A Greensboro cop on crime and common sense
posted: December 17, 2007 | category: Uncategorized
tags: crime, Greensboro, police
I talked to a cop friend about the Dec. 11th emergency City Council meeting, which focused on violent crime in Greensboro, and about the media and blog response that has followed.
First, I asked him about the major drop in the number of homicides in 2004, and whether or not that was connected to […]
Chief Bellamy on juvenile crime: “It’s beyond the police”
posted: December 17, 2007 | category: Uncategorized
tags: crime, Greensboro, police
At an emergency City Council meeting, Greensboro Police Chief Tim Bellamy answers questions from City Council members Trudy Wade and Sandra Anderson Groat about the problem of juvenile crime in Greensboro.
>> Video of the 12/11/2007 emergency City Council meeting is available here.
Low bail + poor inmates = A crowded, expensive jail
posted: December 17, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: crime
A friend is in jail. His bail amount is $25.00. He doesn’t have the money to pay it. So he’ll sit in jail for the next 39 days, until his court appearance. It costs Guilford County somewhere around $60-$70 per day to house an inmate. Because my friend doesn’t […]
Read More..>>2004 Homicide Reprieve: Rotating Shifts & Feds
posted: December 11, 2007 | category: Uncategorized
tags: crime, Greensboro, police, politics
Brenda posted:
“Cara Michele created a graph of homicides by year, and I did all crime from 1998 to 2007 under three police chiefs. In 2004, the first full year under Wray homicides actually dropped to an unheard of low of 15. This was also a full year of the newly implemented by Wray […]
Murder by Numbers: Greensboro Bleeds
posted: December 10, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: crime, Greensboro, police, politics
The Greensboro City Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday afternoon, 12/11/07, to discuss recent homicides in Greensboro, including seven during the first week of December. How does this year compare to previous years? Below, a graph created from homicide stats available on GPD’s web site. (Click on image for a […]
Read More..>>YWAM Shootings: “We Forgive…”
posted: December 9, 2007 | category: faith
tags: crime, news
Official YWAM press release, 12/09/2007:
A lone gunman entered a Youth With A Mission training center in the Denver, Colorado suburb of Arvada early Sunday morning, opening fire and hitting four members of the staff. All were taken to local hospitals and two later died of their injuries.
The two wounded remain in serious condition. The gunman […]
Winston To Get Its Own RMA Report
posted: November 20, 2007 | category: Uncategorized
tags: crime, news, police
The Winston Salem City Council voted last night to spend $40,500 to hire Risk Management Associates to audit WSPD’s criminal investigations division. More here.
I guess their Council members don’t read the Rhino…
Drug & Gang Awareness Forum
posted: November 18, 2007 | category: substance abuse
tags: crime, events
The Greensboro Police Department will present a Drug and Gang Awareness Educational Forum on Monday, November 19th from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at the Odeon Theater at the Greensboro Coliseum complex, 1921 W. Lee Street.
“Safer Streets” & Homelessness on Skid Row
posted: November 3, 2007 | category: homelessness
tags: crime, homeless news, police, policy
In Los Angeles, the ACLU and other homeless advocates and activists are clashing with the City Council over what to do about the chaos, violence and homelessness on Skid Row. An article from the Wall Street Journal offers a defense of L.A.’s enforcement-based “Safer Streets Initiative,” which draws on “broken windows theory:”
“Drive around Los […]
Youth Event Responds to Grove Street Shooting
posted: October 28, 2007 | category: community
tags: crime, events, Glenwood
Via email, from Liz Seymour:
WHAT: Youth Poetry Dinner
WHERE: The HIVE, 1214 Grove Street, Greensboro (map)
WHEN: Sunday, October 28, 5:00-7:00 pm
A dance ensemble from A&T, a step team made up of Dudley, Smith and Grimsley High School students, recently Dudley graduate hip-hop artist T-Shep, the Power House of Deliverance youth dance group, and a […]
