Several departments have made deals with local Internet providers for free web pages, so there isn't any cost associated with having a web page at all. It was really just the cost of a couple of books, and a basic authoring software package. I did most of it on my own time, at home. It's evolved to the point where the Internet provider has now donated the access, which is pretty common in law enforcement. The response to the websites has been quite positive.
People sign on from down the block, and around the world.
The village of Frankfort web page has had more than 2,600 visitors since it opened, less than a year ago. Reasons for visiting web pages vary. Some people come to check it out to get information on reporting a crime, while many others sign on to do research. We are getting a lot of citizens signing on. We were down for a while, and we got calls from people in the community asking when we would be back on line.