Chicago homocides outnumbered those in war-torn Kabul this year, according to the Huffington Post. With such dire circumstances, law enforcement and administration officials are scrambling, desperate for solutions.
The city has long been plagued with corruption and back-door dealings in law enforcement and politics, but current Mayor Rahm Emanuel is making efforts to undo decades of damage with more transparent operations, starting with crime statistics.
The City announced that, starting yesterday, it will make available millions of crime reports dating back to 2001 in an online searchable database.
This move is seen by many as a new era of openness and transparency, despite the skepticism of many critics. It comes on the tails of a new practice of posting salaries of city employees, contracts, and lobbying details online (with more information on the way in coming months).
Many agencies nationwide utilize third-party reporting companies to map their data over a limited period of time, however none of the online reports or maps are nearly as comprehensive as what Chicago is developing and deploying. Kudos.
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