Toronto Crime Stoppers launch BlackBerry app in hopes to fight the war on crime
By Zach Gilbert on 7 Jul 2012 04:04 pm
Living in fear is something many face every day of their lives, the fear that they will become the victim of a crime. While the truth is that no one can ensure that we as people will ever be able live in a crime free world, there are people who are trying to bring that idea to that fruition. This week Crime Stoppers Toronto has officially launch their tips application onto the BlackBerry Torch 9800, and with more devices to be supported later. This application is no ordinary app, Crime Stoppers has stated that it's the first of it’s kind in North America.
With this new technology the user has the ability to:
- Record a video or photograph for easy tip submission.
- Find the nearest police station using GPS and receive turn by turn directions.
- Check the status of submitted tips.
- View Toronto’s “Most Wanted”.
- One touch calling directly to a Crime Stoppers Representative.
- One touch email composition to submit an email tip.
- View Toronto’s “Crime of the Week”.
- Connect with Toronto Crime Stoppers Social Media Pages.
On a side note, if you’re not on the BlackBerry platform you can also download the Crime Stoppers app for iOS and Android in their respective stores.
Download Crime Stoppers for the BlackBerry Torch 9800
thecsman Jul 7, 2012 at 4:21 pm
I'm curious about the false/true ratio of the tips this app will generate.
Rootbrian Jul 8, 2012 at 4:56 am
Don't forget, the "innocent until proven guilty" rule applies to any tips. Evidence is crucial.
kdna Jul 7, 2012 at 4:21 pm
That iPad is ugly.
soloworldelec Jul 7, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Damn, twitter post made me think it was a game.
phoreoneone Jul 8, 2012 at 10:40 pm
LOL! same here
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Jul 7, 2012 at 5:14 pm
no doubt they are trying to stop the hysteria from the eaton centre shooting
thatplaybookguy Jul 7, 2012 at 5:45 pm
whats wrong with just calling the cops the old fashioned way?
kwandar Jul 7, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Good luck with that Crime Stoppers. I doubt this will have ANY impact at all in the face of the over staffing, mismanagement, and general Toronto police malfeasance.
The Toronto public are fed up and hostile towards the Toronto police now. The Province and City need to lay off the 2,000 surplus officers, and fire Blair and the police board, to right things.
Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes Jul 7, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Getting rid of Rob Ford would be a good start
kwandar Jul 7, 2012 at 9:57 pm
I agree, but at least we (well someone did?!) elected him. These others cost us much more and are totally unaccountable.
artie Jul 7, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Great Idea, bring it to the US all across the country.
TeaBoy Jul 7, 2012 at 8:11 pm
I am bounty hunting!
jsocan Jul 7, 2012 at 8:23 pm
This will be a killer app (excuse the pun) and should be offered to other cities in Canada and around the world ASAP.
Just the perception that everyone on the street can be armed with a real time crime surveillance and reporting device will make the street a little safer.
tr00don Jul 7, 2012 at 9:49 pm
I thought the ap was for a BB Torch. Why is he making the presentation on an iPad?
BionicKris Jul 9, 2012 at 2:21 am
"On a side note, if you’re not on the BlackBerry platform you can also download the Crime Stoppers app for iOS and Android in their respective stores."
The title of the article does make it sound like a BB-only app.
BruvvaPete Jul 7, 2012 at 10:18 pm
Headline kinda misleading. I initially thought it was for BB only.
Camfella Jul 7, 2012 at 11:56 pm
I agree, truth is BB was probably an afterthought, that's why 9800 only.
BruvvaPete Jul 8, 2012 at 1:46 am
Yeah. Strange it wasn't done for BB7 or the PB but they went back one generation OS to BB6. You may be right. I wonder which iPad that is.
Perjade Jul 8, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Crackberry is trying to cheat readers ! Epic Fail !
AndroidArmageddon Jul 8, 2012 at 12:47 am
Looks like all iOS to me, not waiting until the 17th minute to see if there is an actual QNX version.
Wightboy Jul 8, 2012 at 2:57 am
And with the fantastic camera on BB devices I bet the police can't wait for a slew of blurry images.
Rootbrian Jul 8, 2012 at 5:08 am
Most images are sharp.
neteng1000 Jul 8, 2012 at 10:10 am
Use the proper tool for the job. Buy a camera. Enough with the BB camera already.
GoustiFruit Jul 8, 2012 at 8:52 am
Hmm, in France you can be accused of complicity in a crime if you recorded it on your phone, even if *you* were the victim ! Yeah, Sarkozy promoted some very nice laws...
neteng1000 Jul 8, 2012 at 10:14 am
I am not french but I liked Sarkozy. He wasn't afraid of offending people or his political correctness for the interest of the country.
GoustiFruit Jul 8, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Yeah, he was very talented at offending people, and all for the interest of his friends. But I just registered on this site, I don't want to start such flame war, so let's go back to the subject of this post...