“tip411 opens up that line of communication like never before. When you could only get a tip through a 3rd party who would then send it police, tip411 now allows us to communicate back and forth with the tipster anonymously.”

“In our first full year of use, we received a little over 200 tips. In 2018, we received over 4,200.”

“We’re constantly working with the community, working on ways to improve our communication and relationships across the board. tip411 will help minimize the impact of crime on our community. tip411 will allow us to keep those avenues of communication open with one another. ”

“tip411 has been a game changer for victims and survivors in rural Kansas. By providing additional ways to access life-saving services through tip411, we have seen a significant increase in people reaching out to us to get the help that they need. We have been contacted by victims and survivors through tip411 that may have never been able to reach us otherwise. This is a vital tool for any and all domestic violence advocacy groups across the country.”

“We quantify our success with tip411 based solely on the fact that even one case solved because of a tip received via tip411 is a benefit since that case would not have been solved without it.”

“We just need the information. We don’t care where it comes from in most cases, but if we don’t get it, it makes it hard for us to protect your neighborhoods.”

“The biggest problem we saw was our citizens were wanting to help us and give us information but they did not want to be associated with the case and be looked at as a “narc” and, unfortunately with Facebook, as much as you make your profile private, there is always ways around it. There is no better time than now to gain the trust and respect from your community.”

“This is a platform for us to have really on-going engagement with our community, Residents can also provide information to us anonymously through text messaging, through the app, or through the website.”

“My hope is that the addition of this service will promote good communications and information sharing between us and the public, like any other kind of service industry, we need to adapt to technology in order to effectively serve the public.”

“tip411 is essential to community policing.”

“No one wants to talk on the phone anymore, everyone is texting.”

“The fact that our officers have a direct line to contact the tip submitter without breaking the anonymous nature of the system allows for immediate updates while investigating tips.”

“We can send alerts to the entire city. Our captains can send out alerts to their areas and I can respond to you but I have no idea who you are nor can I ever find out who you are because that information gets scrubbed before it ever gets to us.”

“What’s notable is the everyday success we’re having with the system that we hadn’t seen before. We’re getting more tips, closing more cases, and being able to continue anonymous tip conversations with reporting party rather than just getting a voicemail with a piece of information that isn’t enough to help us build a case off of.”

“We aren’t about reinventing the wheel. Schools and police in this area talk and collaborate regularly, and tip411 has everything we wanted; the ability for students to send tips anonymously and also allowing our officers to communicate directly with students.”

“I can see why somebody wouldn’t want to call 911 on their neighbors and give a name and address and all that stuff. For those fearing repercussions from calling the police tip411 can provide peace of mind. They don’t have to live in fear that their neighbor’s going to find out they used tip411.”

"Communication is vital to our residents…and tip411 provides a great tool for our Police Department to communicate with residents and ask for their assistance.“

"The use of tip411 and the immediate investigation and arrest show how important these tools are for combating crime in our community.”

“With an increase in drug abuse occurring across the nation, BIA Drug Agents are taking a proactive approach to provide new tools, including tip411, for citizens to report illegal drug activity in tribal communities.”

“The tip411 program has been a valuable anonymous pathway for the citizens of Northampton County to report issues in their communities. This program has also been well received by our school staff, students, and parents.”

“The tip411 app is working great. It has resulted in several successful wildlife cases, as well as increased community interaction.”

“(tip41) has been a great tool for residents to have another way to submit tips and it’s used a lot. When we put out warrant alerts, we see a jump - We see about a 98% rate for tips when we put out information about narcotics warrants.”