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Seattle Offers Crime Map with Links to Police Reports
By Andy Opsahl, Features Editor. Government Technology, July 2, 2010. "Several cities offer online maps showing where various types of crimes have been committed. However, the map recently deployed by Seattle is one of the few to offer links to redacted police reports..."
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Last updated: 8 July 20101
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- Seattle.gov - My Neighborhood Map
- The City of Seattle provides a mapping interface to its services, incidents and crimes. The Statistics tab provides information on crime including breakdowns for homicide, robbery, assault, rape, violent crimes total, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, burglary, property crimes total, and total major crime. In 2008, the Seattle Police Department changed their method of reporting from census tracts to patrol "beats". This change does not provide the ability to compare data for previous years. the Police reports tab provides mapped icons based on police reports taken by officers when responding to incidents around the city. The time for an incident to show on the map is 12 hours after the report has been processed. However, the time for a report related to the event to be made available online can take 2-3 business days...
Added: 8 July 2010
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