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ITS A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD
TOOL TO CATCH CRIMINALS.
FOR YEARS, YOU COULD PICK
UP THE PHONE AND REPORT A
TIP TO THE
CRIMELINE SOON YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO TEXT THOSE
TIPS TO ALMOST EVERY
CITY IN HAMPTON ROADS.
HAMPTON, NEWPORT NEWS AND
NORFOLK ALL PLAN TO
BEGIN
USING IT BY THE END OF
THE MONTH. I LOOKED INTO
THEY'VE BEEN DUBBED
GENERATION TEXT....
THIS IS THE WAY THEY
PREFER TO
COMMUNICATE...AND LOCAL
POLICE ARE
BEGINNING TO USE IT TO
THEIR ADVANTAGE.
THE MURDERS OF TWO
NORFOLK STUDENTS
RECENTLY,
PROVOKED CITY LEADERS TO
ANNOUNCE A TEXTING
FEATURE
ON THE CRIMELINE.
PORTSMOUTH, VIRGNIA BEACH
AND CHESAPEAKE AREA
ALREADY TAKING
TEXT AND WEB TIPS.
THESE ARE ALL THE
CRIMELINE TIPS CHESAPEAKE
HAS RECEIVED THIS YEAR.
SEVERAL LED TO ARRESTS,
INCLUDING ONE TEXT
OFFICER KELLY O'SULLIVAN
OPENED ABOUT A MAN
SELLING DRUGS ON A
CORNER.
CHESAPEAKE HAS RECEIVED
50 TEXT TIPS SINCE MARCH.
PORTSMOUTH 387 IN THE
PAST TWO YEARS - WHICH
MEANS THEY'RE
GETTING DOUBLE THE NUMBER
OF TIPS THEY USED TO -
WORKS. A SPOKESMAN TOLD
ME WHEN YOU SEND
A CRIMELINE TEXT IT IS
ROUTED THROUGH A CLOAKING
SERVER IN CANADA,
ENCRYPTED THEN SENT TO
THE POLICE. HE SAID ITS
PROTECTED BY THE
CANDIAN SUPREME COURT.
AND NO ONE WILL KNOW ITS
YOU. IF YOU'RE TEXT
RESULTS IN AN
ARREST POLICE CAN TEXT
BACK VIA THE CANADIAN
ROUTE.
YOU CAN GET ANYWHERE FROM
75 TO ONE-THOUSAND
DOLLARS DEPENDING
ON THE TIP AND THE
SEVERITY OF THE CRIME.
AS SOON AS NORFOLK AND
THE PENINSULA CITIES
BEGIN ACCEPTING
TEXTS WE WILL LET YOU
KNOW WHERE TO SEND THEM.
WE PUT A LINK TO THE
OTHERS ON WAVY.COM
INFORMATION ON VIRGNIA
BEACH'S PROGRAM WAS NOT
AVAILABLE TODAY.