When Philly Rap Sheet came out last October Technically Philly reported that the municipal court system web scraper was a little light on features. Not anymore.
This week Philly Rap Sheet creator Andrew McGill announced a collection of new updates including more detailed search options, district number of the arrest, and, perhaps most interesting to Philadelphia crime trackers, a new statistical number cruncher (pictured above) that puts the data in perspective.
“Want to know which police officer makes the most DUI arrests? It’s Gregory Dixon Jr. Or which age group shoplifted the most in 2012? 45-year-olds,” said McGill in an email to the press.
There’s more to look forward to, McGill says. Plans to include a mapping tool, historical arrest data back to 1995 and email alerts — for the serious crime wonks — are in the works.
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