What crime data are open and which aren't? In Torrance, Ca., an online crime map omits rapes, shoplifting, or officer-involved shootings, the LA Times reports: Launched last year, the city's map promised to use ... Read More

Officials in one California city, faced with reporters and editors who have refused to run a list of people accused of driving drunk, have decided to publish the list themselves — on Facebook. Faced with a local ... Read More