NOLA Police Department Updates Web Site

The Times-Picayune reports that the New Orleans Police Department has unveiled a new Web site (see the old site here). The site provides weekly criminal reports overlaid on a city map, in addition to providing a form to file reports of minor vandalism and other items not confirmed stolen. Further, the NOPD has been maintaining a Web log on NOLA.com. Excellent. There is no reason that every police and sheriff department in the state should not provide crime maps such as this because the software is available for less than $1,000 and relatively simple to use.

Posted by AJR at June 3, 2003 10:12 PM