SpotCrime Data Now on DirecTV

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Now you can get hyper-local crime data on your television if you have DirecTV. SpotCrime has just launched an app delivering near real time crime data to your television with a few clicks of the remote.

The application provides a crime listing of incidents in your area and a map of those incidents.

Click on the image below to see instruction on adding the app to your DirecTV box:


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