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Community
Notification Service
The St. Clair Shores
Police Department has
launched a new Community Notification Service
called “ Nixle” to provide
communication with people who live, work, and visit our
area. The system provides a quick, efficient, and secure
way to get neighborhood-level information out to
community members who subscribe to the system. Through
www.nixle.com
, the
police department will be able to send text
message (SMS) and e-mail alerts to subscribers in a
specific area, down to .25 miles.
Examples of notifications
that will be available are:
- A young child or adult with Alzheimer’s disease
walks away from their home. The alert
can include a picture of the child or vulnerable
adult with a map identifying the area at which they were
last seen.
- A public safety emergency that
requires people to stay in or remain away from
their homes. A Nixle alert can let residents with a
registered address in the affected neighborhood know
what’s happening, allowing residents to take a proactive
role in their own safety.
- Neighborhood Watch
information and crime trends that the residents should
be aware of in the area.
- Snow Emergencies.
- Traffic and Weather
Alerts and Updates that pertain to the metro Detroit
area.
Through Nixle, we will deliver messages securely to
citizens by e-mail and cell phone, supporting and
expanding our community outreach efforts. The
system will be most effective when we have large numbers
of subscribers. Please spread the word about our use of
the system . Nixle
Informational updates will
be disseminated from the
St Clair Shores Police Department by e-mail and
cell phone . To register
go to: www.nixle.com
or an icon to register can be found on the St Clair
Shores Crime Watch web page:
www.scspdcrimewatch.org . Nixle is a secure
communications service .
There is NO spam or advertising associated with Nixle
messages. The system is available at no cost (standard
text message rates apply for subscribers who do not have
text plans with their cell phone providers).
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