He said the aim is to achieve consistency across OCSD’s cities and departments in the type and amount of information that is released. Ferguson wrote that the department has “received complaints that too much information has been provided in the past,” and that OCSD wants to be transparent in the types of calls they respond to, while also balancing that transparency with victims’ and witnesses’ confidentiality. Andy Ferguson to department personnel, various reasons were listed for the switch from blotter summaries to the interactive crime map. The new software, called Crime Mapping, will provide residents with the same information the current blotter does-type of call date, time and approximate location. In lieu of the detailed blotter entries, OCSD officials have announced that a transition to an interactive crime map is in the works.
The only change is that viewers are no longer able to click “read” on the far right column and access detailed information about each call. Residents can still access the sheriff’s blotter at OCSD’s website and view the type of calls the department is responding to, as well as the date, time and location of each call. On June 12, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department officially stopped including detailed summaries for each of its sheriff’s blotter entries, a move that will change the way residents and reporters gather information about recent crimes or calls for service in their communities.
Department to switch to interactive crime map in the next few months
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