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Agile Communications and the IT firm Anderson Software, today unveiled a new software program that will provide a highly effective tool for crime fighters. The program, TipSoft SMS, provides a comprehensive means for over 1,200 Crime Stoppers programs worldwide to receive tips anonymously and securely reply to tipsters via their cell phones.

Crime Stoppers, the well-known community action group that helps law enforcement agencies internationally, is the first to employ this emerging technology for public safety purposes. Identities of informants are fully protected, and they are assigned aliases under which to claim any applicable rewards. Recent deployments of similar technology in Boston and South Africa have proven the concept can be effective.

Text messaging or Short Message Service (SMS) provides several advantages over traditional voice calls, especially when calling may not be feasible or safe. In the U.S. alone, 300,000 text messages are sent every minute of every day. As the use of SMS continues to grow, the value and variety of its applications also expand.

Technologically, SMS utilizes a much smaller bandwidth, can be transmitted faster than voice calls, and can be sent even when voice traffic is jammed or signal strength is too weak for voice calls. They also require much less battery power, and thus are a better choice for communicating when the battery is low or the phone is being used in a remote location. All of these advantages will serve Crime Stoppers tipsters in their quest to assist law enforcement without endangering themselves.

Related applications for broader use by law enforcement agencies are currently in development and will be released this fall.

TipSoft SMS is being welcomed enthusiastically in the Crime Stoppers community globally.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
    http://www.agile-communications.com
    http://www.tipsoft.com and http://www.andersoft.com
    http://www.c-s-i.org
   

Source: Agile Commuications press release

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