Raleigh police unveil second quarter crime stats during worrisome spike in murders

Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson spoke of the city's crime statistics from the second quarter of 2022 on Wednesday afternoon.
Posted 7/13/2022, 8:56:07 PM Updated 7/13/2022, 11:14:15 PM

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>> TODAY RALEIGH'S POLICE CHIEF

ADDRESSED NEW DATA THAT SHOWS

CRIME IS GOING UP SPECIFICALLY

VIOLENT CRIME AND APRIL MAY AND

JUNE AND WHAT THE CITY IS DOING

ABOUT THAT. SHE'S TARGETING

CLUBS, BARS AND SWEEPSTAKE

CENTERS TO CURB THE VIOLENCE.

WR STILL SEE. DONOVAN WAS AT

THE NEWS CONFERENCE AND HAS

THE NUMBERS.

>> AMONGST ALL THIS GUN

VIOLENCE IN THE NATION. ONE BIG

WIN FOR RALEIGH POLICE THIS

QUARTER AND THAT IS NABBING

GUNS OFF THE STREET FROM APRIL

TO JUNE OF THIS YEAR. POLICE

SEIZED 271 GUNS. THAT'S A 33%

INCREASE OVER THE SAME TIME

LAST YEAR. RALEIGH CRIME IS

IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER 4

HOMICIDES DURING THE JULY 4TH

WEEK. THAT CHIEF DETAILING HER

QUARTERLY REPORT HIGHLIGHTING

CRIMES THAT OCCURRED FROM APRIL

THROUGH JUNE. THERE WERE 7

HOMICIDES VERSUS 9 IN THE SAME

PERIOD LAST YEAR.

>> WE HAVE MADE ARRESTS IN 3 OF

THOSE CASES. CHIEF ESTELLA

PATTERSON SAYS AND MORE THAN

HALF OF THE HOMICIDES, THE

SUSPECT AND THE VICTIM KNEW

EACH OTHER. THEY'RE NOT RANDOM

ACTS OF VIOLENCE, WHICH IS

GOOD. SHE SAYS SOME VIOLENT

CRIMES HAVE DECREASED LIKE

ROBBERY. SOME ARE UP, INCLUDING

AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

>> THE OTHER 312, LESS THAN

HALF OF THOSE INVOLVED THE USE

OF A FIREARM. HOWEVER, WE'RE

SEEING MORE AND MORE INCIDENTS

WHERE FIREARMS ARE BEING USED

TO

SETTLE DISPUTES.

>> OUR WRAL DATA TRACKERS FOUND

MANY OF THE SAME TRENDS AND

WE LOOKED OVER A FIVE-YEAR

PERIOD. VIOLENT CRIME IS UP

8.2% YEAR OVER YEAR. THERE ARE

900 REPORTED VIOLENT CRIMES

FROM JANUARY THROUGH JUNE THAT

INCLUDES RAPE, HOMICIDE AND

AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS CALLS FOR

SERVICE FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS

ARE THE HIGHEST IN 5 YEARS

JUMPING MORE THAN 17% IN

A YEAR TO COMBAT CRIME. A NEW

APPROACH OF VIOLENCE

INTERRUPTERS PROGRAM DIRECTLY

INTERVENING INTO PERSONAL WILL

COMPLICATE NEGOTIATIONS.

SEEMS BARS IN SHIPPING

NEIGHBORHOOD CULTURAL NORMS.

RALEIGH CITY COUNCIL JUST

APPROVED THIS INITIATIVE.

>> WERE UNARMED CITIZENS

INFILTRATED COMMUNITY WORKING

TO CHANGE THE MINDSET.

>> THE ULTIMATE GOAL, STOP

CRIME BEFORE IT STARTS IT.

WE CANNOT COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME.

>> WITHOUT THE COMMUNITY'S

ASSISTANCE, CHIEF PATTERSON

SAYS HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY

ALREADY NOTICEABLE CRIME

STOPPER TIPS ON THE RISE.

250 TIPS SO FAR THIS YEAR

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