[real-eyes] Re: Text Alerts From KCPD
- From: "kitty hevener" <kitty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:43:59 -0400
interesting. Wonder how they plan to reach people who can not access text
messaging and/or social media. In cincinnati, we have these options along
with notification via phone.
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From: "blindbites" <blindbites@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <nutkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:38 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] Text Alerts From KCPD
> 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.”
>
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