Tuesday, August 10, 2010

REPORTING CRIME, ONLINE

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These days, reporting crime is only a mouse click away.
More than 200 police departments from California to Massachusetts have installed online crime-reporting systems. “Our ‘online officer’ frees up more [human] officers to be on patrol,” says Robert Friel, a detective with the Aurora (Colo.) Police Department.
Randy Burkhammer of Coplogic Inc., a provider of a software system used by many police departments, counts the 50-plus crowd among online reporting’s biggest fans. Filing is easy, since the system guides users step-by-step. Enter who, when, where and what happened, and click to send.
Online reporting can’t replace a beat cop, but it works for small-scale, nonviolent crimes like theft when there is no identifiable suspect, officials say. It also reduces costs for police departments and saves time when you need to file a police report before sending an insurance claim.
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