Social Media Mobile applications for the Police

Police officers around the UK are starting to use Twitter and other social networks as a means to engage with more of the public.

Social media is massive. In January 2011 it accounted for 12.4% of UK Internet site visits according to Experian. Of course that still means that many people do not use or want to use Twitter so they will not see those police messages.

Multizone Limited has come up with the answer. The explosion in mobile phone Internet access in the UK has already changed the way that most people communicate. iPhone, Blackberry & Android phone owners are happy downloading apps which provide them with local, timely, online information and entertainment.

Multizone provides Neighbourhood officers with a special police only app for their mobile phones that at the touch of a couple of buttons sends out tweets that inform their local community of what they are doing on their behalf. Officers on the street do not want to have the extra burden of having to type messages on a phone keyboard on the street. They have better things to do. Touching a couple of buttons to tell the public what type of incident they are dealing with is so much easier on the patrol.