Loudoun County, Virginia is a rapidly growing suburb near Washington, D.C. When the county needed assistance managing costs without compromising public safety, they turned to ICMA Center for Public Safety Management .

Phoenix is the first municipality in the nation to launch a free application that allows residents with Droid phones to point, click and send photos of graffiti, over-height weeds, abandoned shopping carts and other blight violations to the city's Neighborhood Services Department.

<p>The Rio Rancho Police Department has teamed up with <a href="http://www.CrimeReports.com">CrimeReports.com</a&gt; to provide maps that show where incidents in the city have occurred.<br>

Police Officers and City Marshals throughout the North Texas area conducted a region-wide warrant round-up the week of September 16-24, 2006 resulting in the clearing of over 7,000 warrants.