Crime has become an unwanted but integral part of our society and unfortunately some of us even had come face to face with it. However most of the criminal activities can be suppressed at its initial stage if the common people work in cooperation with the law enforcing agencies. With technology in our hand we can make this cooperation even more efficient and durable.
Deriving inspiration from this fact mobile marketing major SJA Mobile in cooperation with FBI and Metropolitan Police has launched a SMS service for the people who want to report crime tips to these law enforcing agencies. The usage of SMS as a medium for reporting crime tips is a new but effective one as most of us carry cellular phones. Presently this service is accessible on most of the wireless carriers. For reporting a crime you will have to send a text message to the number 50411. You can be rest assured that your identity would never be disclosed. By sending the information you would be helping the government in a great way in its fight against the ever so persistent crime. I would personally recommend all of you to take part in this splendid step. a press release regarding the same is attached here as well.
Press Release:
SJA Mobile & FBI Launch SMS Tipline
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SJA Mobile today jointly announced with the FBI’s Washington D.C Field Office and Metropolitan Police an initiative which will enable D.C-area citizens to anonymously report crime tips via a novel new medium – SMS. SMS, or “text messaging,” has up until now never been used before as a medium for crime tips.
Citizens in the D.C area can report a crime or homeland security tip by sending a text message with the tip to the number 50411. The 5-digit number to text to is called a “Short Code.” Currently the service is available on all major wireless carriers, along with several Tier 2 carriers.
SJA Mobile is in talks expand the service to several other major cities.