Public Records Free Directory Blog

CrimeReports.com is a free website that obtains police report information and overlays it onto maps so that users may view arrests and police calls in in specific areas.  This site relies mainly on police departments paying this site to have their information extracted and published online, although it also includes information from other police departments that post their own information.  Many support this type of information being made available to not only provide transparency in police activities but to also provide information that fellow neighbors may use to protect themselves.  Others dislike this information being so readily available - for instance those with domestic incidents that they would rather not have their neighbors know about.

The site does have a downside in that some information is not user friendly. Some of the information is in police jargon and thus is not apparent what the incidents truly indicate. The site owner is hoping to improve this in the future by including more narrative descriptions from the police reports.