On The Web: Crime Reports At The Click Of A Mouse

Associated Press
Published: February 4, 2008
Updated: February 5, 2008

CYBERSPACE (AP) - It may be just the thing to let you know what kind of crimes are being committed near where you work or live. Or it may make you scared to even venture out-of-doors. The site CrimeReports.com plots out police reports on maps so you can see at a glance where arrests and other police calls have been made. You can also arrange for e-mail alerts to come your way if there are new crimes in the area you're monitoring. The site is free and has no ads, though it carries reports from a limited number of cities and/or counties. It relies on police departments paying to have the site extract the information from their internal systems and post it online.

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