Speaking of security…
A friend just introduced me to the Boston Police blog. I shouldn’t have been so surprised to discover they have one, nor that my friends subscribes to it. But I was. It contains daily incidents, preliminary statistics, and the kind of press releases newspapers use for local interest stories. It contains just the facts. No real interpretation or evaluation, but that’s not the job of the police anyway.
This is a great way to make this information available to residents, and anyone interested in this kind of information.
Now, if they only would include a link to the folks who write it. Entries are posted by “media relations” and I’m sure that multiple people have responsibilities here. But if they’re going to the trouble to share this much information with us, why not go all the way. As with community police officers, we like to know who’s watching our back.