In an effort to disseminate crime information to residents more quickly, this morning Chief Booker announced that the city of Decatur has joined the website CrimeReports.com, which maps various crimes around the city.  According to Chief Booker, the site will be updated every night, so the data is very up-to-date.

CrimeReports also allows you to sign up for daily/weekly/monthly email alerts on self-selected crimes in your area.

This should be a great new resource for Decatur residents.  Hopefully it won’t make people completely neurotic.

Ah, the double-edge sword of information.

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