Computerized crime-fighting

John Van Putten

Tracy Van Asseldonk sits at a computer and plots numbers, making graphs and marking maps – a conglomeration of colours, dots and bars.
Van Asseldonk is fighting crime.

What she does on a daily basis is helping police prevent crime and nab crooks ­in new and different ways.

Van Asseldonk is among three crime analysts and one assistant with the Abbotsford Police Department (APD). Her speciality is major crime – such as robberies, assaults, arsons, sexual offences and homicides. (more on bclocalnews.com)