[EnglishJW]

Originally Posted by Northstar

I agree ! !

I also agree.

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Originally Posted by The Mountaineer

As a 43-year newspaper editor, retired in 1996, I can tell you the job of every good newspaper: Hold up a mirror to its community. If it happens, you report it. Crime beats have been a part of newspapers since crimes were committed. The very definition of news is to report the unusual. Unusually good or unusually bad. I would think that those who live in The Villages, permanently or over the winter, would want to know where the crimes are being committed so they know where they need to be more cautious than at other places. No place on earth is perfect, not even the marvelous The Villages. We can't be ostriches.

Mountaineer: I could not agree with you more. I just wish newspaper people all agreed with you.

The Daily Sun is a quick read and anyone who is serious about detailed and in depth news accounts should subscribe to other newspapers.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by tomwed

That looks like a great site, thank-you but.....
I'm having trouble with the site. I'm just trying to see the local crime. Do I need to sign up for email alerts to use the service? I get this message.

"Our advanced crime search is available for subscribed users only. Please signup now! It's free!."

I tried the link again and it did work. It probably worked before too. I just didn't see the results earlier. The crimes are listed below and not on the map with pushpins.

It is interesting. It looks like there is a bit of domestic violence, some petty theft and DUI's.

When my son went to college in Baltimore every now and then I would look up a crime map in his area on a similar site.

I wonder if the local report is current. Do police need to make public all arrests? I won't bother our police but if some reading this is a retired police officer maybe you would know.

I'll bike into Brownwod and ask there. I'll let you know what I find out.

[PTennismom0202]

We buy the Sun and the Orlando Sentinel. We call the former the Good News and the latter the Real News.