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Cell Phone Cops Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Who are Cell Phone Cops?
A. Cell Phone Cops are individuals who are registered with our Web site wanting to protect their families, their community and themselves in the face of emergencies, severe weather and, crime and other related concerns both on and off line.
   
Q. What do Cell Phone Cops do?
A. When registered Cell Phone Cops see a potential crime or incident, or violation they take a picture, video, send a text message or calls 911 with their cell phone or wireless device. The voice, video, image and/or text is sent to the law enforcement authorities for verification. After a 911 Communications Center authenticates an incident or violation, 911 will send the information to Cell Phone Cops. The Cell Phone Cops Alert System in turn will send an alert to all Cell Phone Cops within a predefined radius determined by algorithms inherent in the Cell Phone Cops application.
 
Cell Phone Cops also have the choice of not only sending images and text messages but you will also be slated to receive emergency, weather and Amber Cell Phone Cops Alerts as well.
   
Q. How is the community notified via the Cell Phone Cops Alert System?
A. The community is notified of an incident or incidents via the Cell Phone Cops Alert System in various ways. Your alert type may vary depending upon the alert method you chose at the time of signup or in profile management. For example, you may receive an alert via cell phone, email or both.
   
Q. What areas will the Cell Phone Cops Alert System cover?
A. The Cell Phone Cops Alert System is based on a geocentric identification / notification system. Cell Phone Cops incorporates state of the art mapping technology, which matches the location of an incident or violation against our database of registered Cell Phone Cops sending an alert to all registered Cell Phone Cops based on predefined algorithms.

The Cell Phone Cops Alert System has the ability to be implemented world wide due to the mapping and notification technology inherent in the Cell Phone Cops application.
   
Q. How do I know if my local city or law enforcement agency is working with and utilizing Cell Phone Cops’ Verification and Alert System?
A. You can go to our Partner’s Against Crime page on our website and conduct a search of your locality.

If your city is not a part of the Cell Phone Cops Alert System, contact the Office of your Mayor and simply ask why. Or, contact Cell Phone Cops (via our Contact Us page) and Cell Phone Cops will contact your local government and/or law enforcement agency about participating and partnering with Cell Phone Cops.
   
Q. How do I sign up to be a Cell Phone Cop and what does it cost?
A. There is not a cost to become a Cell Phone Cop.

Your city’s law enforcement agency wants citizens to become involved. However please remember that you should not, under any circumstance, confront or try to thwart a crime (especially one associated with violence).

Remember: The apprehension and arrest of individuals believed to be breaking the law must be left up to trained law enforcement officials.

Go to the Cell Phone Cops Web site, fill out the registration form and click submit. The Cell Phone Cops Alert System will send you a verification email. Make sure that you add Cell Phone Cops to your email white list. This will prevent our email to you from being viewed as SPAM by your email provider or email client software.

In the steps that follow you will receive a set of instructions explaining how the system works in conjunction with your cell phone or your personal wireless device(s).
   
Q. How do I learn more what’s going on in my community?
A. The Cell Phone Cops Web site provides crime statistics for your area, safety tips and ways you can protect your family on and off line. In addition, you can download real-time alerts.
   
Q. What if I do not know how to transmit the images?
A. When you register with Cell Phone Cops you will be sent instructions on the process and how to transmit the images, video or the text to 911. Our system is built with simplicity in mind and the images Cell Phone Cops receives from 911 Communications Centers will resize themselves.
   
Q. What is text messaging and how do I sign up for it?
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Text messages are SMS (Short Message Service) messages sent to or from your phone. And for those of us who remember pages, it is sort of like receiving a page. Each message contains between 100 and 160 characters depending upon your carrier. An example of a text message is the notification you receive on your phone when you have new voicemail.

Many carriers activate the service automatically. However, you should check your phone or with your carrier to make sure your text messaging is active. See the carrier matrix for a list of carriers and contact information.

Good links to learn how to read text messages on your phone include:

Cell Phone C.O.P.S. Alerts is a FREE service to subscribers:

Your wireless carrier may charge you a fee to receive messages on your wireless device. Please read the FAQs for more information