I thought maybe it was fear that was making me so aware of the news articles about the arrest of a suspect in the stabbings of about 20 people, five of whom died. My awareness was heightened by the fact that one of the stabbings took place in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, where a man was stabbed outside of his church. The fact that most victims were minorities, and that I did not fit that targeted group, did not mitigate my own personal safety concerns, and it simply makes the hatred behind the crimes more reprehensible to me.
But it turns out I was part of a larger population than I thought, because when the suspect was arrested while trying to board a plan in Georgia - - hundreds of miles from his last stabbing episode in Toledo last weekend - -it made the top news on major websites, like CNN, and on national news.
My point is that many seemingly local stories have impact in communities across this country, creating increased need for people to want to know more: more about crime investigation techniques, more about personal safety, weapons, racial profiling and other topics.
Can you inform people about one or more of these topics? Can you help the local news media provide the public with useful tips? Can you use these topics for public speaking at the Rotary, the Kiwanis, or the general public in your local library?
I'm sure you can.
Opportunities are all around us to reach out to the public - - and thus promote your investigative agency - - by tracking news stories and finding a local angle to a national story.
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