Raise the Hammer

I'd love to see a comparison between wards Ryan. I've always wondered just how much more crime there is in the "Dangerous" areas of town, of if it's all perception.

it seems a little clever for a bot.

but it is still comment spam.

Regardless of how it was posted, its clearly spam and as such should be removed and the IP that registered it should be permanently banned. You have to take a hard line when it comes to board spam.

Trying to think what the best bets are for finding that information other than councillors and the currently-useless city websites.

Perhaps by contacting the crime managers for each sector within each division? (which includes different neighbourhoods?) - even if one or two get back, they may have an idea of where to find that information.

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+1/ http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Comm... http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Comm...

---------------------------- Division 1

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+1/Sector1.htm Crime Manager: Sgt. Jo-Ann Savoie Division 1, Sector 1 jsavoie@hamiltonpolice.on.ca 905-546-5093

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+1/Sector2.htm Crime Manager: Sgt. Tina Potter Division 1, Sector 2 tpotter@hamiltonpolice.on.ca 905-546-5093

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+1/Sector3.htm Crime Manager: Sgt. Ron Hayward Division 1, Sector 3 rhayward@hamiltonpolice.on.ca 905-546-6074

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+1/Sector4.htm Crime Manager: Sgt. Chris Zafirides Division 1, Sector 4 czafirides@hamiltonpolice.on.ca 905-546-6074

---------------------------- Division 2

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+2/Sector1.htm Crime Manager: Sgt. Shawn Blaj Division 2, Sector 1 905-546-2949 sblaj@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+2/Sector2.htm Crime Manager: A/Sgt. John Heide Division 2, Sector 2 905.540.5179 jheide@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+2/Sector3.htm Crime Manager: Sgt. Tim Bower Division 2, Sector 3 905.546.2949 tbower@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+2/Sector4.htm (This was the only page to contain any additional information right on the page, but it was 2007, I believe) Crime Manager: Sgt. Laura Wiltshire Division 2, Sector 4 905.540.5179 lwiltshire@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

---------------------------- Division 3 Division 3 - has several newsletters, etc already linked to

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+3/Sector1.htm Crime Manager: Sgt. Mike Senchyshak Division 3, Sector 1 Beats 3130, 3131, 3132, 3134, 3136, 3137 905-546-2447 msenchyshak@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+3/Sector2.htm Sgt Paul Evans Division 3, Sector 2 Beats 3238, 3239, 3240, 3241 905-540-5142 pevans@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+3/Sector3.htm Sgt David Hennick Division 3, Sector 3 Beats 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345 905-540-2447 dhennick@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+3/Sector4.htm David Hennick is also listed as the sector 4 contact

http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Communities/Division+3/Sector5.htm Crime Manager: Sgt. Mike Senchyshak Division 3, Sector 5 Beats 3551, 3552 905-546-2447 msenchyshak@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

In e-mail form. though I know the formatting will get a little messed up: "Sgt. Jo-Ann Savoie - Division 1, Sector 1" , "Sgt. Tina Potter - Division 1, Sector 2" , "Sgt. Ron Hayward - Division 1, Sector 3" , "Sgt. Chris Zafirides - Divison 1, Sector 4" , "Sgt. Shawn Blaj - Divison 2, Sector 1" , "A/Sgt. John Heide - Division 2, Sector 2" , "Sgt. Tim Bower - Division 2, Sector 3" , "Sgt. Laura wiltshire - Division 2, Sector 4" , "Sgt. Mike Senchyshak - Division 3, Sectors 1 and 5" , "Sgt. Paul Evans - Division 3, Sector 2" , "Sgt. David Hennick - Division 3, Sectors 3 and 4"

Try this again...

"Sgt. Jo-Ann Savoie - Division 1, Sector 1" jsavoie@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. Tina Potter - Division 1, Sector 2" tpotter@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. Ron Hayward - Division 1, Sector 3" rhayward@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. Chris Zafirides - Divison 1, Sector 4" czafirides@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. Shawn Blaj - Divison 2, Sector 1" sblaj@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "A/Sgt. John Heide - Division 2, Sector 2" jheide@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. Tim Bower - Division 2, Sector 3" tbower@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. Laura wiltshire - Division 2, Sector 4" lwiltshire@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. Mike Senchyshak - Division 3, Sectors 1 and 5" msenchyshak@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. Paul Evans - Division 3, Sector 2" pevans@hamiltonpolice.on.ca, "Sgt. David Hennick - Division 3, Sectors 3 and 4" dhennick@hamiltonpolice.on.ca

I sent an email to Sgt. Hayward asking how we can get a hold of the information from the "Down Town" area (Central and Beasley neighbourhoods). I figured I should post that fact here so no one else emails him and we end up bombarding the poor Sargent with emails. What I sent is below and I'll post any response I get from him.

Dear Sgt. Hayward,

My name is Ryan * and I'm currently involved in an online collaboration with other Hamiltonians to compile and present actual crime statistics for the various neighbourhoods in the city. The hope is to provide an accurate, non-biased source of information about crime here in Hamilton. It was started with Ward 1 because Councillor McHattie currently posts the reports submitted by the Crime Manager for West Town on his website, ( http://www.brianmchattie.ca/page2.php?id... ), but unfortunately the information for any other neighbourhoods has not been made easily available to the public and our effort has been stalled. You can see what was done with the Ward 1 data at this link, ( http://raisethehammer.org/blog.asp?id=15... ).

As the Crime Manager for Downtown I was curious if you knew how I could get copies of these reports (or even the raw data) for the two Downtown neighbourhoods you are responsible for. It would help our efforts tremendously and help to replace some of the long held myths about crime in this city with facts. Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,

Ryan *

Of the three main Divisions (each with subsectors), I've just got a file with all the Division One statistics (for year-end 2008 and some current ones) from Sgt. Chris Zafirides (with some help from Sgt. Savoie as well).

Here's the map of the divisions http://www.hamiltonpolice.on.ca/HPS/Comm...

I'll email the files over to Ryan (and anyone else who wants it).