15-041 Sheriff’s Office and Pinellas County Launch New And Improved ‘Crime Viewer’ Website

Who:
Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
Support Services Bureau
-Information Technology Services

Pinellas County Government
-Business Technology Services (BTS)

Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office provides data for unincorporated areas and its contract cities of:
Belleair Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Shore, Dunedin, Indian Rocks Beach, Madeira Beach, North Redington Beach, Oldsmar, Redington Beach, Safety Harbor, Seminole, South Pasadena, St. Pete Beach

The Sheriff’s office also provides data for:
Belleair Police Department
Clearwater Police Department

Other data contributors:
Gulfport Police Department
Kenneth City Police Department
Indian Shores Police Department
Largo Police Department
Pinellas County Schools Police Department
Pinellas Park Police Department
St. Petersburg Police Department 
Treasure Island Police Department

What:  
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and Pinellas County Government have launched a new and improved ‘Crime Viewer’ website. The website, developed through a cooperative effort between the Sheriff’s Office and County BTS, is a mapping program designed to assist citizens in gathering information about crime in their community.

Where:  
‘Crime Viewer’ can be found at www.pinellascounty.org/crimeviewer

When:
The new ‘Crime Viewer’ website is currently available for the public’s use.

How/Why:  
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and Pinellas County Government have launched a new and improved ‘Crime Viewer’ website. The website, developed through a cooperative effort between the Sheriff’s Office and County BTS, is a mapping program designed to assist citizens in gathering information about crime in their community.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office and other municipal police departments have partnered to contribute crime data for the new and improved mapping program. Once on the website, citizens are able to enter their address, city or zip code to view the various types of crime in that specific area.

Search filters are in place to allow users to narrow down their search by specific crime type, such as burglary, assault, robbery, theft and vandalism. Users are also able to search by agency and date of occurrence. Search buffers allow citizens to search within a .5 mile to 3 mile radius of their community. Search results are able to be viewed on the map itself or exported for citizen’s use.

‘Crime Viewer’ also works on mobile devices in order to maximize usability.  An email notification feature is also available for users, by simply entering an email address after searching a specific location.

For further questions please call the Sheriff’s Office Public Information Office at (727) 582-6221.