City Police Launch Clickable Map

The City of London Police have proudly announced a new clickable map that shows you the wards of the City, with useful information such as what landmarks are in the particular ward and contact details for local community policing.

Sound good? Well, don’t bother with it if you want real information about policing. The contact details for ward by ward local policing appears to give the same phone number and email address for every ward.

As a policing tool, I’m struggling to see the point. As a clickable tourist information guide to local landmarks, it’s great – but is that really what the police should be producing?  More useful, I think, is the crime map which lets you move around the City and see local crime figures for this year and last year.