Anonymous Tipsters Become Hipsters

You’ve got to hand it to the Atlanta PD. Instead of complaining about citizens using smart phones to circumvent the law, they’ve created an app that lets the public help the law.  Now available for your smart phone: TipSubmit Mobile, a free application for iPhone, iPod Touch and Android devices that allows users to send crime information to law enforcement while remaining anonymous. The app lets users submit video, pictures and even have 2-way communication with the police anonymously.

This could make my job harder. Currently, when I am cross-examining an officer about an anonymous tip that lead him to stop my client, the officer usually admits that he did not see the offending behavior himself—only the tipster did. With this new technology, the person contacting the police can send video and images too, which could collaborate the story. I look forward to seeing how this technology holds up in court.

To get your free app see http://www.crimestoppersatlanta.org/MobilePhoneApp-248.

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