Sarasota News Leader
June 21, 2013
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INTERACTIVE CRIME MAPPING TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight has announced that a new mobile version of the interactive crime mapping program is available on
the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office website.
The technology provided through a partnership with Crimemapping.com™ makes it easier for residents to view current incidents in
unincorporated Sarasota County, a news release says. The Sheriff's Office has made the
web-based tool available since 2011, it notes.
Information is updated daily and can be filtered by different crime types or viewed within a chosen radius of a desired address.
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dents also may sign up to be notified about
crimes occurring in a specific radius of an address, the news release points out.
"Making crime data available to the public
through this visual tool is another measure
of transparency," said Knight in the release.
"Crime was down more than 16 percent last
year in Sarasota County, and programs like
this enhance our ability to build a crime prevention partnership with the community
through education and awareness which will
help continue that downward trend."
To download the free new iPhone app, visit
the App store and search for Crimemapping.
com. Then search for an address or use the
"Agencies" button to see crimes reported to
the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, the reTo protect the identity of victims of certain
lease continues.
types of crimes, reports of child abuse, sexThe web-based program may be accessed ual assaults, exploitation of the elderly and
from the agency website, www.SarasotaSher- stalking will not be included in the material
iff.org, under the "Public Interest" tab. Resi- made available, the release adds
