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Software firm hails joy of text in fight against crime



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Published Date: 13 January 2008
By Richard Elias
A NEW weapon in the fight against crime is set to be unveiled – the mobile phone.
An extra 25 million pairs of eyes could help to maintain law and order in Britain thanks to new technology that allows anyone with a camera phone who witnesses a crime to simply snap it and send it directly to a police database.

Developed in the Netherlands, the idea has already been used by Dutch officers as well as in Sweden, but the manufacturers are set to approach British authorities after the software was altered for domestic use.

The manufacturers, Waleli, now believe UK police forces could be interested in the idea.

The MMS-Witness software allows users to send an image – or video – of a crime straight to the police in the form of a text. The message can be stored and if necessary forwarded to officers in that vicinity in order for them to respond.



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  • Last Updated: 12 January 2008 7:55 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
  • Related Topics: Law and Order
 
1

Unimpressed one,

13/01/2008 09:25:25
The local plods in West Lothian still haven't managed to respond to these new-fangled telephone thingys yet! Let's not confuse them.
2

PC McGarry#452,

999 Letsby Avenue 13/01/2008 12:21:34
I AM a West Lothian cop and you are a blether. Oh, don't tell me. You phoned up about your wing mirror being smashed and it took 3 weeks for the police to repsond. Aye ok then.
3

Douglas,

Bathgate 14/01/2008 00:58:59
PC McGarry #2: While I can understand your frustration with the perception that modern plod isn't as good as the old days, your mild sarcasm reinforces the impression that we're bothering you when we report what may be classified as minor crime.
Yes you may be as frustrated as the man in the street with background reports, social enquiries and endless second chances for mouth breathing scumbags playing the system but that doesn't make life any easier for those of us with dangling mirrors @ £100.00 a pop or gardens trashed by exuberant youth.
Some might get the impression from your comment that you are all out there solving major crimes and have no time for the trivial. I'm sure that's not the case but, if I may, I'll respond with the same attitude and remind you that us moaners pay your wages.
4

PC McGarry#452,

999 Letsby Avenue 14/01/2008 17:28:19
I will concede that my reply was perhaps a tad facetious, however, Unimpressed One doesn't cover him/herself with glory. VERY easy to criticise from the comfort of your computer chair.'Modern Plod' have had their legs cut off by successive administrations who are the ones introducing the aforementioned bureaucracy to appease the PC brigade. And I am as frustrated as Joe and Josephine Public because when I should be out Guard, Watch and Patrolling, I am unable to see over the Brazilian rainforest in front of me. I would love to solve everything reported to me but it is not possible. Maybe one day, someone will stand up and front a party that gives 2 fingers to political correctness and allows the Police to get on with the job. And as for paying my wages, I contribute a large portion of my wages to income tax and pay a substantial amount of my own wages. Please don't use that line if you have dealings with the Police or you can expect a frosty response.

 

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