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Crimereports.com produces online crime maps that locate hot spots Data extracted from police systems – users can get it free

The inspiration for Crimereports.com came a decade ago when Greg Whisenant made the mistake of letting a stranger, who turned out to be a burglar, into his apartment building in Arlington, Va.

At a neighborhood meeting that soon followed, Whisenant was surprised to hear a woman say she had been followed in a parking lot. Whisenant pondered how technology could make a difference.

"Why can’t we have some kind of alert system that would tell me something like that?" he wondered.

A new service on http://www.Crimereports.com, launched last year and expanding nationwide, overlays police reports on maps, so people can view where arrests and other police calls have been made. Users can configure e-mail alerts to notify them of crimes in locations of interest within a day.

Brian Bergstein, Associated Press

Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/02/11/BU2BURV2O.DTL

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