Crime & 911 Dispatch Maps
Free, searchable archives of police & 911 dispatch calls — every call plotted by category, time, and place, with one interactive map per city. Captured on a schedule and kept permanently, so you can explore how calls move across a city and over time.
What this is
dispatchmap.org is an independent civic archive of public police and 911 dispatch activity. Many police departments publish a rolling list of recent calls for service, but that list disappears within hours. This project captures each call before it falls off, cleans and maps it, and keeps it permanently — turning a fleeting live page into a searchable public record that residents, journalists, and researchers can actually use.
It is an archive, not a live feed. Calls appear after a delay of roughly 30 minutes to 8 hours, and the map is meant for understanding patterns — not for responding to an emergency in progress.
How it works
On a regular automated schedule through the day, a job reads the department’s public dispatch page, removes duplicates from overlapping windows, and geocodes each address to a point on the map. Calls are sorted into clear categories — violent, property, traffic, disorder, alarm, welfare check, medical, crisis, and other — and stored permanently. To protect privacy, the exact locations of medical and crisis calls are kept approximate.
Cities covered
One interactive map, one archive per city. More cities are planned.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a live 911 feed?
No. It is a delayed archive. Calls show up 30 minutes to 8 hours after they happen, so it should never be used to track an active emergency. In an emergency, call 911.
Where does the data come from?
Directly from each city’s official public dispatch or calls-for-service page. This site is unofficial and not affiliated with or endorsed by any police department or city.
How current is it?
The maps update regularly through the day. Each call carries the time it was dispatched, shown in the city’s local time.
What do the categories mean?
Each raw call type is mapped to a plain-language category so you can filter the map — for example, “violent,” “property,” or “traffic.” You can see the full list and colors on each city’s page, such as Little Rock or Conway.
Can I look at a specific day?
Yes. The interactive map lets you jump to any past date or choose a time range, and switch between individual call markers and a heatmap.
Contact
Found a bug, have a correction, or want to suggest a city? Email pulaskipulse@yahoo.com.
Support this archive
dispatchmap.org is free to use, carries no ads, and keeps no accounts or user data. Scraping, geocoding, and hosting the archive still cost money every month. If this record is useful to you, a small contribution helps keep it online and free for everyone.