The Signal Hill Police Department distributed a press release this week announcing that CrimeReports, creators of the National Crime Map, have launched the TipSubmit mobile app for Android and iPhone. It is the first mobile application that allows the public to anonymously submit tips to law-enforcement agencies to help solve and prevent crime.
The application is fully integrated with TipSoft, the crime-tip reporting and management system, which allows users to submit secure and anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers and its partnered law-enforcement agencies.
There is no cost to the public to use the application, and it offers more powerful options than SMS Text-a-tip. The new app has the ability to use GPS to auto-locate the nearest agency and attach an image or video to the tip, and it enables the tipster to establish two-way dialogue and real-time chat with the receiving agency, anonymously.
The app is available and downloadable at TipSoft.com, the Android Market, or the iTunes App Store.
