Very informative. I honestly and naively had no idea there were this many shootings daily. And I know where i don't want to be traveling through as well. Makes me sad though.
Also glad I might be able to help with missing persons reports and other news that I might not have time to read about in the paper every day.

I'm really happy that the Dig mentioned this site. Information needs to be communicated with the public freely. this site really makes the police department accessible to me, and I have to admit...it is rather addicting.

Very informative. Leave it to the Dig to break the news. Why isn't this publicized?

I read it on the train and excitedly came home to give you the first of your billion new hits, which will probably unfold over the next several days. It's brilliant, because transparency is such an important thing to national security. I like how people can publicly hash out mistakes and take responsibility for them. I'm so glad you decided to have an open, ongoing dialogue with the rest of us!

Please let me know if you need any help updating information somehow. Because there have bee nsome days that the BLOG has not been updated. When i get to work, this is one of the first things I open up too seewhat did happen in the city the night before. Butthe info do not hit the BLOG until late afternoon. Im not knocking this site at all, but keeping it up is very important too me, cause it is detailed to what is going on the the community...

Thanks ALOT and it's a good job you're doing if LA CALI just LAUNCHED there's..

This is a great way to improve public knowledge of the BPD and to get/give news about public safety in Boston. Plus, blogs will run news days or weeks before mainstream media. For example, yesterday, State Senate Samiyah Diaz made detailed propoals to increase funding for Boston police by $3 million to put more cops on the streets. You can check out the proposal at http://www.samiyah4senate.com/press/revandresp06-20-06.pdf Unfortunately, not a single media outlet covered the ideas. Guess new ideas still don't count as news. Thanks for providing a forum on important issues like public safety.

I just saw this in the Dig and had to check it out. A really fantastic idea and a good way of bridging the gap between police and the community the serve.

It's always nice to see the Net used in useful and productive new ways. Thanks for making this information available to the public, and thanks to the good folks over at the Dig for telling all us chumps about it.

This Dig's article also mentioned that you folks were exploring the idea of correlating the data you post here, with Google Maps. I cannot overstate how useful a service this would be. Google Maps has already revolutionized apartment hunting through the service at www.housingmaps.com, and if you can do the same for all our public safety needs, more the better.

Thanks again!

I often wonder what is going on when I hear sirens throughout the night. This is a great resource to keep the public up to date. Why not add events to Google Maps? Easy to do and useful for all sorts of analysis.

I had absolutely no idea this existed! I'm glad it does. Agreed, this is a fantastic idea. Thank you!

Come on, Amicus--that's a bit crass. But if you're going to post it here, then be open to criticism. Personally, I'd say that the proposal looks largely based on moving bail forfeiture money from one place to another, i.e., from the state to the cities. No word on how Diaz would make up for that money being lost from state programs...

Wow. I went straight from reading the Dig to BPDNews.com, and then learned all about the "Aim for Peace" program. Whoever thought up this site deserves a raise.

I wonder if they post everyones comments though, even negative ones. Most blogs don't need a moderators approval for comments...

Thanks for this blog! It's really helpful. And thanks to the Dig for telling me about it.

Feeling safe or not safe in one's neighborhood has a lot to do with knowing what's going on, where it's happening and knowing your neighbors by face and name. I encourage all Bosotn residents to get involved in their Neighborhood Crime Watches, start one if there is not one on your street. Judy Wright at the BPD is the contact person for this. The DIG article has helped get the word out about this great site thanks to Lissa Harris who wrote the article (and special thanks to Sgt. John Daley who helped get the site up and running). Now let's see the residents of Boston use this tool in a positive way! National Night Out is August 1st. Talk to your Community Service Officer or the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services about this important event.

This really did seem too good to be true. Will be subscribing to the Atom feed.

Idiscovered this site through the Dig article. Good stuff here.

Discovered this in The Dig - what a great resource! Wish there were one for Cambridge - I never seem to get neighborhood safety alerts until well after the fact.

I just read the Dig this week, and was surprised to learn that there was a site like this - it's great to keep Bostonians informed and up to date on the latest statistics and reports. Thanks for the site.