Brief

Currently, Portland residents can only view up to 100 police calls that have happened within the past 24 hours. This website would allow users to view and search all police calls within the database from its inception.

The target audience of the website is Portland-area adults and anyone who would like to be more aware of any criminal activity happening in their area. Users will use the site initially via their desktops (see Phase I, below), then have the ability to view through a more mobile-friendly interface in Phase II (see below).

Another target ‘audience’ is the Portland Police Bureau itself. Phase III of the project would save the bureau money in several ways:

0. By allowing users to purchase police reports online, effectively eliminating the person hours involved tracking down hard copies of police reports.

1. By providing the Bureau with a database to populate with reports, so that officers can file their reports via an easy web-based interface.

The look and feel of the site should have a warmer feel than the current Bureau site. Searching for criminal activity may cause some anxiety in the user, and the interface doesn’t need to add to that. At this point, we’re exploring different sites to see what look and feel is best.

I currently don’t own the domain, but could purchase one, if necessary. Publicity for the site will happen via online social media, direct contact with the bureau and other local agencies, and word-of-mouth.

Here are the projected phases of the project:

##Phase I## Basic website emulating what current bureau website does now, but storing information. Dynamic interface that essentially uses only two pages: the home page and a search result page.

Improvements over current bureau page:

• Stores police calls into db so that more than the previous 100/24hrs can be viewed.
• Searchable information by date so that any date span can be entered.
• Dynamic connection between mapping flag and full police call information, where clicking on flag brings the browser to the item on the list. Might have function to link back to map, too.
• Provide link to bureau website to “file a police report”
• Prettier interface

##Phase II## Would integrate the following upgrades:

• Integrate a search by street name field into the search function to allow people to hone in more closely on their desired police calls.
• Provide a mobile-friendly version of the site.
• Provide a link/information within each call listing to “purchase/get police report on this call.” Link would

##Phase III## Would integrate the following upgrades:

• Provide account/signin and online store for users to access and purchase reports.