Upper Providence Township Police Department, in partnership with CRIMEWATCH™, announces the release of a new crime mapping and analysis system that brings near real-time transparency to police incident responses.
“Allowing the public access to a crime map with detailed information about crime and criminal activity in their area was long overdue. This is yet another tool that will allow the police department to be transparent with our community. With this new Crime Mapping System, our residents can see street-level views of verified incidents.” – Chief Mark Freeman
CRIMEWATCH™ developed a comprehensive crime mapping and analysis tool that empowers residents to monitor and understand crime activity in their local vicinity. All access is free, and community members can sign up to receive notifications for activity from the police department.
Residents can view the Upper Providence Township Police Department crime map by visiting the department’s CRIMEWATCH web portal here and then clicking the “CRIME MAP” button in the main menu.
Or use this direct link:
https://labs.crimewatch.net/#lat=40.1616&lon=-75.4856&zoom=13&layers=0
While browsing the crime map, viewers can filter by incident type and date. With the map controls, viewers can change the map style, enable heat mapping, view individual incident details, and view in multiple languages.
Beyond the public-facing mapping, additional analysis views are available only to law enforcement users. These services allow the police department to quickly analyze incident data to identify potential crime trends and other patterns found with criminal activity.
Any police department currently on CRIMEWATCH™ can add the advanced mapping and analytics system to their regular CRIMEWATCH program.
“Crime doesn’t occur in a vacuum, the CRIMEWATCH platform is designed to help eliminate barriers to information. The more police departments that participate, the better it gets. We can’t expect the public to keep track of what jurisdiction they are in, what we need to do is just standardize how they get information and how they submit information in response. That’s what we are doing.” - MW Bloom, CEO/Founder CRIMEWATCH™
To Learn more about CRIMEWATCH Technologies, Inc. visit www.crimewatch.net. To find a directory of participating Pennsylvania police departments visit: https://www.crimewatchpa.com/directory