SpotCrime - The Public's Crime Map

Grand Prairie, Texas is a city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The population was 153,812 as of 2006 and the town has been a center of the aviation and defense industry since World War II. SpotCrime is proud to feature up to date information from Grand Prairie on our maps. Please click on the following link to see a fully interactive crime map. http://spotcrime.com/tx/grand prairie As always, SpotCrime provides free crime alerts by email and text messages. Know your neighborhood with SpotCrime.com

10.27.09, 10:09 AM EDT Can Colin Drane create the AccuWeather of criminal data? Colin Drane recalls an odd crime spree that unfolded near his home in Baltimore a few years ago: Neighbors' copper downspouts were suddenly disappearing. As the thefts grew, he reasoned that if his neighbors could see a map denoting exactly where the gutter bandits were operating, preventive action could be taken. Drane awoke one morning with the idea of using his car's global positioning system as a model--until he discovered that it, too, had been stolen. Since then, Drane, an informercial marketer and inventor of products like the Trunkanizer (organizes groceries in your trunk) and the Invisilift (enhances a woman's bustline) has watched his most successful invention, SpotCrime, rocket to success. The self-financed venture, which has cost him $800,000 to launch, places widgets and ticker feeds of crime data on the Web sites of 90 television news stations in the U.S., Canada and U.K. The digit...

Beginning with a bank robbery on May 22nd 2009, Palm Beach County has been plagued by a serial bank robbery nicknamed "The Withdrawal Bandit" by the press. According to sources at banks that have been struck by the robber the suspect seems to display no signs of nervousness. The suspect's weapon of choice happens to be a withdrawal slip. Many of the bank employees who have dealt with the robber haven't suspected that they are being robbed until the suspect informs them. Currently the Sheriff's Office has yet to receive any tips from the public regarding the bandit; which is surprising as the thief makes no attempt to hide his face. You can find these robberies on our SpotCrime maps here: Withdrawal Bandit Crime Listing Here is a map of the robberies: If you have any information on this case please contact the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.

Baltimore, MD October 22, 2009 -- Baltimore-based SpotCrime, the largest independent data and news company mapping crime worldwide, has signed a major partnership agreement with Minneapolis/St. Paul's KSTP-TV, the flagship television station of Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation. This is the second major deal SpotCrime has signed this week. Earlier in the week, SpotCrime announced that it had signed an agreement with Nexstar Broadcasting to provide local crime data to KAMR, Nexstar's NBC television affiliate in Amarillo, Texas. Under the new partnership, SpotCrime will map crime data for KSTP-TV 5 Eyewitness News. KSTP has a long history of innovation. It was the first television station to sign on the air in the upper Midwest, and the first TV station in the U.S. to broadcast in color, broadcast a seven-day schedule, and use remote satellite reports inside newscasts. Other Hubbard Broadcasting (HBI) television stations in Minnesota include KSTC-TV, KSAX-TV, KRWF-TV, WDIO-TV, WIR...

From Rocky Mount PD http://www.rockymountnc.gov/ police/epolicing.html Every business owner, manager and employee plays a part in making businesses safe. Here are some things you can do to help prevent robbery and assist the police department in an investigation: ü Have at least two employees open and close the business. ü Do not release personal information to strangers. ü Keep purses and personal valuables locked in desks or lockers. ü Install an alarm system. ü Place a surveillance camera behind the cash register facing the front counter. Replace videotapes regularly. ü Vary times and routes of travel for bank deposits. ü Do not use marked "moneybags" that make it obvious to would-be robbers you are carrying money for deposit. ü Keep a low balance in the cash register. ü Do not discuss how much money your business makes openly. ü Place excess money in a safe or deposit it as s...

Safety on the Street and Other Places when Walking Let someone know where you are going and when you expect to return. Walk with a friend, family member or group. Walk with confidence and know where you are going. Be alert. Make eye contact with people you pass. Watch your surroundings. Leave any places in which you are uncomfortable. Be especially alert for suspicious persons around banks, Automated Teller Machines, stores, your home, etc. Cross the street if you see someone suspicious following you. Walk into an open business and call the police if you see anyone acting suspicious or following you. Do not go home. Do not go out alone at night, venture into unfamiliar or dark places, take shortcuts, talk to or accept rides with strangers, or hitch rides. Do not walk alone in a park after closing hours. Do not walk in or near alleys, on deserted streets, near dark doorways or shrubbery. Do not walk closely by vehicl...

SpotCrime Inks Deal with Nexstar Broadcasting | Reuters : "Baltimore-Based Crime Mapping Service Partnering with 60 Media Companies BALTIMORE--(Business Wire)-- Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. has signed a partnership deal with Baltimore-based SpotCrime, the largest independent data and news company mapping crime worldwide. Under the new agreement, SpotCrime initially will provide local crime data to KAMR, Nexstar`s NBC television affiliate in Amarillo, Texas (www.kamr.com and http://myhighplains.com). Nexstar, which is headquartered in Irving, Texas, owns, operates, programs, or provides sales and other services to 54 full-power television stations and nine digital multicast channels in 34 markets nationwide. 'The deal with Nexstar means that SpotCrime is now partnering with more than 70 media outlets in the U.S. to make crime data available,' says SpotCrime Founder and President Colin Drane. SpotCrime recently announced a partnership with Local TV LLC, a broadcast holdi...