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Detroit Police Taking Tips from Texts, Facebook

By Chris

Want to help solve a crime in Detroit? Don’t call 911.  Just update your Facebook status. Beginning today, the Detroit Police Department is rolling out a three-phase communication plan that will draw upon e-mail, cell phone and social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace in hopes of getting out pertinent information and getting in tips, according to the Detroit Free Press. “One little smidge of information is all we need to get on the right track,” Deputy Chief James Tolbert said. “We will end up arresting a lot of people using this.” Phase one of the plan is the launch of Network Alert, which will allow citizens to sign up for APB-type alerts, such as descriptions of missing or wanted people, via e-mail and text message...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).