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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.

Cambridge, Massachusetts Police shared on their Twitter account that, as the result of a Cambridge resident sharing an anonymous tip via tip411, a man who was walking down Massachusetts Avenue with a large backpack checking on unlocked car doors was stopped and identified by Officers.

This tip came in and was received and responded to in near real-time to send officers to the area.

The suspect was found with stolen property and arrested due to outstanding warrants.

As a result of a #CambMA resident sharing an anonymous tip via @tip411CO, a man who was walking down Mass. Ave. with a large backpack checking on unlocked car doors was stopped and identified by Officers. He was found with stolen property & arrested due to outstanding warrants. pic.twitter.com/VpVR3zj4IU

— Cambridge Police👮🏽 (@CambridgePolice) December 15, 2020

Members of the public can now communicate with the Ward County Sheriff’s Department anonymously with text messages through their new Tip411 tip line.

Tips, reports, or messages can now be sent any time of day through text.

Tips can be sent by messaging 847411, the keyword “NDWARD,” and then the information.

You will receive a confirmation message when your tip is successfully admitted, and you can opt out of receiving replies at any time by responding “STOP.”

The Tip411 system removes all identifying information so the tip remains anonymous.

“It’s always good to stay in close contact with the community, and we rely on the community to solve a lot of crime, because we can’t be everywhere all the time and see everything and hear everything. We’ve actually already gotten some tips through it just in the last week,” said Capt. Jason Kraft, Ward County Sheriff’s Department.

The tip line was provided by the North Dakota Department of Human Services.

Kraft said every county in the state now has one through Tip411 for the next five years.

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