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From YouTube: Our Neighbors in Blue: University City Division
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Meet a few more neighbors inside CMPD's University City Division
A
B
A
Running
water
and
functioning
traffic
lights,
police
are
among
our
city
services.
We
tend
to
count
on
with
little
thought
about
how
they
work.
We
leave
details
to
the
professionals.
Still,
you
might
appreciate
a
shared
detail
or
two
from
our
men
and
women
in
blue,
such
as
the
university
city
division,
where
we're
stopping
today
is
home
for
around
100,000
of
us
for
perspective
that
one
Charlotte
Police
Division
has
a
larger
population
than
the
city
of
Asheville,
and
it's
early.
Yet
one.
D
We've
started
out
with
IKEA,
then
we
got
the
walmart,
and
now
all
the
surrounding
businesses
that
you
see
that
presents
some
challenges
for
us
as
police,
because
fields
and
trees
don't
report
any
crime,
and
now
what
we
have
is
a
number
of
stores
that
have
their
own
issues
like
shoplifting
car
break-ins
in
the
parking
lot.
That
kind
of
thing
lieutenant.
A
D
Thing
we
found
it
was
very
important
to
make
contact
with
the
new
business
owners
early
I
mean
in
most
cases
for
I
key
and
Walmart.
Definitely
I
had
made
contact
with
the
owners
before
the
buildings
were
ever
even
built
that
allowed
us
to
go
over
their
plans
find
out
what
their
details
were,
how
they
were
going
to
come
into
play
and
just
basically
build
a
rapport.
The
beginning
before
the
business
was
even
established.
Each.
A
C
Response
area
which
is
responsive
to
the
University
City
division.
We
have
the
highest
concentration
of
apartment
complexes
in
the
entire
city.
At
last
count
we
stood
at
approximately
54
or
55
apartment
complexes,
so
we
have
a
very
high
density
of
population
in
my
area,
and
that
brings
along
with
it
a
number
of
challenges.
Our
full-time
population
in
this
response
area
is
about
30,000
residents.
When
you
add
the
university
population
and
with
that
student
staff
and
faculty,
it
doubles
so
with
that
kind
of
density.
C
Added
to
the
fact
that
we're
constantly
growing
we've
got
new
building
new
apartment
complexes,
going
in
on
a
almost
weekly
basis
and
we've
got
the
light
rail
slated
to
come
in.
It's
going
to
run
right
through
the
middle
of
my
response
area.
So
with
that
we're
going
to
see
even
more
development.
So
those
challenges
that
come
along
with
that
or
increased
traffic
increased
opportunities
for
crime.
E
B
Entering
the
highland
creek
community
right
here,
which
is
one
of
the
most
northern
communities
in
my
response
area,
is
comprised
of
about
5,000
homes.
This
community
also
extends
into
Cabarrus
County.
It's
also
one
of
the
most
active
for
crime
watch.
The
community
has
a
good
infrastructure
notification
system
of
crimes,
constant
communication
with
community
leaders.
Here
the
division
has
15
schools
total
none
of
those
are
in
this
response
area
the
challenges
it
faces.
Of
course
we
have
school
resource
officers
at
each
school
with
those
schools.
B
Come
theft,
fights
truancy,
issues
that
we
have
to
deal
with
in
the
community,
but
with
round
each
school
we
work
with
the
communities
around
each
school
and
the
school
resource
officer
and
school
officials
to
reduce
those
Larson
ease
to
watch
out
for
truant
children
and
make
it
a
safe
environment.
The
right
areas
used
to
be
the
the
old
north
charlotte
area.
Now
the
development.
Now
you
have
residents,
who've
lived
here,
40
and
50
years.
You
have
new
communities
that
are
just
six
months
to
a
year.
B
Old
you've
got
a
lot
of
established
businesses
through
this
corridor
and
with
those
number
of
businesses,
come
the
challenges
of
the
number
of
targets
for
break-ins,
larceny
shoplifting
and
even
robberies.
It's
it's
a
main
thoroughfare
through
here.
There's
a
lot
of
traffic.
It's
basically
once
was
north
charlotte
country
is
now
urban
part
of
the
urban
charlotte
area.
One.
A
Thing
we're
learning
with
CMPD
is
that
the
city
is
changing
so
fast.
It's
so
dynamic
that
the
policing
needs
keep
changing.
Some
things
are
basic.
You
want
good
people
well-trained,
but
each
division
is
different.
Each
neighborhood
within
the
divisions
is
different.
There's
so
much
to
learn
so
much
to
do.
F
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
that
that
makes
us
who
we
are
is
that
we
bring
service
right
down
to
your
doorstep
and
I
think
having
13
divisions
that
are
out
in
the
community.
It
makes
the
communication
much
better
with
the
community
if
we
were
all
centralized
downs
downtown
like
we
used
to
be
back
in
the
90s
I,
think
that
it
would
be
harder
because
everybody
has
to
come
down
there
to
us
and
there's
nowhere
for
us
to
be
in
the
community.
Captain.
A
F
I
would
dare
say,
seventy-five
percent
of
the
people
we
catch
doing
something
it
came
from
a
call.
It
came
from
one
person
seeing
something
that
didn't
look
right
or
seeing
something
happening
and
calling
the
police,
and
we
were
able
to
get
there
in
the
right
time
and
make
sure
that
the
rest
was
me.
F
I
think
the
officers
that
we
have
are
the
best
officers
in
the
city
I
think
the
community
leaders
that
we
work
with
there's
none
that
compare
they
come
out.
They
help
us
out
there
out
front.
You
know
fighting
battles
with
us,
any
issue
that
we
have
they're
here.
For
so
I
mean
we
really
feel
connected.