The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has apparently stopped updating the public about crime via Crimereports.com.
The online system, which allows residents to view maps indicating what crimes have been reported in a selected area, has been hailed by community members and officials alike as a way to keep the public informed about the activities of the sheriff’s department and state of crime in their own neighborhoods.
After many months of consistent data, which officials explain is sent automatically from station computers to the Crimereports.com servers, the information has dried up.
A search of Crimereports.com over the past seven days indicated not a single call for service or reported crime in areas patrolled by the sheriff’s department.
Other police agencies who make use of Crimereports.com continue to be updated as usual.
No information about the change was available late Wednesday, and it was not clear if the data is being omitted intentionally or because of technical problems.
I believe SpotCrime is still getting data. http://spotcrime.com/ca/los+angeles+county
However, we’d like to see LA make their data public again.
The optimal solution is for the agency to make the data fully public to everyone and not pick a preferred distributor. Right now the only entity getting direct access to LA data is the LA Times.
It seems that in a democracy, all news organizations should get equal, timely and unfettered access to data.
Colin Drane
Founder
SpotCrime.com
MyLocalCrime.com
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