The state of Utah has launched an interesting new program, one that lets residents sign up for daily e-mail alerts that list all the crimes that took place near them over the previous day.
Those e-mails provide link to a free site, www.crimereports.com, that maps crimes and tracks when they occur. The site also provides up-to-date information about where sex offenders live, along with offender photos.
“This website will give Utahns an important tool to learn if their neighborhood is safe. A better informed public will also help individual neighborhoods work with law enforcement to tackle crime problems,” says Speaker of the House Greg Curtis.
Sadly, the site will not be comprehensive, according to a press release from the state’s attorney general:
CrimeReports.com has 38 different law enforcement agencies signed up for the program and hopes to have all agencies on board during the first year of service. Local agencies will still have the ability to control the data that is released to the web site.
Washington, D.C., San Jose, California and several other cities are already using the Web site. Utah will be the largest geographic area ever to use the service.
There’s also a similar service here in Dallas, which Victor wrote about last month.
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