Steven...this is truly a useful tool! How can this technology be added to the city's website for use by all residents in each ward? I'm continually impressed by you and all your efforts.

Too bad I don't live there anymore but still...excellent job!!

JCinsomniac-

You got it right, that is the proper link. It loads slowly at first (which we are working on) but it works well and quickly once it is up.

I am glad you will find it useful
Steve

Thanks so much, Steven!

One quick thing though, the Map for Ward Awareness button is linking to freality.org/maps which doesn't seem to load.

EDIT: Never mind. It took a while, but it eventually loaded. Thanks again

Absolutely pleased, Steve! Thanks for informing us.

I looked into this a while back, made some calls, and came to the decision that transparency just doesn't exist when it comes to crimefighting. See the original post:

http://jclist.com/modules/newbb/viewt ... 7&forum=10#forumpost10977

I'd love to see this info made available regularly. Thanks for your efforts, Steve!

Please read crime mapping info for ward e

As one of nine council people I don?t have direct say over policing matters, although I will say that I feel fortunate that we have a hard working team in the east district and Captain McDonough who is very hands on in attending community groups and forthcoming with information.

While I don?t personally have the ability to move police officers or policing activity/schedules I have taken the approach with some help on the technology front from friends to try and use mapping software to make sure that people in ward "e" are fully in the loop as to trouble areas. My personal goal with this is to create more awareness, which in my view will hopefully lead to more safety and help our residents/neighborhood watch groups.

If you find this helpful I will continue to work to have it done for you every month and continue trying to create as much transparency as possible to activities in our ward, to focus on awareness, and hopefully move us forward

Directions
1) www.Stevenfulop.com
2) Click on Ward awareness button on bottom of the screen
3) Click on an number on the right side of page to grid crime map appropriately

I would be remiss if I didn't write a special thanks to Pablo and Jeff for helping with this project