On April 17, Beavercreek Police used their tip411 system to send out an alert to their community asking for help identifying a theft suspect.
In the alert, they included a description of the suspect as well as several security camera photos.
Within days, tips from the public helped police identify the suspect and Beavercreek PD sent out a follow-up alert to update residents and thank them for their help.
See the full alert here.
Like many of you, the recent tragedy in Parkland, Florida has left us wondering what more we can do to help protect our kids in school.
While there’s no easy solution, we believe tip411 can help students to more effectively share information anonymously with administrators and/or law enforcement.
tip411 School Edition enables students to send anonymous tips to Administrators, School Resource Officers (SROs), and other authorized personnel who can respond to the tips in real time from any internet connected device, creating a two way anonymous chat.
It provides a “safe space” for students to communicate with authority figures through two-way anonymous communications that facilitate dialogue, leading to more accurate information.
“Our SRO’s have great relationships with many students, but tip411 allows our SRO’s to build relationships with students they have not yet been able to reach. tip411 also promotes kids being responsible for the safety of their schools and having them take that kind of ownership is priceless.” – McKinney Independent School District’s Director of Safety, Greg Hill
Many communities across the US have begun to use tip411 to improve school safety, and examples of how they’ve use it can be found here:
We encourage you to contact us for a free demo of tip411 School Edition and examples from across the US where our solutions have been implemented to empower students to help protect their schools.
At about 8:20pm on 01/31/2018, Wylie, Texas Police received several anonymous tips via tip411 about someone who was planning to rob a bank in Wylie.
The anonymous tipster provided identifying information and enough credibility that police immediately began working the tip. Wylie Police were able to put information out to local banks in the area and developed a plan to have officers stationed at every bank in town until they could verify the validity of the information.
“This made our banking community feel safe, but also developed a higher level of trust of our organization,” said Wylie Police Lieutenant TJ Walters.
Within 24 hours of the tip, Wylie Police were able to take a male suspect into custody. They also recovered an AR-15 with multiple 30 round magazines, a pellet gun that looked like a real gun, ammunition, and body armor. The tip included information that these were the tools the suspect would use to follow through on his plan.
“We have had a couple of other success stories, but this one was certainly worth the share,” said Lieutenant Walters.
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Can your smart phone make you safer in the City of Syracuse? Mayor Ben Walsh joined members of the Syracuse Police Department to roll out new technology to help reduce crime and improve community relations. You might have a phone app to find your way around or get a ride, maybe check the weather or play a game. Deputy Chief Joe Cecile wants you to get another app for community benefit.
“Nothing makes it safer, nothing assists with quality of life (more) than collaboration and communication between the residents who live there and the police department. And that’s what this TIP 411 is going to allow us to do. We’re going to roll out an app that allows us to communicate and dialogue with the residents throughout the city with everything from crime down to public relations-type events.”
People can download the app on I-Phone or Android smart phones. Mayor Walsh says it can add some eyes and ears to the police on patrol.
“You may notice a suspicious vehicle in your neighborhood; you may have a vacant house in your neighborhood and you notice some suspicious activity around there, and knowing that I can just pull out my phone. I can submit a tip to the police department. The functionality to include a photo is really useful. So having the app on your phone makes it convenient.”
Tips sent through the app are anonymous. Authorities say that makes it more useful than texting, where people fear consequences of giving police information. Police can also use the app to send messages to people about crimes that are going on in their neighborhoods.
A city man was arrested Wednesday after officers followed an anonymous tip and found him in possession of 285 bags of heroin and five grams of cocaine, police said.
Farod Chapman, 22, was arrested with 35 bags of heroin and 5 grams of cocaine just after 1 p.m. by Special Investigation Section detectives, police said in a statement.
Detectives recovered 250 more bags of heroin in a search of Chapman’s vehicle after Detective Brian Hambrecht’s K-9 partner Nikki, a narcotic detection dog, indicated the presence of drugs.
Chapman is charged with two counts each of possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of CDS with intent to distribute, possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school zone and possession of CDS with intent to distribute within 500 feet of a public zone.
He was released on a summons with a future court date.
Sgt. Richard Andrews and Detective Nick Berardis led the investigation. Detectives received information about Chapman distributing narcotics from tip411, an anonymous text service provider.
Tips can be shared with the Atlantic City Police Department Special Investigations Section to by texting tip411 (847411) or calling 609-347-5858. All texts are anonymous.
Read the full story from the Press of Atlantic City and see the tip411 Alert ACPD sent to residents announcing the arrest.
