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New FBI ‘ Wanted App ’ Makes It Easier to Find Fugitives & More
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land Security Platinum Award for Best Mass Notification System .
Connecting the alerts triggered by IoT sensors to networked crisis communication solutions powerfully expands our capabilities to communicate these incidents and take action to minimize the damage and the risk .
Feb 2017 Edition

New FBI ‘ Wanted App ’ Makes It Easier to Find Fugitives & More

A new AtHoc whitepaper on How the Internet of Things Leads to Better , Faster Crisis Communication explores ways governments and companies can incorporate IoT sensor data into emergency preparedness scenarios for faster , better crisis communications , public safety , and industrial security .
You can download the whitepaper now on Black- Berry ’ s SlideShare channel .
To learn more about how AtHoc can benefit your crisis communications program , visit the official AtHoc product page , register for a live product demo , and read our most recent blog posts .
Original post http :// blogs . blackberry . com / 2016 / 10 / in-a-dangerous-world-the-rightmobile-security-platform-is-key-to-keeping-ussafe /
“ Thousands of cases have been solved over the years thanks to the watchful eyes of concerned citizens , and that has made the country a safer place for all of us . The FBI
Wanted App will help carry on this tradition of partnership .”
You ’ re watching your local news on TV when you see a story on a wanted fugitive in your community . The person looks like someone you ’ ve seen living a few blocks away .
You grab your cell phone , open the FBI Wanted app , search your city name , and quickly locate the individual ’ s profile with additional pictures and information .
The similarity is striking . So you tap the “ Call the FBI ” button in the app and report what you know .
This situation illustrates exactly the kind of technology-driven crime fighting that is now possible — thanks to a new FBI Wanted mobile application launching today . The app allows the public to view , search , sort , filter , and bookmark the full range of information issued by the FBI .
That includes pictures and descriptions of wanted fugitives , missing persons , crime suspects ,
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