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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Farmers Branch Police make crime data available online

By Pegasus News wire

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FARMERS BRANCH — The Farmers Branch Police Department has joined several other Texas cities, along with communities across the nation, in subscribing to a web-based service that plots crime occurrences in their jurisdictions.

Crimereports.com retrieves data on a daily basis from a police database and plots crime occurrences onto a Google map. “The interactive map is current, easy to use and best of all it is free to the public,” said Farmers Branch Police Chief Sid Fuller. “The site will also allow the public to receive ‘Crime Alerts’ via e-mail should they wish to be notified of crimes committed in a specific area of the city.

"Farmers Branch citizens can now use the power of the Internet to educate themselves about what is occurring in their neighborhoods," Chief Fuller explained. “This enables our citizens to better assist the police department in their efforts to keep Farmers Branch safe. Awareness is a powerful tool against crime, we cannot do it [combat crime] without our community’s help.”

The public can access this website or click on the link from the Farmers Branch Police Department page on the City of Farmers Branch website.

Source: city of Farmers Branch

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