Williamson County Sheriff’s Office urges the community to text anonymous tips on crimes
“All of the information is filtered out as far as identifying information and we receive the tip almost instantaneously,” Lusk said.
“All of the information is filtered out as far as identifying information and we receive the tip almost instantaneously,” Lusk said.
tip411 is a unique toolset that lets you send outbound alerts to custom branded iPhone and Android apps, email, text and though social media. Citizens can then send you inbound information anonymously, via the app, text and over the web. The best part of tip411 is that that your agency can have a 2-way conversation with the tipster while maintaining their anonymity.
“This is just one example of how tip411 is helping us locate wanted individuals and get them off the streets,” Miller wrote. “Tip411 is also helping us locate drug trafficking areas in and out of the city that we were previously unaware of.”
“This gives people an opportunity to reach out. We’re reaching out through media … already. This is just another avenue that maybe we can get that younger generation, that this is how they communicate, this is how we figure we can best reach them,” said Peters.
The new Framingham PD app enables the public to share an anonymous tip with police and lets officers respond back to create an anonymous two-way conversation.