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How Crime Mapping Helps to Reduce Crime and Make Communities Safer

Crime mapping has gained significant popularity as a tool for reducing crime rates. By providing greater transparency regarding crime information, police services have been able to improve their relationship with the public. While there were concerns initially about sensitive information being accessible to the public, the benefits of crime mapping have outweighed these concerns. …

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Warrant Wednesday: Effective Policing that Causes a Divide

Two police departments in New Brunswick have been posting the full names and ages of people with outstanding warrants to their Facebook pages. Further information such as fines and jail time the people owe is also sometimes included. This is done on a weekly basis by the Woodstock and Kennebecasis police departments in what …

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