The Los Angeles Police Department is no longer publishing criminal map records, despite having released information about local crimes for over two decades. Other law enforcement agencies within L.A. County continue to update these records, while the LAPD has decided to withhold criminal data information from the public.
On the Crime Mapping and COMPSTAT website, the public can view reported crime incidents across all L.A. County police departments — except for the LAPD.
“I guess my first thought is: ‘Why? and Who’s that helping?,” Lola Makanjuola, a freshman studying game design, said. “I think the public has a right to know about what’s going on around them — I mean, we live here, we deserve a right to know.”…