Greensboro Crime Watch

Public Safety Budget and Leadership Updates

• 🔥 Recommended FY 2026-27 Budget: City Manager presented a $913.2 million recommended budget with a...

North Carolina SBI seeks to extend its automated license plate recognition pilot through 2028 and offer grants for local agencies to add cameras on...

A proposed one-year moratorium on 2026 property tax revaluations could force Guilford County to revise its budget and cut department funding if passed...

Greensboro's city manager recommends a $913.2 million budget for FY 2026-27 with a property tax rate cut to 58.30 cents per $100 valuation, down 8.95...

Greensboro residents can tap into these Community Safety Department programs and services:

• Alternative Response and Homeless Services
• Violence Prevention initiatives
• Pre-charge Diversion and Resource Guides

A short 2-minute video from WXII12 offers the latest North Carolina breaking news and weather updates for May 18.

Guilford County EMS now delivers on-scene blood transfusions, cutting morbidity and mortality for trauma patients across the area. With two supervisor...

The case against Andrew Alan Lewis Mathews advanced quickly from arrest to court.

• Incident: Police responded May 13 at 4:11 a.m. to a vehicle fire...

The Greensboro Police Department has sworn in Kamran Afzal as its new Chief, taking over from John Thompson who retired in February. This leadership transition marks a key shift for local policing.

Greensboro's Community Safety Department proposed a new Housing First Plus program to deliver permanent housing support for residents. This initiative directly ties into broader community safety efforts.

Police activity is creating ongoing road closures with direct impacts on local traffic flow and resident safety.

• North Church Street remains closed...

Greensboro police identified a robbery suspect who died after crashing following the alleged crime.

• In a separate 2025 case, body camera video...

Greensboro's crime rate stands 6% above the national average, underscoring the importance of ongoing resident vigilance.

• Neighborhoods like...

Greensboro recorded its eighth and ninth homicides of 2026 from two fatal shootings on the same Tuesday.

• 42-year-old Darren Blacknall was found shot...

Greensboro residents have direct access to key law enforcement tools for tracking arrests and wanted individuals.

• Search inmates, recent arrests,...

Damien Potts, 47, was arrested without incident by the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team at a relative's residence and charged in the West Barton...

Guilford Metro 911 answered 99.9 percent of all 911 calls within 10 seconds last year, placing the agency among North Carolina's fastest while...

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