Surrey police launch crime app

Release Date 24 Aug, 2011 in The Guardian

 
   

Surrey police launch crime app

The Guardian - Gill Hitchcock - 24 Aug, 2011
The Home Office has announced the launch of a Surrey police smart phone app which uses crime mapping data from the police.uk website. The Surrey Police Beat app is designed to allow the public to view what crimes are happening in local neighbourhoods ...

Police unveil app linking public to their nearest officer

Telegraph.co.uk - 24 Aug, 2011
People in Surrey are able to find out where their nearest police officer is, what they are up to, and can even contact them directly if they need to via a new mobile phone app. Surrey Police hope that by providing live updates of how local police teams ...

App charts police officer movements

The Press Association - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
Residents can chart the movements of their nearest police officer through a new mobile phone app. Surrey Police claims its "trailblazing" gadget will help users chart crime and engage with officers. The interactive app allows people to see where their ...

Surrey Police launch smartphone app

Public Service - 24 Aug, 2011
Surrey Police has launched a smartphone app which allows users to see live information on crimes in their area, view crime statistics and vote on police priorities. Users of Surrey Police Beat, which currently only works in the Runnymede area, ...

NEW SMARTPHONE APP ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO “SPY” ON LOCAL POLICE And police are ...

Sky Valley Chronicle - 24 Aug, 2011
(INTERNATIONAL) -- Things are getting pretty strange out there when an iPhone app shows up on the scene that allows anyone to spy on the cops, and the cops are just fine with that. In fact, it's the police that came up with the idea. ...

Android app to track location of Surrey Police

Life of Android (blog) - Robert Leedham - 24 Aug, 2011
Surrey Police have invited public feedback on their crime fighting skills with the introduction of a new app for Android, Blackberry and iPhone handsets. The simply titled Surrey Police app will allow smartphone owners to trace the location of their ...

Police-Made Officer-Tracking App Is Probably The Worst Idea Ever

Gizmodo Australia - Kyle Wagner - 24 Aug, 2011
Are you especially interested in where police officers are in your town at any given moment? No? Then you're probably not a criminal. But that logic hasn't stopped the Surrey, England, police department from ...

Cops and Robbers 2.0: App Tells You Where Police Are

Cult of Mac - Nicole Martinelli - 24 Aug, 2011
An new police app takes the game of cops and robbers to a different level: concerned citizens " plus hooligans, miscreants and various and sundry " in Surrey, UK can now see where the police are. ...

Hey Criminals! Your Town Made You an App to Track Cops

Gizmodo - 24 Aug, 2011
Are you especially interested in where police officers are in your town at any given moment? No? Then you're probably not a criminal. But that logic hasn't stopped the Surrey, England, police department from launching an app that gives live updates on ...

Nearest police officers can now be located on iPhone apps

Metro - 24 Aug, 2011
Police officers can have tabs kept on them thanks to a new mobile phone app. The software says what neighbourhood officers are working on through live updates, and lets users contact them. Surrey police, which came up with the free app, ...

Police Launch Crime Fighting iPhone App

eWEEK Europe UK - David Jamieson - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
A crime fighting iPhone app that provides real-time policing updates and non-emergency contact information was launched by Surrey Police today. The force hopes the free app will reduce cases of wasting police time and improve public awareness of the ...

Surrey police unveil interactive phone app that lets you monitor nearby bobbies

Asylum.co.uk - Alastair Plumb - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
Change is coming to Runnymede. Change in the form of an interactive iPhone app that allows residents of the town to monitor where local police officers are, and what they're up to. Surrey police call it "trailblazing", Policing Minister Nick Herbert ...

Surrey Police Launch 'Trail-Blazing' Police Beat Mobile Phone App

Huffington Post - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
Apple's iPhone has always allowed you to carry around thousands of songs, TV shows and emails in your pocket. Now, thanks to Surrey Police, you can carry around thousands of crimes in your pocket, too. Surrey Police have today launched what they call a ...

Surrey Police rolls out new iPhone app

Get Surrey - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
AN application that will enable smartphone users to track their neighbourhood police officers has been launched by Surrey Police. The Surrey Police Beat app enables residents to find out where their neighbourhood police officers are, what they are ...

Multizone develops local community app for Surrey Police

Telecompaper (subscription) - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
UK social and mobile software specialist Multizone Limited will supply its free iPhone application, developed at the urging of the Surrey Police. The app will enable people to see local information in real time without having to sign up to a website or ...

Surrey Police delivers open data app for iPhone users

ComputerWeekly.com - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
Surrey Police has introduced a free iPhone app, built using the Appcelerator Titanium development tool, which delivers local crime and policing information using open government data. Developed by Multizone, an independent UK-based social and mobile ...

Surrey Police turns to UK software specialist Multizone to create innovative ...

RealWire (press release) - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
SURREY, England " Tuesday 23rd August 2011 - In a revolutionary step for UK policing, Multizone Limited, an independent UK based social and mobile software specialist, announced the availability of its free iPhone application for Surrey Police which ...

Runnymede phone app charts police officers

BBC News - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
Residents of a Surrey town can now chart movements of their nearest police officer through a mobile phone app. Surrey Police claims its "trailblazing" gadget will help users in the Runnymede area map crime and see where their neighbourhood officers are ...

App charts police officer movements

The Independent - Tom Morgan - ‎Aug 23, 2011‎
Residents can chart the movements of their nearest police officer through a mobile phone app launched today. Surrey Police claims its "trailblazing" gadget will help users chart crime and engage with officers. The interactive app allows ...

 

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