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Marietta Police Department Switches to tip411

Marietta Police Department, GA (135 sworn officers) have switched from their old push-alert notification system, Nixle, to tip411.

tip411 is an anonymous tip tool that has been proven to increase community engagement and close cases. 

Residents of Marietta will be able to find information, receive alerts, and send anonymous tips directly to Marietta PD. 

The tips are 100% anonymous as tip411 technology removes all identifying information before police see the tips providing no way to identify the send. 

This anonymous tip tool allows real-time conversation between a police officer and an actual anonymous tipster.

Public Information Officer Chuck McPhilamy said the department doesn’t see any personal information from people who submit tips, but it does allow for detectives to send a message back to them.

“One of our detectives could respond to that tip and ask if you would be willing to start a 2-way conversation, and even in that conversation, it is completely anonymous unless you, the tipster, choose to allow us to contact you directly and give us your name,” McPhilamy said. 

The City of Marietta was recently awarded first place in the prestigious 2024 Digital Cities Survey by the Center for Digital Government (CDG) for its innovative technology standards and services. To receive this honor, the City competed against other municipalities across the nation in the “Up to 75,000 Population” category.  

Implementing this new tool “is just one more way” Marietta “is working to embrace new technology to serve the community better.”

The public can submit anonymous tips to Marietta Police by texting “MARIETTAPD” and the tip information to 847411. The public can also use the Marrietta PD mobile app, powered by tip411, to view community alerts and submit anonymous tips. The Marrietta PD app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes and Google Play App Store.

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Grand Chute PD Leverages tip411 to Apprehend Suspect

Grand Chute Police Department (27 sworn officers) has recently seen the success that the tip411 tool provides to law enforcement by providing solid leads to nab a wanted suspect.

In speaking with Captain Colette Jaeger, Technical Operations Division Commander of the Grand Chute, WI Police Department, tip411 is credited with solving an armed robbery of a local business.

Grand Chute’s press releases directed residents to utilize the tip411 platform if they knew the identity of the robbery suspect, and that’s exactly what happened. The Grand Chute Police received several tips directing them to possible suspects. These tips led to the arrest of at least one suspect.

The public can submit anonymous tips to Grand Chute Police by texting “TIPGCPD” and the tip information to 847411. The public can also use the Grand Chute PD mobile app, powered by tip411, to view community alerts and submit anonymous tips. The Grand Chute PD app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes and Google Play App Store.

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DeKalb County Police Partners with tip411 to Enhance Community Safety

DeKalb County PD tip411Dekalb County Police Department (860 sworn officers) enhances their community safety by teaming up with tip411 so citizens can submit anonymous tips directly to officers. 

“Our mission is to enhance the quality of life in DeKalb County by working with the community to preserve the peace and provide for a safe environment,” said DeKalb County Police Chief Mirtha V. Ramos. “We believe our new app will help us do just that by making it easier for our residents to engage with us to protect our community.”

The tip411 anonymous text-a-tip system is 100 percent anonymous, as the technology removes all identifying information before police see the tips and there is no way to identify the sender, officials said.

tip411 has been proven to reduce crime, close cases, improve community engagement, and overall makes communities safer. 

The public can submit anonymous tips to Dekalb County Police by texting “DKPD” and the tip information to 847411. The public can also use the DKPDs Tip mobile app, powered by tip411, to view community alerts and submit anonymous tips. The DKPD Tip app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes and Google Play App Store.

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Harrisonburg Police Department Cracks Case with tip411

Harrisonburg Police Department (82 sworn officers) utilized their partnership with tip411 to send out an alert to the public through the tool, requesting the community to help identify a suspect involved in a recent robbery.

Several tips were immediately received from the public which helped provide enough creditable information for HPD to obtain a warrant. 

The HPD Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT) team executed that search warrant at the individual’s residence.

The suspect was then taken into custody and charged with the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, armed robbery, and prohibition of wearing of masks in certain places.

The public can submit anonymous tips to the Harrisonburg PD by texting HPDVA and the tip information to 847411. The Harrisonburg PD app can be downloaded for free at the Apple App Store and Google Play App Store.

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Peoria IL Public Schools uses tip411 to Combat Crime

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Since switching to the tip411 anonymous tip tool, Peoria IL, public schools have seen a positive increase in citizens reaching out to provide information on possible issues and criminal activity compared to previous tipping options. 

The tool can be used in multiple ways including reporting bullying, potential fights, incidents outside school, parents’ concerns, and complaints.

Following the implementation of tip411 in 2022,  Peoria public schools have received over 150 tips to date. 

According to School Safety Director Demario Boone, his staff can get reports and respond to anonymous texts to get more information with the tip411 tool, something they couldn’t do before.

At the most recent school board meeting, Boone indicated that within the past month, 24 tips were received through the tip411 tool, including about a teacher, and concerns over a firearm posted on social media.

“I was out on a Saturday with my kids, got a tip, sent it to Peoria Police, and we were able to get in the house, search the house, get the BB gun out of the house because it wasn’t a real one. Within 20 minutes we were able to solve all of that thanks to tip411,” Boone said.

Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria said the Peoria Police Department has seen a 41% reduction over the year in all incident reports from the schools.

“Most of disorderly conducts also include these threats that we’re seeing nationally and locally; we’re still down 3% compared to last year,” Echevarria said.

The public can submit anonymous tips to Peoria Public Schools by texting “PEORIAPS” and the tip information to 847411. The public can also use the PEORIAPs Tip mobile app, powered by tip411, to view community alerts and submit anonymous tips. The PEORIAPS Tip app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes and Google Play App Store.

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