Idea post – SMS to fight crime

Sree’s suggestion that Indian police departments too should start using SMS to get complaints and other info.

Many of us do not always want to call the police telephone number 100 or crime stopper 1090 even if you happened to see a serious crime happening round the corner. When calling in an police station, you might be inquired about your whereabouts first rather than listening into the issue. This may not be true for all stations though, at least people think so. Such things keep citizen away from informing the police of crimes in the neighborhood.

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