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The White Plains Public Safety Department has launched a White Plains Police App that allows the public to share important public safety information anonymously with police by sending them a secure message about crimes or suspicious activity in White Plains.

Developed by tip411, the White Plains Police App puts a new crime-fighting tool into the hands of the community. The White Plains Police App can be downloaded for free via the Google Play Store, iTunes App Store, or by visiting the Police Department website at www.whiteplainspublicsafety.com

“We believe the public is our greatest law enforcement resource,” said Police Chief Joseph Castelli. “Our new White Plains Police App, along with our existing tip411 anonymous text a tip system, will help our residents play a more active role in keeping White Plains safe.”

Like the department’s existing anonymous text a tip system, the new White Plains Police App enables the public to share an anonymous tip with police and lets the officers respond, creating an anonymous two-way conversation.

Anyone with a cell phone may also send an anonymous tip to White Plains Police Department by texting WPPD and their message/tip to 847411 (tip411). Anonymous web tips can also be submitted right from the Police Departments website at www.whiteplainspublicsafety.com

The White Plains Police App and tip411 anonymous text a tip system is 100% anonymous, as the technology removes all identifying information before police see the tips and there is no way to identify the sender.

“This system has been successful in communities across the U.S.,” said Terry Halsch, President of tip411.  “Departments have been helped tremendously by members of the public who have sent anonymous messages to police with important information that often leads to arrests.”

For more information:  https://whiteplainspublicsafety.com/submit-a-tip/. Those with questions are asked to call White Plains Police Department at (914) 422-6104.

Read the full story from TheExaminerNews.com and visit the White Plains Public Safety website for more information.

The Duluth Police Department is partnering with tip 411, which will provide a way for the public to submit tips anonymously.

The form is filled out online and asks questions like what happened, where it was seen, and a brief description.

You can also attach videos and pictures when making your submission.

“We don’t want any barriers. We want to remove all the barriers for people to communicate with us. It could just be a piece of information they want to share with us or it could be information about something they saw,” said Lt. Robin Roeser. “It could be the piece of information that turns us in the right direction.”

Tips can be submitted on the Duluth Police website under “information and services” or by clicking here.

Read the full story with video from Duluth PD from FOX21

The city’s police force has introduced a new way for members of the public to anonymously share information about crimes or suspicious activity through the launch of a new smartphone application.

tip411 is an internet-based service that allows people to text an anonymous tip to police. The department said once a tip is anonymously submitted, an officer can respond back in real-time, starting an anonymous two-way conversation.

Through this new application, which can be found on the Apple Store for iPhone and Google Play for Android, the public can now reach police by downloading the “NORWALKPD” app and submitting the information there, or by using their cellphone to text “NORWALKPD” and the information to 847411.

Members of the public can still submit anonymous tips through the Norwak PD website or by calling 203-854-3111.

The department announced this new method to submit tips less than 24 hours after renewing a call to the public for any information regarding a 2006 unsolved homicide.

Fulton Raines, 33, was found in his car with a gunshot wound to the abdomen outside the William Moore Elks Lodge around 2 a.m. on June 11, 2006. The lodge hosted a large gathering hours earlier and “numerous fights broke out” outside, police said. An award is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case.

Read the full post from the Stamford Advocate

On January 6, 2021, Delhi Township Police used the community alerting feature of their tip411 system to reach out to members of their community directly seeking information to help identify a pair of theft suspects.

Thanks to tipsters providing information back to the department using the anonymous tip portion of their tip411 system, police were able to identify both individuals and receive signed warrants for them within a week. 

Delhi Police then sent another alert through their tip411 system back to the community to thank them and let them know that the tips had led to the identifications.

tip411 provides a web-based toolset that allows agencies and the public to interact with each other like never before, across multiple channels, in real time, at an affordable cost.

Used in over 2,000 communities, tip411 provides:

• Custom, agency branded, free to download, iPhone and Android apps for law enforcement. Build trust and provide transparency to community members of all ages and ethnic backgrounds with tip411.
• 2-way anonymous tips submitted by the public through text via a custom keyword, over email, weblinks and through your social media sites.
• Community alerts can be sent to your custom apps, the public’s email and/or text and to your social media sites as well.

Interested in learning how tip411 can be a tool for your agency to better connect with the community, get important information, and help solve crimes with the public’s help? Click here for a short, free demo.