22 January 2010
GRPD release new crime tracking website
Posted by fotoman311 under: In the News; Public Safety .
From the GRPress – 1/21/10:
“GRAND RAPIDS — The Grand Rapids Police Department will unveil an online crime-mapping system today that will inform residents about incidents in their neighborhoods.
The Internet-based system will allow people to see the type of crimes happening across the city, narrowing the scope by offenses, date and geographic areas.
Data comes directly from force complaints and will be updated twice daily, said Officer Phil Porter, who works in the department’s crime analysis unit.”
On the new website you can pick from 15 categories of crime and see where they have recently taken place. If you want to check for a specific day or range of days, you can select that by clicking on the date above the map.
You can also sign up for email alerts to automatically be sent when crimes happen near your residence by clicking “Receive Crime Alerts” in orange in the upper right corner. Simply enter your email, the address or intersection you are tracking, the distance from your address for alerts to be sent, and select which categories of crime are sent in the email alerts.
Access the site at http://www.crimemapping.com/
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