GEORGE FLOYD BY GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THE DATE OF SERVICE THAT HOPES TO BRING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TOGETHER. THE GRIM REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN RALEIGH, CRIME IS UP IN ALMOST ALL CATEGORIES. THIS COMES AS A CHEAP HAILED THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE QUARTERLY BRIEFINGS. THIS AFTERNOON THE CHIEF BROKE DOWN DATA COLLECTED FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. HOMICIDE, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, VEHICLE THEFT ARE ALL HIGHER THAN THEY WERE LAST YEAR. KEELEY ARTHUR SPOKE WITH RICHIE TODAY AND SHE IS LIVE IN RALEIGH TO DESCRIBE THE CHIEF ACTION. >> Reporter: THE THIRD OF HOMICIDES THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER, HAPPENED AT PLACES LIKE NIGHTCLUBS AND BARS. THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT BISON BAR LAST MONTH. LUCKILY THOSE PEOPLE SURVIVE. BUT THIS KIND OF DATA THAT PATTERSON IS USING TO TARGET THE TROUBLE SPOTS INCLUDING BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS AND HOPEFULLY FIX THE SITUATION. >> IF YOU COMMIT VIOLENT CRIMES IN OUR CITY, WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING OF IT. >> Reporter: STRONG WORDS FROM THE CHIEF, WHO AFTER LEAVING A POLICING POSITION IN CHINA, INHERITED A CITY WITH RISING VIOLENT CRIME RATES. >> WE ARE EXPERIENCING HOMICIDES AS UNFORTUNATELY PART OF A DISTURBING NATIONAL TREND BASED ON INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE LEADING TO LIVES BEING LOST. >> Reporter: TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. BETWEEN JULY AND SEPTEMBER 2019, THERE WERE 4 HOMICIDES. IN THAT SAME TIME SPENT IN 2021, 12. >> 11 OF THE 12 RESULT AT THE SUSPECT BEING ARRESTED IN CASES MAY ONLY APPEAR >> Reporter: SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN 26 HOMICIDE THIS YEAR. OUR CAMERAS WERE THERE AS AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATE A SHOOTING DEATH AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX ON SEPTEMBER 7, ANOTHER NEAR HARGROVE RURAL NEAR THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND WHEN IN JULY WHO TOOK THE LIFE OF A VOLUNTEER DRUM MAJOR. HE DIED IN THE DISTRICT COUNCILMAN -- WORKING WITH NONPROFITS TO REACH THE YOUNGER POPULATION IS KEY TO CURBING VIOLENCE AND IN LINE WITH PATTERSON. HE IS ALSO OPEN TO POLICING DONE IN THE RIGHT WAY. >> FINDING WAYS THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THEIR FULL UNIFORM. BUT A WAY TO GO OUT IN THEIR COMMUNITY SO PEOPLE WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE HUMAN. THEY ARE NOT JUST A PERSON WITH A BADGE AND A GUN. >> Reporter: DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU SEE MORE POLICE OFFICERS. >> THE INCREASING HIGH VISIBILITY PATROLS IN AREAS WHERE WE ARE EXPERIENCING REPEAT CALLS A VIOLENT. >> Reporter: SHE ALSO WANTS TO TARGET KNOWN REPEAT OFFENSES OFFENDERS. >> ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE REPEATEDLY EXPRESSED AS THE NEW CHIEF IS MY DESIRE TO MAKE RALEIGH THE SAFEST CITY IN THIS COUNTRY. >> Reporter: AND BOTH CAMERAS ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 100 VACANCIES WITHIN THE RALEIGH POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOMETHING WE CAN ALL DO TO HELP CURB ANY CRIME, LOCK YOUR CARS. VEHICLE THEFTS ARE UP ACROSS THE CITY. SHE PATTERSON SAYS AS HE STARTS TO GET COLDER OUTCOME MAKE SURE YOU LOCK YOUR CAR AND TAKE ANY