Take Action: LAPD Removed Crime Location Data. Here's Why It Matters
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June 03, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
throawayonthe
sounds like a positive spotcrime.com seems to be one of those sensationalist media spreading paranoia. there are so many people wrongly believing cities to be dangerous, per-neighbourhood tracking can not be helping people's fears
ripberge
I just tried this site on my phone and it has an extremely ad invasive experience. Is this how the citizen app also gets its data?
anonymousiam
So the letter provides a list of five contacts for complaints about the policy. Notably missing from the list is Mayor Karen Bass, who may herself have had something to do with the policy change.