blog post 11

     For my story 4 I will be covering cold cases in High Point NC. I went to the High Point police department yesterday and recieved the email and number of a police officer who I can interview and develop a story with. I am looking to use High Point Police department for my next stories to change angles on my beat. This story will be covered broadcast, and should be around 3:00 minutes long.

    This past week crimes in High Point have ranged from car crashes to homicides. According to High Point police department a man died in Jamestown on October 31st from a car crash. According to the same source on October 25th a man was charged with attempted murder and kidnapping. Their was also a hit and run and a vehicle break in that same week. 

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HPU The Crime Experience

By Kate Ryan, Q News

High Point University’s campus goes through multiple procedures and takes on multiple efforts to keep students safe. 

Chief Director of Campus Police Debra Duncan and the rest of HPU security work hard to respond, prepare, and handle any situation that could occur on HPU’s campus. 

How Often Crime Occurs on High Point’s Campus

HPU's statistics vary from rape, aggravated assault, and burglary. According to the Students Right to Know report 2023, on-campus rapes stayed the same from 2021 to 2022 at a number of 18. However residential facility rapes increased by 4 from 2021 to 2022, with 14 in 2021 and 18 in 2022.

According to the same source, aggravated assaults increased by one in 2021 and 2022 with 3 in 2021 and 4 in 2022. According to that same report in 2022, 6 people were robbed on campus, and 6 in residential facilities. 

Chief Director Of Campus on HPU’s Security System

Interview With Chief Of Security

Chief director of HPU's campus Debra Duncan, holds high value to the process of HPU’s security system. According to Duncan, the first step in reporting a crime is making a phone call to campus security, so they can file a report and handle matters accordingly. According to Duncan, “If it’s something that we can’t solve right away, we’ll send it to our detectives.” 

Once the person or student is identified they will send them to the student conduct, where a school trial occurs. According to Duncan “if they are found guilty they sanction them.” For a different type of crime for example assault, HPU has its own police department to handle the issue. 

According to Duncan “If it’s not High Point owned, or leased High Point police not a part of High Point University handles the issue.”

High Point Chief Of Security Debra Duncan- photo by https://www.highpoint.edu/media/home/HPU-News-4.png

HPU Experiences A Break-In

High Point University Student Ashlyn Long experienced a potential break into her home firsthand. Long is a Junior at High Point this year, and she lives in off-campus housing. She and her former roommate were tanning on their back porch when a car circled her place. 

“He stopped 3 houses in front of our house, then we looked at each other and she said if he turns around were running inside,” Long explained. “Then he turned on our street, we called security and he took pictures of our backyard.” 

The next day, around 2 a.m., a strange man came up to their door looking to get into their place. Luckily, her place contained cameras. 

According to Long, this break-in made her feel “really scared just because when we watched the video it didn’t seem real.” 

She found out about this man caught on camera around 3 a.m. 

According to Long “If he didn’t notice the camera he definitely would have tried harder, like break a window or something.” 

Attempted Break-in Video

HPU Freshman Experiences Assault

An incoming freshman, who would not like to be named experienced an assault from another student. This survivor had mutual friends with the accused. 

According to the survivor of the assault “The second time I hung out with him he took advantage of me, and didn’t take no for an answer.” 

Out of fear, the survivor didn’t report the assault until two months later. The survivor reported this situation as a Title 9, and the accused then transferred schools. 

HPU Procedure For Safety Of Off-Campus Students

HPU holds high standards to protect students. Off-campus procedures pertain to a security officer being stationed in the area where off-campus students live. According to High Point University's chief of security Debra Duncan, “Every one of the houses is equipped with an alarm system.” 

The issue is that students don’t set them up or use them. “If somebody comes to your house and shakes the door the alarm will go off.” 

Security also uses blue light poles that have cameras in them in case of an emergency. According to Duncan, “every block has a camera.”

            HPU's campus uses many security procedures to provide the most protection possible for students. These procedures include cameras, a gated campus, and constant security checks.

blog post 10

 For my story 3 final draft I am covering a story on crimes committed too HPU students. These crimes range from verbal and physical assault to a break into a student's home. I also interviewed the chief of security, to understand the process of when security is called. I also am looking to interview one more person for my final story before handling in my multimedia piece

My next story 4 will be covering ways to bring the crime rates down in High Point. And how they have decreased within the past couple of years. I will be reaching out to High Point police force to gather statistics and more information. And I am looking to interview police officers and townies.

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. 

blog update 8

 I will be doing a waklet story for my next story, and it will be of top crimes committed at High Point. This story will use data analysis and stats to put together the top 10 crimes committed in High Point. According to fox8 news "A man is facing several charges following a crash-filled police pursuit on Sunday afternoon, according to the Winston-Salem Police Department." Those are the latest crimes committed in High Point, and that is the story that will be covered for my next beat. 

blog update 7

    A recent crime reported in High Point this week is according to the High Point police department "On 10/06/2023, at 10:11 p.m. a High Point Police officer on routine patrol

drove up on a crash that had just occurred in the 3500blk of E Martin Luther King Jr Dr." This crash was a fatal one. There was also a Westdale homicide arrest made on October 5th according to the High Point police department.  

    For my next story, I will be covering crimes committed on High Point University campus. This story will be a multimedia cover of what attempted crimes have taken place at our school. I will have interviews set up for once I get back from fall break, and have my draft in on time.

blog update#6

 In my next story, I will cover attempted crimes on the High Point University campus. According to High Point police department news "September 28, 2023, at 2:15 a.m., High Point police responded

to 204 Westdale Dr in reference to an assault with a deadly weapon. Upon arrival, officers

located the victim, Kristian Tillman-Little (B/M, 27, of High Point) inside the residence, dead

due to multiple gunshot wounds." Also according to the High Point Police Department "– On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, High Point police responded to 1670 W

English Road in reference to a breaking and entering in progress." According to the High Point Police Department "On Monday, September 11, 2023, at 9:20 p.m., a High Point Police Patrol

The officer initiated a traffic stop in the 1200 block of S Main Street on a black Nissan Versa for a

registration violation." 

I will be gathering information on attempted crimes committed on High Point University campus and to students at High Point University. I will take a broadcast journalism approach to this story.