It allows us to do one notification one time.” It’s a very timely notification system for us. For the website we’d have to get a hold of the IT department … what this will allow us to do is quickly get that message out. “Now we would have to go to each social media platform, email. “Webpages, emails, social media and Twitter, they would all be one time one message put in and instantaneously goes out to all those platforms,” Hagan said. Hagan said with the service, police would be able to hit every social media platform with one entry. Viola said if there is a major incident or a need to shelter in place, police command staff can quickly send an alert to residents. He said knowing where cameras are allow police to go directly to the camera owner for a crime in progress and more quickly identify suspects. Viola noted reviewing video has become an important part of police work and most residents are happy to allow police to view video after a crime on the street. The service would allow them to know where to look for video and quickly identify it if a crime occurs on someone’s street. In a presentation at the commissioners work session on Monday, Police Chief John Viola and Deputy Chief Joe Hagan touted the ability to register and map home video cameras that police are relying on to help investigate crimes. The cost of the subscription service for a municipality of Haverford’s 49,000 population is just over $11,300 per year and the township would join Marple, Folcroft, Nether Providence, Darby Township, Upland and East Lansdowne in the service. Police said the service streamlines distribution of police and emergency information to residents and would be the first line of communication coming from the department. Haverford Township police are considering joining other Delaware County departments in signing up for the Crimewatch information services program.
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