Neighborhood Watch By Web

By using the Internet, local police departments are able to communicate with the community much more effectively.

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May 5, 2003, 1:00 PM PDT

"Police and sheriffs departments from Florida to Washington State are discovering that ordinary citizens by the thousands seem eager to team with police in fighting crime - provided their partnership is geared around e-mails and Web pages... Knapp likes his system's ability to target specific neighborhoods about specific problems. If bicycles are being stolen from Elm Street between 1st and 3rd Avenues, E-lerts go out to residents of the affected blocks."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: New police tool: Neighborhood watch by Web

Monday, May 5, 2003 in The Christian Science Monitor

Community / Economic Development United States

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