COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. – A new virtual reporting platform has been launched online by the Cottage Grove Police Department, according to police officials. CGPD officials said that they have integrated MyPDConnect which is a virtual policing program that allows citizens to report certain lower-level criminal incidents from a computer or mobile device. The system also allows for photos and videos to be uploaded from those devices, police officials said. Other features include ‘heat maps’ that populate in real time to help police track activity trends in the community and provide data that helps the department deploy officers to locations where they can be most effective, police said.