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While dialing “911″ in an emergency is the safest way to get help in a hurry, police departments in Boston and Cincinnati, as well as over 100 other communities, have started to adopt SMS text messaging systems as a new means for upright citizens to contact police on the latest criminal activities. And, with technology on their side, police departments savvy to the text messaging boom are quick to get the down-low on nefarious activities in the area.
The text message tip lines have yielded some good results so far, and police hope that the younger demographic will continue to be more open to texting in their tips rather than calling a telephone hotline. Tips are sent anonymously, so tipsters can be assured that police can’t track the tip.
“It’s obvious that the future of communication is texting,” said officer Michael Charbonnier, the technologically naive commander of the Boston Police Department’s Crime Stoppers unit. SMS text messages aren’t exactly the future of communication, but it sure is nice to see John Q. PoliceOfficer adopting technology to keep us safe.
[Via: AP]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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