tip411 In The News

What happens when you text a tip to N.J. police?

There’s drug activity. A neighbor is committing insurance fraud.  There’s fear someone has been abused.

Do the right thing and report it to police via text message, or think twice?

Will the police track the text and turn up demanding more information?

Will the identity or phone number of the person providing the tip get out and criminals will track them down?

The answer to all is “no,” authorities said.

With the new “tip411” system introduced by the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday, not even a subpoena can help.

Throughout New Jersey, police use different systems to ask for the public ‘s help in solving crimes, but many who have valuable information are still wary.

“We believe the public is our greatest law enforcement resource,” said Salem County Prosecutor John T. Lenahan Thursday.  “Tip411 allows a safe and secure way for community members to share important information with police without fear or retribution.  By providing this service to each department, citizens can communicate with their own department to collectively solve crimes in their communities.”

How sure can someone be that they will remain anonymous?

Chief of County Detectives Brian Facemyer said that when a text is sent via tip411, all identifying information is removed before the information is forwarded to individual police departments.

Subpoenas have even been issued in an attempt to find information on tipsters, but to no avail.

“Completely anonymous,” Pennsville Chief of Police Allen J. Cummings emphasized.

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NJ County Uses App to Submit Anonymous Tips to Police

In the hopes of helping police solve more crimes, a New Jersey county is implementing a new service allowing residents to submit text messages anonymously to law enforcement.

Salem County’s law enforcement now allows people to share information with police by sending text messages about crimes through an online tool called tip411.

Tip411 allows anyone with a cell phone to text tips to police, and then officers can respond back, creating a 100% anonymous conversation.

Using the free app, residents can send a tip to any Salem County law enforcement agency by using the keyword for the agency and their message/tip to 847411.

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Suspect Arrested within Hours Thanks to Community Tips via tip411

On July 10th at 10:04 a.m., Canton Police in Ohio posted the following on the department’s official Facebook page:

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By 1:43 p.m., less than four hours later, Canton Police posted the following on Facebook to let the public know that a suspect had been identified via a tip through the department’s tip411 system and that he was in custody:

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Asking the public for help and giving them the tools to share information quickly, safely, and anonymously can help reduce crime.  Learn more about how tip411 helps law enforcement across the country at www.tip411.com.

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Scottsboro Police now have new tool, tip411

The tip411 system is a popular and powerful crime fighting tool that has been used successfully to reduce crime and increase police engagement with the public in over 1,200 communities across the United States.

The technology will help to connect the Scottsboro Police Department directly with residents that live within our city. The tip411 application allows residents to engage with the police department from the palm of their hand via their smart phone or from a computer. This service is free to the public and will be funded using illicit drug money seized by the police department. The police are hoping that this line of communication will be the beginning of a new relationship with the citizens of Scottsboro and foster a common goal of keeping our community as crime free as possible.

Police Chief Ralph Dawe, along with the support of Mayor Melton Potter and the City Council, are implementing this technology at an exciting time as the tip411 company has just released its innovative new tip411 Version 7.0

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Cellphone video, anonymous tip, lead to arrest of Cheektowaga robbery suspect

A cellphone video of a Cheektowaga convenience store robbery, followed by an anonymous tip about the suspect’s identity, resulted in an arrest, town police reported Friday.

The robbery occurred May 20, when a man with a bandana covering his face and a baseball bat in his hand demanded money from a cashier at the 7-Eleven store at 1650 Kensington Ave. He fled with approximately $400 and ran to a getaway car parked several streets away, police said.

The robbery was recorded by a customer in the store, police said. On June 4, police released the video to local television stations for broadcast.

More recently, someone used the department’s anonymous tip service, Tip411, to contact police about the robber’s identity.

Read the rest of the story from The Buffalo News.