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The Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia (70 sworn officers), collaborates with the tip411 tool to effectively enhance community safety and security.

The tip411 tool enables community members to anonymously submit tips, through multiple channels, regarding suspicious activity or possible crimes.

“This is a great tool for the citizens who are uncomfortable reporting criminal activity,” Sheriff Blake Andis said in the release. “Now, they can do so anonymously, helping keep our community safe.”

The tips are 100% anonymous while facilitating two-way communications between the tipster and an officer who can respond directly to the tip in real time.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office mobile app is available to download for free from the Google Play Store and the iTunes App Store. Citizens can also submit an anonymous text tip via their cell phone by texting the keyword “WCSOVA” and their message/tip to 847411.

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• Washington County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office launches anonymous tip system

To proactively address crime trends, North Carolina’s Rocky Mount Police Department (147 sworn officers) has implemented and partnered up with the crime prevention tip411 tool.

tip411 is one of several new technologies that Rocky Mount PD have invested in to help lower crime, enhance community engagement, and solve cases. 

“It’s important that we stay on top of technology. We’ve seen in the past that criminal networks are using technology to their benefit. So, you know, police department agencies, we have to do the same,” Sgt. Jonathan Denotter said.

Rocky Mount’s Police Chief Robert Hassell said the department’s focus on technology has already paid off, pointing to an 8-percent drop in violent crime from 2023 to 2024.

“Our city council, our manager, has invested a lot of money and resources in technology, and we’re seeing those benefits of that technology and our reduction in violent crime with a lot of hard work from our officers and cooperation,” Hassell said.

The Rocky Mount Police Department mobile app is available to download for free from the Google Play Store and the iTunes App Store. Citizens can also submit an anonymous text tip via their cell phone by texting the keyword “RMPD” and their message/tip to 847411.

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• Rocky Mount Police enhance patrols with data-driven technology to combat crime trends

The Globe Police Department, AZ (26 sworn officers) was able to apprehend a wanted suspect due to multiple tips populating through their tip411 anonymous tip tool.

A vehicle theft led to a large seizure of hundreds of stolen items and the capture of one of the two suspects. The other suspect escaped from a lower-level window of the hotel room where the stolen items were kept. 

Globe PD utilized tip411 to create an alert that was shared multiple times on Facebook and this generated a flood of tips received by the agency. 

These tips directly led to the capture of the second suspect and demonstrate that tip411 increases safety, improves community engagement, and closes cases.

The Globe Police Department mobile app is available to download for free from the Google Play Store and the iTunes App Store. Citizens can also submit an anonymous text tip via their cell phone by texting the keyword “GPDTIPS” and their message/tip to 847411.

See the alert here.

Virginia State Police (2,000 sworn officers) in collaboration with tip411, the Human Trafficking Institute, and the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security have launched “Operation Silence Shattered” on college campuses.

Lindsey Lane, Director of Strategic Engagement at the Human Trafficking Institute said this program “represents the power of working together to address a global issue at a local level. Through collaboration with partners like the Virginia State Police, the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, and local colleges and universities, we are creating a framework for meaningful change.”

tip411 is an intricate tool for this program by providing a texting tipline and web form as a way the public can submit anonymous tips directly to the departments Human Trafficking Unit.

The public can submit anonymous tips to the Virginia State Police by texting “VSP” and the tip information to 847411. 

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• VIRGINIA STATE POLICE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING INSTITUTE, AND SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY PARTNER FOR ‘OPERATION SILENCE SHATTERED’ TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES

The Greenfield, IN Police Department (44 sworn officers) issued a tip411 Missing Persons Alert through the tip411 tool that identified an individual who had been missing three months.

Less than four hours later, detectives received a tip from a resident via tip411 that directed them to the location of that missing individual.

Developed by tip411, the Greenfield PD app puts a powerful new crime-fighting tool into the hands of residents and business owners. Community members are able to find information, receive alerts, and send anonymous tips to us from any smartphone. The tips can include photos as well as video files. Officers viewing the tip can reply back to create an anonymous two-way conversation.

The public can submit anonymous tips to the Greenfield PD by texting “GPDTIP” and the tip information to 847411. The public can also use the GPDTIP Tip mobile app, powered by tip411, to view community alerts and submit anonymous tips. The GPDTIP Tip app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes and Google Play App Store.

See the alert here.