« Human ashes bursting in air... | Main | Are drugs an excuse for wanton murder? »

Friday, July 04, 2008

Hooray for crime mapping!

Policecar Wondering what was with all those police sirens that woke you up last night?

The Kansas City Police Department is now offering this nifty online tool to look up crimes in your neighborhood (or anyone else's neighborhood). Data is updated every night, and you can even get e-mail alerts about crimes near your address.

(We had a short story about this in Thursday's paper, and I know someone posted it on the OT. But I thought I'd do a post for the weekend, when people who are interested would have a little more time to play around with it.)

| Sara Shepherd

P.S. The Star has a crime-mapping tool on our Web site, too. It's cool, but not quite as comprehensive.

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83451b1b869e200e553a142ea8834

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Hooray for crime mapping!:

Comments

 
About KansasCity.com | Terms of Use & Privacy Statement | About the McClatchy Company | Copyright