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Victoria police offering crime mapping tool

Victoria police say that by giving residents tools to see crime trends in their neighbourhoods, people will better protect themselves.

On Thursday, VicPD launched a crime mapping tool called Crime Reports. It takes police files and plots the type of call on a map.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 an aid and itB次元官网网址檚 something that can assist people in making decisions,B次元官网网址 said VicPD Insp. Clark Russell, officer in charge of crime prevention.

B次元官网网址淧art of this is to encourage people to be more engaged and everyone likes a visual thing.B次元官网网址

Crime mapping isnB次元官网网址檛 new, but VicPD is the first in B.C. and the sixth in Canada to sign on with Crime Reports.

From VicPDB次元官网网址檚 website (www.vicpd.ca), people can link to the by clicking the graphic on the homepage or through the Public Information drop-down menu.

On the Crime Reports site, users can enter their home or work address, or a childB次元官网网址檚 school address. The map tools toggle date ranges (three, seven, 14 or 30 days), incident layers (robberies, assaults, thefts from vehicles, proactive policing) and eventually map layers.

Map layers doesnB次元官网网址檛 currently work, but is meant to allow users to click on specific neighbourhoods and form groups with which they can chat about crime issues.

People can also add anonymous tips about crimes, that go directly to Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers.

Some kinds of crimes arenB次元官网网址檛 shown, including domestic disputes and sexual offences B次元官网网址 to keep victims of those crimes anonymous, said Sgt. Grant Hamilton.

Also, some categories of crime arenB次元官网网址檛 specific enough for VictoriaB次元官网网址檚 needs, said Hervey Simard, VicPDB次元官网网址檚 manager of information technology.

For example, thereB次元官网网址檚 no button to see where graffiti has popped up and no way to track indecent acts, such as recent reports of a man masturbating at bus stops.

Finally, the Crime Reports tool has a survey where users can provide VicPD feedback on the mapB次元官网网址檚 usefulness. The link to the survey opens upon clicking a mapped icon.

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