"I was not surprised to see that the numbers are going down," said Gerald Givens, a community advocate who strives to reduce violence in Raleigh.
His organization, Boots on the Ground Raleigh, works as a partner with WakeMed's hospital violence intervention program. Givens knows first-hand the work it takes to make change.
"There were over 225 people who went through the program at WakeMed. There were zero cases of recidivism where someone who was on one end of violence went out to go retaliate against somebody in there," said Givens.
The crime-prevention efforts of grassroots organizations and the Raleigh Police Department police appear to be paying off.
The most recent data showed double-digit decreases in areas including robbery, aggravated assaults with a firearm, and motor vehicle theft.
Lt. Davis of RPD said Police Chief Rico Boyce made the Auto Theft Task Force a permanent unit.
"We were able to combat our motor vehicle thefts in a way that not only were we stopping people from stealing vehicles, we were also eliminating, you know, criminals from having access to vehicles that they could move freely throughout the city and commit criminal offenses," said Davis.
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Some areas do need improvement. In five out of the six homicides during the quarter, a relationship existed between the victim and suspect.
"One of the things that really stands out is a lot of the violence that is taking place. It's happening between people who know each other. We've seen a lot of domestic violence," said Givens.
And five of those six homicides involved a firearm.
"You know, that's the biggest way to be able to deter violent crime from happening is making sure that the criminal element does not have access to these weapons that they can use against other people," said Davis.
Davis said the police department already has plans for the fourth quarter.
"This is the holiday season, right? So now, we have to start to evolve our approach as to package theft, you know, so we really want to make sure our community members are aware of how can we protect our packages from being stolen, becoming victimized," said Davis.