By Tyler Tray - May 25, 2008
It was only a matter of time before texting would be used to prevent crime. Now anyone who has a phone can send a text message to help in the prevention of crime. They have a great overview on how to use the crime stopping program as www.smscrimetips.com. They'll show you step by step how to apply this simple tool. Below I have made my few changes to help make it more understandable. The best way to make sense of how this works is to play out a scenario. So, lets walk through a scenario to get the full effect of this crime prevention tool.
1st) You see or hear about a illegal act that is happening or going to happen. This can go from a drug deal that you are hearing about to witness a crime in action.
2nd) You grab your cell phone and text 274637 (that spells CRIMES.) Then you send your message with your local agency ID number (agency ID numbers are available at www.smscrimetips.com) then push send. Example of message: "tip100 John Doe is dealing drugs in the back of Canbridge Highschool."
