Crime Mapping Now Available For East Bay Regional Parks

EAST BAY, CA — The East Bay Regional Park District, which is the largest park system in the nation with 73 parks in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, has launched a new system that makes information about police and fire activity more accessible to the public.

The system includes an interactive webpage with near real-time mapping of public safety activity, including location, date and time, a general description, and outcome. It also allows the public to sign up for daily or weekly email updates with a summary of police and fire activity and links to more information. Email updates are sent out automatically rather than manually by public safety staff, increasing efficiency and allowing staff to focus on other important activities, the Park District said Tuesday.

Most importantly, the new system increases public transparency by making disclosable public safety activity information more accessible, the Park District said.

The crime maps and alerts are provided by Sun Ridge Systems, Inc. - Citizen RIMS and are housed on Crimegraphics.com, which integrates with the Park District’s existing Public Safety Computer Aided Dispatch — or CAD —and Records Management System — or RMS.

Using an easy one-time sign-up process, the public can sign up for email updates. Email addresses are only used to send email updates to subscribers. Visit www.ebparks.org/public-safety/activity and click on the "Sign Up for Alerts" tab at the bottom of the left column.

The Park District noted that to protect privacy, the Crimegraphics.com website does not provide information regarding juvenile offenders, or specific information regarding calls for service that are protected by confidentiality laws or sensitive in nature. The East Bay Regional Park District does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the information contained on the website regarding specific incidents, crimes, or people with respect to the omission of information that may have not yet been filed or is pending filing with a court(s) of jurisdiction relating to criminal offenses.