Crime Control and Halloween in San Jose

FREMONT,US: With National Crime Prevention Month coming to a close and Halloween just around the corner, Logitech announced a collaboration with CrimeReports.com that will enable the registration of Logitech Alert digital video security cameras within its new Neighborhood Central crime prevention service.

The company says in a press release, "Logitech Alert is the easy-to-setup, easy-to-use, complete HD digital video security system that lets you keep an eye on what matters most anytime, anywhere, on your PC or smartphone. Neighborhood Central — introduced as a beta in August by the leading provider of online crime mapping, CrimeReports.com — is a free, online service that seamlessly connects community members and law enforcement in an effort to help prevent and decrease crime."

Neighborhood Central leverages a hyper-local, social approach to community involvement — connecting community groups, businesses, and law enforcement through platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as community outreach and crime prevention tools such as Logitech Alert.

"Through Neighborhood Central you can communicate with friends and neighbors, organize and chat with neighborhood groups, share information directly with other residents, view incident-level crime information in near real time, combine resources with a map that indicates the location of other Logitech Alert systems, and communicate with local law enforcement. This is the first phase of an ongoing collaboration that is expected to bring about further integration between Logitech Alert and Neighborhood Central."

More than 1,000 communities nationwide are already participating in CrimeReports, and San Jose, Calif., is one of the first cities to support the use of Neighborhood Central and Logitech Alert for both its police department and residents.

“We are excited to be the first law enforcement agency to support this exciting new technology, which allows community members to participate in proactive public safety at whatever level they choose,” said Rob Davis, chief of police, San Jose, Calif. “Vigilant community members are one of our most important and effective allies in preventing and fighting crime. By applying these innovative uses of technology from CrimeReports.com and Logitech, San Jose's residents will be able to work with law enforcement officers and with one another to share information in the online and social spaces they use already each day in a quick, easy and effective manner.”