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Article: Crime Stoppers in Oklahoma City finds success with text tips
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- July 2, 2008
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Master Sgt. Charles Phillips with the Oklahoma City Police
Department wasn't looking to make new friends when he began
encouraging citizens to send him text messages about six weeks ago.
What he was hoping was that citizens, and especially teenagers,
would text-message crime tips anonymously to his office at Crime
Stoppers.
Since the program was launched in May - complete with posters and
bus stop advertising around town - Phillips said Crime Stoppers has
received 150 tips from text messages. Of that number, seven cases
have been solved.
"It's been quite successful to this point," Phillips said.
On average, Crime Stoppers receives 400 tips a month via phone
calls and the Internet.
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