submitted by Deputy Cocha Heyden
Public Information Officer
Douglas County Sheriff ‘s Office
303-660-7586

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Launches On-line Crime Alerting and Mapping Service with CrimeReports.com Citizens empowered with near real-time neighborhood crime information available 24/7/365.

Douglas County, Castle Rock CO. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and CrimeReports.com have announced a new On-line Crime Alerting and Mapping Service that provides easy to read incident crime maps and automated alerts to the citizens of unincorporated Douglas County, to include the City of Castle Pines North and the Town of Larkspur. The service, located at www.crimereports.com or directly from the Sheriff’s Office Web site, www.dcsheriff.net, provides neighborhood crime data in near real-time and is available now.

The CrimeReports service is free to the public and allows citizens to receive automatic daily, weekly or monthly email alerts if/when crimes occur near their home, office, local school, etc. Citizens can also view reported crime activity on an easy to use map for any location within the City of Castle Pines North, the Town of Larkspur and unincorporated Douglas County boundaries. Crime incident data is updated nightly and includes:

Incident type
Date
Location
Distance from citizen’s address
Event identification/case number
Brief crime incident description

“CrimeReports.com will prove particularly valuable to those in the community who want to stay informed about what is going on in their neighborhoods and empower citizens to work with the police department to address neighborhood crime issues.” said Sheriff David A. Weaver.

“By participating in CrimeReports.com, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is demonstrating its commitment to service and safety by making crime information available to the citizens of Douglas County,” said Greg Whisenant, co-founder and CEO of Public Engines, which makes the CrimeReports.com application. “Sheriff Weaver and the Sheriff’s Office staff are forward-looking, providing timely, location specific information to the public when they need it” he said.

The CrimeReports service is an ideal implementation of the Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM), the authorized data sharing protocol developed and supported by the United States Department of Justice (USDOJ). Using GJXDM as the underlying technology gives the application much more versatility and flexibility. For example, if adjacent law enforcement agencies choose to integrate with the service, side by side data will be readily available for both alerting and analytics. It will also allow for additional integration at the regional, state and even national level.

About CrimeReports.com

CrimeReports.com provides law enforcement agencies with an affordable and easy-to-use Web-based service that lets them share up-to-date neighborhood crime data with the public. Community members can then access this information for free, empowering them to make informed decisions to help improve the safety of their families, friends, property and the community at large. For more information, please visit www.CrimeReports.com.