tip411 is a unique toolset that lets you send outbound alerts to custom branded iPhone and Android apps, email, text and though social media. Citizens can then send you inbound information anonymously, via the app, text and over the web. The best part of tip411 is that that your agency can have a 2-way conversation with the tipster while maintaining their anonymity.
The new Framingham PD app enables the public to share an anonymous tip with police and lets officers respond back to create an anonymous two-way conversation.
Chief Johnson talks how to get the app, how to text a tip, and that the program has already been a success.
In advance of Halloween, the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department in New York used their tip411 alerting capability to send an email and text message directly to residents with Halloween Safety Tips for Parents
“Once the citizen sumits the tip to us, it immediately comes to us right there and the investigator assigned to that case will have the opportunity to immediately review it and then ask questions to that tipster,” said Lt. Chris Edmunson said.