Friday, October 10. 2008

SpotCrime.com UCrime.com Founder Learns About Data Sharing

Actually, Colin Drane who founded both sites is learning about lack of sharing. His own home town police department, Charlottesville, VA, which shares local crime data with newspapers, won't share it with him for SpotCrime. Why? He notes it's because his site is ad-driven. Most local papers also run ads both in print and online, including the one that ran this story he points out.

There's actually a federal law requiring colleges and university's that receive federal funding to share crime information. It appeared after a Lehigh student was raped in 1986.

- The Hook

Posted by Adena Schutzberg at 06:00 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

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