PART OF THE CONTRACT. THESE
OFFICERS MUST USE DE-ESCALATION
TECHNIQUES BEFORE FORCE.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO UNDERGO
ADDITIONAL GUN TRAINING.
WE SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE WHO
LIVE NEAR DOWNTOWN THERE
WALKING AROUND WHAT IS GET
THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BEEF
UP SECURITY HERE.
>> I DO THINK PRIVATE IS IS
GOOD BECAUSE THE POLICE IS
ALREADY STRETCHED. IT IS
CAPACITY. I MEAN, I SEE HALF OF
THAT. THEY'RE HAVING HAVING
DIFFERENT KIND EVENTS. SO TO
HAVE A PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD
HERE STATION 7 DAYS A WEEK.
I THINK THAT IS AMAZING.
>> I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT
IDEA. I THINK THEY SHOULD BRING
IT TO GLENWOOD. AND I THINK
THIS SPRING IS AROUND AREAS.
THE ARMED SECURITY HERE CAN
DETAIN PEOPLE, BUT THEY CAN'T
ARREST THEM. THEY'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO CALL RALEIGH POLICE IN
ORDER TO DO THAT.
>> BUT THE MAYOR SAID THE CITY
IS GOING TO REEVALUATE THIS
OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHILE
LOOKING TO HIRE MORE OFFICERS.
THAT COULD BE A SIGHT TO
DOWNTOWN JULIE. WE'LL BE
KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AND HOW
IT ALL WORKS OUT IN THE FUTURE.