First Police Agency Utilizes SpotCrime Open Crime Standard

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We’re happy to announce that the first agency has successfully implemented the SpotCrime Open Crime Standard (SOCS) when creating an open crime data file!

NORCOM (North East King County Regional Public Safety Communication Agency) in Washington state is the dispatch agency for North East King County and includes cities like Kirkland, Bellevue, and Mercer Island.

This area is located just outside of Seattle on the east side of Lake Washington and is in close proximity to branches of companies like Google, IBM, Expedia, Amazon, eBay, and of course Microsoft. Bellevue is even the home of the new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

NORCOM used SOCS as a model to create the data file they send to us in order to map crime for residents. 

We created SOCS because we wanted to make it easier for police agencies to figure out what kind of information and format is best when creating files for the public. Our hope is that this standard will be used nationwide when agencies release data for public consumption. 

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