⏱️ Your first five minutes

New here? This is the fastest path from signing in to a useful, sourced picture of your area. Five steps, about five minutes.

1. Open your report

Click Dashboard in the top nav (or go to the report). It opens on your area for the latest complete month. If your plan covers more than one area, use the Drill into list near the top (for example "Drill into area") to move between them.

2. Read the bottom line

The dark banner near the top is a plain-English briefing: how many police records and community reports there were, and anything that stood out. If a phrase is unfamiliar, open Reading the numbers.

3. Glance at the four signals

The four cards, Recorded, Reported, Noticed, and Sought, are the heart of the tool. Recorded, Reported, and Noticed each show a number, a small trend line, and the change from last month. Sought, still in beta, shows its count for all of Oahu only.

4. Ask a question

Click into Search and type a plain question, like "vehicle theft in Kailua last 6 months." The tool reads your topic, area, and dates and writes back a short, sourced answer.

5. Compare, if it helps

Want context for a number? Compare puts your areas side by side, on the same per-person basis.