[Ed Note: Sorry, I have to weigh in here. The fact remains: Avi's information is free while yours costs money. I couldn't care less about the technicalities of the interface--how easy it is to use, or how many minutes it saves. Avi's reports provide valuable information at no cost. This sounds like sour grapes because someone else built a better mousetrap--granted perhaps not in your opinion. By the way, we don't charge for our public information, here, either.]

1.) CRL does have a free crime search that provides INSTANT results. If your child is about to go to a party or dance, or whatever, you need crime reports relative the location of the event NOW. Not tomorrow. Only the detailed crime reports cost money. And they are ALSO INSTANT. Like, you click it then you get it. You really expect me to believe that when you go to a website, you don't care how easy it is to use, or how much time it saves?? Please! Thats the whole POINT of the internet. You can either flip through the yellow pages, or click a few times and get the same info. Don't fool yourself.

2.) The site isn't 'mine' like you say. I just was very interested in crime statistics in Dallas, so I used both sites... along with a many others in other states... and am stating my opinion.

3.) My post wasn't really about which site is better, but about giving credit where credit is due, and allowing people to see the whole picture. People have made the mistake of thinking that "free is better". When has that ever been the case? The truth of the matter is that Avi began charging $60 per month for membership to his site, but quickly realized that no one would pay for such slow results / non user-friendliness. Yet, the second he starts offering the info for free, he's Christ incarnate. I'm merely surprised that of the two crime sites, you guys chose to feature DCR simply because it's free, and glorify someone who is essentially re-inventing the wheel. I have nothing against the guy. I just wanted to make it very clear that he didn't "create" or "invent" anything at all, and let it be known that DCR is definitely not the only source of very good crime data for public use.

4.) Most importantly. A mousetrap that doesn't trap $$$ isn't much of a mousetrap.

[Ed Note: See, your last point (4) doesn't make much sense to me. This website has never, will never take contributions or donations. Yet it gets between 60,000 to 90,000 visitors a month. Guess it isn't much of a mousetrap either!

Reminds me of the old vacuum cleaner wars of the 1960's!]