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“An anonymous tip will put no one at risk. Failing to share what you know about a fatal shooting puts us all in danger, and you, too.”

There have been four fatal shootings in just over three months — including three in the past 10 days —  in Lancaster city. Police are seeking the public’s help in locating a suspect in one of them and identifying suspects in the other three.

In case you know anything and missed how to report what you saw or heard concerning recent shootings in Lancaster,  here’s how you can help to make our community safer for yourself, your family and everyone else.

— Call Lancaster Bureau of Police: 717-735-3300.

— Call Lancaster City-County CrimeStoppers, anonymously, if you wish: 800-322-1913.

— Submit a tip anonymously online.

— Dial 847-411 (TIP-411) to send a tip via text; begin the message with “LANCS,” then type your tip.

If a friend or acquaintance  mentions knowing something about one of the recent shootings, or if you believe he does, encourage that person to get in touch with police or CrimeStoppers.

“People with any information about any of these incidents, no matter how trivial they think it may be, need to come forward and share it with investigators,” Lt. Todd Umstead, of the Lancaster City Bureau of Police, said in an email Monday.

Read the full editorial from Lancaster Online.

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“The criminal element has no greater enemy than the police and citizens working together.”

Sheriff Gary Schaffer reports the arrest of John Joseph McCall, 39, of West Wildwood, on Sept. 8, and the seizure of 422 bags of heroin, as well as suspected suboxone.

The Sheriff’s Office specialized ID & Warrants Unit arrested McCall at 3:18 p.m. Sept. 8. The Warrants Team was attempting to arrest McCall on a failure to appear warrant from Cape May County Superior Court. McCall was additionally arrested on a violation of probation warrant and a non-support warrant $97,513.17 from Gloucester County.

As a result of the arrest and subsequent investigation, McCall was charged with possession of controlled dangerous substance (CDS), possession of CDS with intent to distribute, possession of CDS with intent to distribute heroin less than .5 ounces and possession of prescription legend drugs. Bail was set at $60,000 full cash by Judge Garrabrant, J.M.C.

“I want to commend these officers for a job well done as well as the entire I.D. and Warrants Unit that constantly perform their work in an exceptional manner,” stated Sheriff Schaffer in a release. “They do the job of developing leads to locate suspects and serving warrants that are considered high risk in a commendable and professional manner.”

Sheriff Schaffer continued by stating, “I want to continue to ask our citizens for their continued cooperation and use our anonymous two-way texting of tips to assist us in locating these wanted persons as well as helping us develop leads to seize these dangerous drugs. The criminal element has no greater enemy than the police and citizens working together.”

Read the full story from the Cape May County Herald.

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IACP “New Product Showcase” Features tip411

Will you be attending IACP 2015 in Chicago this October?

We are honored to be listed as part of the IACP’s New Product Showcase, highlighting our work helping schools, as well as local and federal agencies, fight crime.

tip411 President Terry Halsch and members of our team will be at Booth #3619 sharing information about our products.

We hope you’ll stop by to learn about tip411 and how we can help your agency engage with the public, share information, and receive anonymous tips to make your community safer.

Learn more at tip411.com and follow us on social media @tip411CO and Facebook.com/tip411 to see how other agencies are benefiting from or system.

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Leander PD launches crime fighting app

The Leander Police Department announced their new app that allows the community to anonymously share any public safety concerns directly to the police.

The app created by tip411 will send a secure message from your smart phone to LPD about any suspicious or criminal activity.

In a press release officers said they hope this will become a powerful tool for the community to fight-crime.

“The Leander Police Department understands that fighting crime takes a working partnership with the community. We cannot be everywhere at every moment so we rely on the members of the community to be our eyes and ears,” said Police Chief Greg Minton. “We know that the members of our community are our greatest resource.”

Read the complete story from the KXAN.

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Jordan Police Offer Anonymous Tip Technology

The Jordan Police Department has launched new technology allowing the public to share important public safety information anonymously with police by sending them a secure message about crimes or suspicious activity in Jordan via a free smartphone app, text messaging, and/or an online web page form.

Developed by tip411, the Jordan Tips app puts a powerful new crime-fighting tool into the hands of community members of all ages. The app can be downloaded for free via the Google Play Store and iTunes App Store by searching Jordan Tips, or by visiting the Jordan Police Department’s Facebook page – Jordan (MN) Police Department and clicking on Submit A Tip.

“We believe the public is our greatest law enforcement resource and we are hoping that by providing a truly 100 percent anonymous pathway for our citizens to provide information to us that more citizens will come forward with important information when otherwise maybe they wouldn’t have,” Jordan Police Chief Brett Empey said. “The technology from tip411 removes all identifying information before police see the tips and there is no way to identify the sender. Our new Jordan Tips app, along with the tip411 anonymous text a tip system, will help our residents play a more active role in keeping our City safe.”

Read the complete story from the Jordan Independent.