iPhone Application Helps Track Crime | NBC New York

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iPhone Application Helps Track Crime | NBC New York: "There's an iPhone application for just about everything -- and now there's even one that will give you the lowdown on crime in your neighborhood.

The Spotcrime.com application costs just $1.99 and is described by its developer as a 'mobile police blotter that geo-locates users, scours cop reports, blogs and newspapers for recent criminal activity and then sends out a feed customized to a two mile radius surrounding each registered user's addresses.'"

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