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SMS and Policing
SMS Harnessed in Kidnap Case - 12 July
2004
SMS Technology is being used in the hopes of
finding the kidnapped daughter of First
Technology MD Rob Matthews, with one possible
lead already emerging as a result, reports
ITWeb.
"Ten thousand
eBlockwatch members received an SMS on
Sunday morning containing information on Leigh
Matthews who was kidnapped outside Bond
University in Sandton (South Africa) on Friday.
The SMSs, which contained information such as
what she was wearing, were sent in the hopes
that someone would be able to provide
information as to her whereabouts.
eBlockwatch works with the community in order
to obtain information pertaining to crime,
sending SMSs to it's members, who respond with
any information they have, which eBlockwatch
then pass on to the police.
";By getting the community involved, that's
how we'll stop crime", says Andre Snyman,
eBlockwatch founder.
Dutch Police Start SMS-Alert Service -
29 June 2004
Hoping to increase the number of watchful
ears and eyes on the ground, the Tilburg police
are to deploy SMS messaging to warn locals of
burglars, reports
DMeurope
"The police are counting on the service working
both ways - that locals will also be encouraged
to report back any possible leads (but not to go
after the suspects themselves).
This service could be extended in the future to
include other threats and alarms, such as
missing children".
Location Services on Emergency Mobile
Calls - Jan 16 2004
The UK police is work on an enhanced 999 (the
local police emergency number) service for cell
phones that will help the emergency services to
locate people calling the emergency assistance
number, reports
Cellular News.
Enhanced location information will mean that
callers in unfamiliar surroundings can be
located and reached more speedily by the Fire,
Police, Ambulance or Coastguard services... More
than 43 million 999 calls are made in UK each
year and more than 50% of those are from mobile
handsets, according to the police.
Good Response to New SMS Way Against Crime
- Dec 20 2003
Kuala Lumpur police have received tremendous
response from the public for the
newly-introduced short messaging service
crime-reporting method, reports the
Daily Express. The method allows city
residents to report crimes in Kuala Lumpur by
simply sending an SMS to the police.
"City Police Chief, Datuk Dell Akbar Khan,
said a total of 6,946 SMS were received between
Nov 13 to Dec 15. The input received from the
public had helped police handle various petty
crimes committed within the city centre.
He said through this method, police had
received 1,962 complaints on traffic problems,
790 tips on drug cases, and 865 general
enquiries, amongst others.
Text Messaging Thwarts Xmas Shoplifters
- Dec 19 2003
The Christchurch police of New Zealand are
using text messaging to battle against
shoplifting in the busy lead up to Christmas,
according to an article in the
Christchurch Star.
The police have been working with store
security officers from all over the city, 'e
Txting' each other details of shoplifters and
their vehicles.
Recent incidents included:
"Three people were caught and arrested while
shoplifting in a central city store. Through
texted messages they were tracked in other malls
around the city and eventually through
observation of their vehicle registration
number, they were located 10 minutes later at
another mall with a van laden with $1400 worth
of stolen property --- mostly clothes taken
earlier from yet another mall.
Elsewhere, a man in his thirties was observed
putting CDs down his trousers at a city store.
This was reported via txt to other stores and
stills of the man taken off video surveillance
were txted around town within minutes. Using
these photos for identification the man was
apprehended by a store security guard and
arrested".
Child Rescue Alert - Dec 2 2003
The parents of murdered schoolgirl Milly
Dowler are to launch the next stage of a media
SMS alert scheme for when children are missing
or abducted, according to the
BBC.
"Bob and Sally Dowler, whose daughter Milly
was 13 when she disappeared on her way home from
school in March last year, are backing a
decision by Surrey Police to adopt Child Rescue
Alert.
The scheme is based on an American system
called Amber Alert, which has helped find dozens
of children.
The force is the second in the country to
work with local television and radio stations to
set up the system, and a roll-out across the
country is now possible.
It works with an alert issued by a senior
officer that is sent to local news organisations,
which then immediately broadcast it.
The force hopes the alert scheme could help
save lives because the first hours after a young
person goes missing are often the most crucial".
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