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To: Peach; ~Kim4VRWC's~; All
This morning I had idea about how maybe the public could help solve these crimes. There are hundreds of webcams around the DC/Maryland/VA area - some of them streaming video. I thought that if we could get a whole bunch of volunteers to monitor the webcams, we could compile any sitings of suspect vehicles. Right now, that would be a white box truck. I know there are thousands of these vehicles and it is a long shot, but I feel like I, we, have to do something.

To that end, I went ahead and set up a website that allows volunteers to register sitings by recording vehicle type, date, time and place along with any description into a database. This database will only be available to law enforcement either retrospectively but also hopefully in real-time. I am still working on that functionality.

The site is still in Beta but I hope to go live as soon as possible. I am looking for a few FREEPERS to test drive it to work out any bugs and get suggestions for improvements. The site is called sniperwatch.com. I registered the domain name today and it will likely be on the Domain Name Server system in the next day or two. Until then, the site can be accessed at the following URL.

http://207.99.96.100/index.html

If you are interested in testing the Beta site, please respond to this post. I will contact the selected testers through Freep mail. If you end up not being one of the testers, you can still check out the site but please don't sign up yet since it is still in Beta. Testers will go to the site and create a userid and post sample sitings. After the Beta test, I will be deleting the test userids and sitings from the database. Also, if you have suggestions/comments, post back here or contact me through freep mail. The email link on the site is not yet functional.

Again, I know this is a long shot but even if there is only a remote possibility it could help, I have to do it.

287 posted on 10/13/2002 7:00:39 PM PDT by Pete
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To: Pete
My #287 post is now its own thread here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/768619/posts

290 posted on 10/13/2002 8:00:38 PM PDT by Pete
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To: Pete
I am very impressed..I pinged everyone to your new thread!
292 posted on 10/13/2002 8:28:53 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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