[real-eyes] Text Alerts From KCPD
- From: blindbites <blindbites@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, nutkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:38:27 -0500
Text alerts
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more
information, contact:
March 28, 2012
KCPD Media Unit
816-234-5170
KCPD launches Nixle community text alerts service
To get information to the community as quickly as possible, the Kansas
City Missouri
Police Department is launching a text message alert system with Nixle.
Nixle Connect allows the department to instantly inform residents of
current public
safety issues via text/SMS, e-mail, Internet posts, and Twitter. The
service is provided
at no cost to the department, taxpayers, or residents.
Communications from the KCPD will range from emergency alerts such as
Amber Alerts
and critical incidents to routine day-to-day information such as violent
crime suspects
being sought, a burglary pattern, a major traffic incident, or other
relevant information
to residents.
“With Nixle, citizens can be aware of the current safety issues in their
neighborhood,”
Chief Darryl Forté said. “Informed citizens can be our eyes and ears,
helping us
solve and prevent crime.”
Kansas City residents can sign up to receive free, real-time safety
information by
texting their zip code or “KCPD” to 888777 or by visiting
www.nixle.com
. Once registered, users can customize the types of alerts they wish to
receive via
text, email, and online. Any information users submit is housed on
secure Nixle servers
and remains anonymous to police staff.
“Additionally, Kansas City will play host to the 2012 Major League
Baseball (MLB)
All-Star Game in July,” continued Forté. “Nixle Connect provides us with
a way to
communicate with the tens of thousands of baseball fans who will be
attending to
keep traffic and people flowing as smoothly as possible, as well as a
means to deliver
any urgent messages should an emergency arise.”
To receive All Star Game-specific messages, text “ALLSTARKC” to 888777.
More than 4,800 government agencies nationwide have adopted Nixle for
their means
of real-time communications with residents, and more than 700,000
citizens have signed
up to take advantage of the service.
“Nixle is an easy, quick and secure mass notification tool for public
safety officials
to communicate information to the public across multiple channels,”
stated Eric Liu,
Nixle’s CEO. “Both residents and visitors to Kansas City can benefit
greatly from
the service.”
To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to
www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes
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