Did you know there is a service that will tell you all the different crimes near your address for the week? The site is located at www.crimereports.com. Last I heard it was not available everywhere, but it’s definitely available for Gilroy, CA 95020. If you’re not from Gilroy, try it and see if there’s any coverage for your town.
For instance, did you know there were 8 reports of Breaking & Entering within 5 or so miles of my house (I think the sensitivity is set to 5 miles, but it might be 2 miles or something). In fact, it told me there was a residential burglary ON MY BLOCK at 3pm on 7/15/09. It gives me a heads-up when there’s been a lot of car break-ins in my area and gives me good incentive to make sure I don’t leave anything tempting in my car and make sure it’s locked.
Sometimes it’s a bummer to know all the bad things that are going on near you, but this isn’t some show on television - this is real real life within just a couple miles of you. Forewarned is forearmed.
