blog post 9

 Updates on crime going on in High Point. According to WXII high-point violent crimes are down compared to other triad cities. "Stroud says as of Aug. 1, 2023, his department has seen a 5% reduction in violent crimes since August last year. He adds before that, violent crime was down 7% (Davis)." However, according to bestplaces.net compared to the US average in violent crime, High Point has 23.8 compared to 22.7. According to High Point police department "On October 17, 2023 at about 1:40 p.m., High Point Police, High Point Fire Department, and Guilford County EMS were dispatched to US 29 South near Baker Rd for a traffic crash with injuries. When the responding units arrived on scene, they found that a Toyota pickup truck had crossed the median and hit a tractor trailer head on." Also according to High Point police department "On October 16, 2023 at about 1:30 p.m., Bike Team officers patrolling near Fred Alexander Place spotted a parking lot attendant chasing a man. The parking lot attendant said the man had been messing with vehicles in one of the lots. A Bike Team officer chased down the suspect and arrested him near N. Hamilton Street."

    For my story three I am working on diversifying my sources and editing my final product. I am also working on potential ways to add sources for my story 4. This will be through word of mouth, and seeing who on High Point's campus has had any sort of crime encounters. I will then take a broadcast journalism approach and create a video that speaks the story of attempted crimes at High Point University.