Invite your local police department!

In addition to users posting crimes, PostaCrime also relies on local police department report information to populate our database. Many of you have emailed us asking us to send an invitation to your local police departments asking them to participate in PostaCrime.com, which has been successful (Thank you!). We're working with several as we speak to begin providing data.

We've created a simple form making this process a bit more automated, we invite you to fill it out and we'll contact your local departments and get them involved. The result is a win win, the department is able to communicate information to the citizens they represent at no cost and you benefit by having the information made available to you!

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PostaCrime.com Google Mapplet Released

It's official, we've released the PostaCrime.com mapplet for Google Maps. After following the steps below to add the PAC mapplet to your Google Maps, you can type in any zip code or address and see the crime results within the Google Map interface. You can also couple the PAC crime results with other useful mapplets like:

• Web Cams


• Real Estate (Check the neighborhood for crime before you buy)


• Gas Prices

Here's how to add the PostaCrime mapplet into your Google Maps account:

1. Log into your Google account.
2. Go to Google Maps and click on the My Maps tab.
3. Then click browse the directory.
4. Type in Crime in the search box and you'll see the PostaCrime.com mapplet.
5. Click on PostaCrime.com.
6. Click Add it to Maps.
7. You have now successfully added the PostaCrime mapplet to your Google maps. You can now search for crime by typing in an address or zip code and see the results on the left hand side and on the Google map.

If you type a zip code and nothing comes up, don't worry, we don't have information in our database yet for that location. In addition to you and our users uploading crime information, we're working with Police Departments to add their information to PostaCrime.com. If you want to help us please send a letter or email to your local police department and ask them to participate in PostaCrime.com!

Have fun with the mapplet!