I live 45 minutes outside the western Quebec city of Gatineau, which itself lies just across the river from Canada’s capital city, Ottawa. Yesterday Gatineau’s police service launched a crime map that shows seven categories of crime—arson, assault, break-ins, robbery, theft from a vehicle, theft of a vehicle,*and vandalism. The cops are careful to stress*(media release in French) that the map is for informational purposes only; the data isn’t suitable for data-crunching, and the locations aren’t precise*enough to pinpoint specific buildings.
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