Full Notification

Frequently citizens comment they enjoy receiving the information about recent crime and police activity that has occurred within our community via NIXLE alerts. One common question that follows is, “Why don’t you post pictures of the individuals arrested?” The answer is we do. Arrestee photos commonly referred to as “mug shots” are posted at our crime statistics website Citizen Rims. Today, the public is accustomed to being able to look up just about anything on the Internet, which includes government information. There is also the added benefit of saving personnel time by reducing the number of requests for information.

Arrest Information & Mug Shots

You can view an arrest log that displays information about arrestees for the past 30 days. The log displays basic information such as personal data (allowable by statute/law) and the mug shot of the arrestee. Yes, you can see booking photographs and get to know those in our community who are committing crimes.

Follow the below link to visit the site:
http://npd.crimegraphics.com/2013/default.aspx

Other features of the Citizen Rims program

The Citizen RIMS software lets the public view crime data available via the Internet. The idea is to make as much information available to the public in an easy to use and attractive web site.

• Live incident mapping: This shows what’s going on, mapping active calls for service. Clicking on the map icon for an incident displays (limited) data available for the incident. This function also has a feature that lets the user “slide” a control on the screen to move through what occurred at any point in the past 24 hours. For example, news media or citizens can locate an incident that happened earlier in the day. When mapped, an incident location is deliberately blurred to the nearest hundred block level.

• Incident mapping: This is a pin mapping for historical RIMS data with the user picking the date span to be mapped. It is otherwise similar to the Live Incident Mapping function using the same mapping.

• Crime mapping: This is the common crime pin mapping feature where the user picks a date frame and the crime types/categories to be mapped. For RIMS, crime data equates to cases. Clicking on a mapped case icon shows more info about the case.

• Stolen Vehicles: This lists recently stolen vehicles.

• Alerts: This feature lets site visitors subscribe to a free service that emails new incident/crime data on a daily or weekly basis to them. This is a very popular feature that many residents have enjoyed and have commented on receiving these timely updates.

Officers and citizens alike have found features to be amazing. Officers can get real time statistics and information of what happened when they were off duty or on vacation. Citizens have reported using this feature to prevent crimes and make themselves aware of the crimes in their immediate neighborhoods.

The department has incorporated a wide variety of fields as part of the mapping feature. Please take a few minutes and play with the multiple tabs and crime types. By limiting the crimes or calls for service you can search a broader range of dates and really see what is happening in your neighborhood.

Again the link to the site is located at:
http://npd.crimegraphics.com/2013/default.aspx

The link can also be located on the Newark Police Department’s web page at:
http://www.newark.org/departments/police/.