Crime fighting gets a technology upgrade in Sioux Falls as Crime Stoppers of the Sioux Empire now has a mobile app.

As of June 1, you can download the P3 Tips app on your mobile device to report crime in the Sioux Falls area. Mark Buehler who is the local President of Crime Stoppers says this has modern features for the citizen user.

"It's been tested throughout the United States and it's done fantastic in regards to increasing the number of tips that go through Crime Stoppers. You can also embed videos into this tip system and you can upload other images."

After the tip is reported, Buehler feels the new system will be more effective in getting the information to the correct department.

"The tips will come in and can be electronically be sent to the right division as opposed to hand-delivering these texted tips. The overall quality of tip reporting in the Sioux Empire through this P3 Tips is going to be outstanding."

Buehler says the app is nationwide and replaces the aspect of texting crime tips. Crime Stoppers of the Sioux Empire is the first organization in South Dakota to use this technology.

A press release was issued about the changes which includes more details about the program is below.

Crime Stoppers of the Sioux Empire is proud to announce that we have recently partnered with the Texas-based company, Anderson Software. This partnership will provide a more seamless and efficient way for community members to offer information to help solve and prevent crimes or other serious or life threatening matters. Anderson Software leads the industry with its latest secure and anonymous tip acquisition and management solution, called P3 Intel. This partnership allows the Sioux Empire to foster a relationship between law enforcement and the public to proactively create a safer community.

Tips were previously accepted as SMS text messages using a short code and dedicated keyword. Crime Stoppers will now be accepting tips by phone, the web and by way of the new free P3 Tips mobile app available on the iOS and Android platforms, greatly enhancing the mobile tip submission process. Still completely anonymous, tips submitted through the P3 mobile app, unlike SMS text tips, have no length limitations and allow images, video and documents to be uploaded with the tip. Anderson Software’s sophistication encryption processes obscure any and all identifying information and provides assured anonymity for tipsters.

Even without the app, there is still an easy and secure option for submitting tips from any PC or mobile browser by going to crimestopperssiouxempire.com or p3tips.com. Of course, tips are still welcomed through calling our hotline 367-7007 or toll free 1-877-367-7007. Using whichever method, once a person submits a tip, they will be given a TIP ID and password. With this information they can login at p3tips.com and submit follow-up information, engage in real-time chat/two-way dialogue, be informed of the outcome of the tip, and access any pertinent reward information.

Crime Stoppers of the Sioux Empire feels that utilizing Anderson Software’s P3 Tips program we will enhance communications with the public, thereby building a safer and more trusting community in which everyone prospers. To further show our value of tipsters’ contribution to the community, tips leading to an arrest will result in a cash reward.


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