I subscribe to Crime Alerts even though I have full access to the immense information resources at the Lincoln Police Department. Its just a very easy way to keep informed about petty crime in my own neighborhood that I might miss due to the sheer volume of activity in the City otherwise. Sign up for a crime alert, and when a police incident report on most common kinds of crimes (like theft, burglary, vandalism, assault) hits the database, you'll get an automatic email with a short blurb about the case. Last time I checked, we had around 12,000 people subscribed to Crime Alerts in Lincoln.
In selecting the area for which you wish to receive alerts, you can pick from several distances ranging from two miles to 500 feet. I picked a distance of half a mile from my residence. This gives me the information I want, but prevents my email from getting flooded with alerts about crimes at businesses on the arterial streets bordering my subdivision. The choice of distance is really determined on what's in the neighborhood, and how many alerts you are willing to tolerate. I probably average 2-3 per month. If I was closer to a busy retail area, or in a more densely populated neighborhood, I would throttle the distance back to two-tenths of a mile or even 500 ft., which is about a block and a half.
A Crime Alert concerning a larceny was in my inbox yesterday morning. The blurb in the email, reporting the theft of a rock, was enough to pique my curiosity and look for more details in the police records.
Well, that explains it. This is no ordinary rock, it's one of those laser-engraved monuments to Nebraska Football. I'll be on the lookout for the rock lifted from my own neighborhood. Don't think they come with a serial number, though.
5 comments:
I've subscribed to crime alert for some time, and really appreciate it. When I moved across town 3 years ago I was glad to see a big drop in the reports. We did have an apt. house a few blocks away that had a lot of reports, but the landlord must have cleaned house, as we haven't had any from there in almost a year. A good way to keep on top of what's happening.
I like the crime alert app, but it would be nice to get exact addresses instead of just which block the crime occurred. Also, the abbreviations are a bit cryptic sometimes.
So I do an Internet search for 'Pirate rock' and this is what I get.... Stupid Google.
Arrrrg!!!!
You should be excited! That looks like an overhead view of an island, probably with buried treasure!
ARRRRG!!!!,
That's my favorite comment from you in a long time--right up there with the pirate keyboard.
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