The Seattle Police Department launched a new online crime map on Monday to give residents a quick, easy way to see the kinds of crimes committed in their neighborhoods.

The more serious the crime, the quicker it goes live on the map, explained Schrier. The project cost approximately $350,000 to implement, which involved 35 employees, some from the police ...

Seattle deploys a online crime map that provides citizens links to redacted police reports instantly instead of waiting for days for a report. July 05, 2010 • Tina Trenkner.

She has focused on the 168 troublemakers responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime—nearly 3,500 misdemeanors in Seattle over a five-year period, by her office’s estimates.