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Nearly every day, Rocky Mount officers respond to a 911 call, only to find it's not a criminal situation.
Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter
A new unit in the Rocky Mount Police Department will send trained clinicians to respond to 911 calls from people in crisis.
Rocky Mount police officers say the changes give them more freedom to express themselves and help them to better connect with their community.
Rocky Mount police officers said the changes give them more freedom to express themselves and help them to better connect with their community.
Rocky Mount police said the added officers are necessary after recent incidents of staff finding guns in schools.
Rocky Mount police are adding five school resource officers in Nash County elementary schools.
A 20-year-old man was killed and another person was injured Sunday night in a shooting at a Rocky Mount motel.
Rocky Mount police say officer error led to an innocent man being charged with multiple crimes - and facing the possibility of being named a sex offender.
Keenan Willard, WRAL Eastern NC reporter
The Rocky Mount police are searching for a man suspected of two robberies on Monday morning.
WRAL Staff
Police say south Rocky Mount is seeing a significant increase in car thefts in the weeks leading up to the holiday season.
A Rocky Mount Police Department bloodhound named Bucky helped track down three teens accused of stealing a car. Police say south Rocky Mount is seeing a significant increase in car thefts in the weeks leading up to the holiday season.
Lillie Lewis, 11, will have a BB in her neck for the rest of her life because it is so close to an artery.
City of Rocky Mount leaders say they are doubling down on their efforts to fight crime.
City of Rocky Mount leaders are doubling down on their efforts to fight crime.
Rocky Mount police say they were able to solve a robbery in a matter of hours thanks to an app that connects them to cameras citywide.
Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern NC reporter
As Rocky Mount brings in a federal task force to take on gun violence in the city, part of the effort doesn't involve enforcement at all -- but rather, community engagement.
the mayor of Rocky Mount has declared a state of emergency following the shooting of a 9 year old and 4 murders in just one week.
Rocky Mount police said no charges are expected to be filed against Christopher Edwards.
Bryan Mims, WRAL reporter
The Rocky Mount Police Department will be meeting with federal agencies next week to announce a new plan to help reduce violent crime in the town.
Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter; Maggie Brown, WRAL multiplatform producer
WRAL News has learned the names of the victims in two fatal shootings that happened hours apart on Saturday in Rocky Mount. Rodrick Battle leaves behind two young children, a boy and a girl. Lashawn Evans died in a separate Saturday night shooting.
WRAL News has learned the names of the victims in two fatal shootings that happened hours apart in Rocky Mount on Saturday.
The Rocky Mount Police Department is using a new high-tech approach to fighting crime throughout the city. Through enhanced focus patrols, the police department is hoping to continue a downward trend in overall crime in the city - and make residents feel safer.
The Rocky Mount Police Department is using a new high-tech approach to fighting crime throughout the city.
Rocky Mount police are looking into a shooting that sent a man to the hospital on Sunday morning.
