Eastern Pike police provide online crime reporting

Near real-time crime information available Matamoras — Neighborhood crime data in near real-time and is available now. The Eastern Pike Regional Police Department is participating in a new online crime alerting and mapping service that provides easy to read incident crime maps and automated alerts to the citizens of Matamoras Borough and Westfall Township. The service, located at the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department’s Web site at http://www.Eprpd.org. “This Crime reporting system will prove particularly valuable to those in the community who want to stay informed about what is going on in their neighborhoods and empower citizens to work with the police department to address neighborhood crime issues,” said Chief Chad Stewart. The Crime Reports service is free to the public and allows citizens to receive automatic daily, weekly or monthly email alerts if/when crimes occur near their home, office, local school, etc. Citizens can also view reported crime activity on an easy to use map for any location within the Eastern Pike Regional Police Department’s boundaries. Crime incident data is updated nightly and includes: •Incident type •Date •Location •Distance from citizen’s address •Event identification/case number •Brief crime incident description For more information go to www.eprpd.org .