Municipal NEWS – July 2010
City of Barnwell Police Department Joins the National Crime Map
by Chief Todd Gantt
Have you ever seen flashing blue lights in your neighborhood and wanted to know what was going on? Do you want to find out how safe your neighborhood really is? Now you can, through a new partnership between the City of Barnwell Police Department and CrimeReports, creators of the National Crime Map, at www.CrimeReports.com.
Providing reliable, timely information to our citizens is one of our top priorities, and partnering with CrimeReports gives us the ability to keep the public informed on a regular basis as to what is going on in the community. The public can access the crime map 24 hours a day through the city website, CrimeReports website or through the CrimeReports iPhone app, available for free download in the Apple iTunes store. The new service even lets local citizens sign up for free customizable email alerts, so they can stay on top of crime in their neighborhood. Information is power, and we hope that giving the community this information will help them prevent crime in their neighborhoods.
Greg Whisenant, founder and CEO of CrimeReports states that police departments like the City of Barnwell Police Department are leaders in law enforcement innovation and that they are demonstrating their commitment to the community, to proactive policing, and fiscal responsibility.
Barnwell Police Department is joining a list of nearly 800 other law enforcement agencies of all sizes across North America who are sharing their crime information with the public through the map, like Baltimore, Boston, San Jose, San Francisco, Portland, Washington D.C., Los Angeles County, and more.
You can access your local crime map and sign up for daily, weekly, or monthly email crime alerts at www.CrimeReports.com or at the City of Barnwell website, Police Department page: http://cityofbarnwell.com/departments/police/CrimeReports.aspx
Working with nearly 800 law enforcement agencies across North America, CrimeReports is the largest and most accurate online resource for up-to-date crime information. CrimeReports services are offered by Public Engines, Inc. For more information, visit www.CrimeReports.com.