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Crime Awareness in Your Neighborhood |
Just how safe is your neighborhood? You may be very surprised to find out what recent crimes
have been committed in close vicinity to your home or business. Awareness of criminal trends and activity in
your neighborhood can be very helpful. Knowing incident details like the location, type of crime, and time of day
can help you prepare for and prevent the same from happening to you. Check out the CrimeReports.com section below
for more information about this free service.
If you have children, it may be good idea for you to be aware of registered sex offenders that live nearby.
Scroll to the bottom to learn more about accessing the Megan's Law database. |
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Interactive Map of Recent Criminal Activity in Your Neighborhood
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CrimeReports.com is a website that partners with local
law enforcement agencies to provide a version of Google Maps overlayed with police incident information. The website is
free to use and has a number of nifty features which make it one of the coolest community awareness
websites we've seen. Data for the map is updated every night,
so you could possibly see incidents reports that are only hours old. Users can filter the displayed icons
by age and type. For instance, you can choose to only see robbery and theft incidents that have occurred over the last 3 days.
There's also a free service whereby you can receive email alerts when a crime is reported within a certain distance of
your address. The number of participating police departments is growing nation wide.
To date in the Bay Area, you can see incidents covering the greater San Jose Metro Area,
Fremont,
Los Gatos,
Saratoga,
and all the way up the Highway 101 corridor to
Palo Alto.
Click here to see more California participating police agencies or check another state. |
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Megan's Law:
Do You Live Near a Registered Sex Offender? |
Pursuant to Megan's Law, the California
Department of Justice maintains a database of registered sex offenders
that citizens may search by name, address, city, zip code, county or distance from a school. Search results can be in the form
of a map or listing. Once an individual offender is selected, you may see their picture, offenses they've committed, and quite
a bit of additional information. For about two-thirds of the listings, the current known address is listed and can be displayed
on a map. Before searching the database, please take the time read the disclaimer and terms and conditions.
Anyone who uses the database information to commit a crime or to harass an offender or his or her family is
subject to criminal prosecution and civil liability.
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Enter the Official California Megan's Law Site
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