HIGH POINT, N.C. -- A new website will
keep people in High Point informed about their
neighborhoods.
High Point police say it creates one more
place for people to get crime information.
“The website is built on a very simple
basis of a what, where and when,” explained High Point
Police Department Crime Analyst Eleazer Hunt. “It has
three tabs. The what tab gives you a listing of crimes
and you can pick any combination of those crimes or look
at all of them. The where gives you the ability to
select an address and you can look at 100 feet or 1000
feet or a ¼ mile around that address so you’re buffering
the address and then the when is the last 365 days and
you can pick any number between one and 365.”
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Website keeps
community informed about crime
High Point police say it
creates one more place for people to get crime
information.
 
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Hunt says the website is just another
step to making the data they get more accessible to the
public. He says now when something happens in the
community, people can get accurate information almost
instantly.
“Far more efficient,” Hunt continued.
“They can access it any time they want without having to
call anyone. It’s there on their desktop via their
internet browser.”
But it’s not just the police who are
excited about the website.
“Oh I think it's a great idea,” said High
Point resident Kim Caffee. “I mean I think that we all
need to be aware of what's going on around us and be
aware of anything that might be happening so that we can
be on guard.”
Hunt added, “And I think just as the
citizens are going to learn more about the crime in
their neighborhood, the police officers that are
utilizing the information already have learned much more
about what's going on in their beat. Detectives are
utilizing it much more proactively and looking at crimes
they are investigating.”
If you don't have access to the internet,
High Point police say they plan to put three mobile
kiosks around the city, including one in the High Point
Police Department.
Hunt says the department plans to train
neighborhood watch captains in High Point on how to use
the website. They hope those leaders will be able to use
it as a tool to keep their neighborhoods safe.
