Chapel Hill's Friday Center COVID-19 clinic closes until Tuesday due to vaccine shortage
— The Friday Center plans to reopen operations on Tuesday.
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Rocky Mount Police cancels Silver Alert for missing 68-year-old man
— At the request of the Rocky Mount Police Department, the N.C. Center for Missing Persons has cancelled the Silver Alert for John Thomas Watson.
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Durham PD partners with SAS to look at officer responses
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ROLLOUT OF VACCINEs WILL SPUR MORE TRAVEL LATER IN THE YEAR. >> FOLLOWING MONTHS OF CALLS FOR POLICE REFORM AND TRANSPARENCY, SOME DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING INWARDS HOPING TO BOLSTER THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY. SHE WAS LOOKING AT HOW DURHAM POLICE ARE USING DATA TO DO THAT. >> [CROWD NOISE] >> MONTHS AFTER THE MATCHES AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE SUBSIDED, CALL THES FOR ACCOUNT BUILT PERSIST. THE SOLUTION FOR SOME DEPARTMENTS LIKE DURHAM, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING WITH PILOTS A PROGRAM TO LOOK AT RESPONSE PATTERNS. >> WE CAN ACT TOO WAIT WHAT WE'RE DOING. [ INAUDIBLE. ] MORE OFFICES ARE TRENDING IN AN ARREST TOWARDS ARREST CATEGORY. [ INAUDIBLE. ] >> POLICE ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPERVISORS CAN LOOK AT SEVERAL LAYERS OF DATA FROM THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE TO INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS. ANALYZING HOW OFTEN THEY ARE RESPONDING TO CERTAIN CALLS OR INITIATING CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY. WHEN THEY ARE ON THE BEAT, HOW THEY RESPOND TO SIT WASTES. WASTES. >> DOWN TO THE OFFICER LEVEL IS TO BRING THAT SYNERGY TOGETHER WITH ALL THE DATA TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON TO PROVIDE OFFICERS THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND INSURE WE'RE CHANGING THE POLICE AND CULTURE ONE OFFICER AT A TIME. >> WHILE HE IS PART OF THE TEAM DEVELOPING THIS TOOL, HE US ALSO A FORMER POLICE OFFICER WHO SAYS HE HAS BEEN SHOT AT AND HAD A CHILD DIE IN FRONT OF HIM. >> I WISH THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS EXISTED SO THAT THE SUPERVISORS COULD RECOGNIZE THAT I WAS BEING AFFECTED. >> HE BELIEVES ANALYZING DATA POINTS RELATING TO POLICE BEHAVIOR CAN AND WILL LEAD TO REFORM. THEY SAID WHILE THE PROGRAM APPEAR TOSS BE WELL INTENDED IT DOES NOT GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM OF HOW POLICE INTERACT AND ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. FOR WRAL NEWS. >> THEY HOPE TO HAVE IT IN THE
