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About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More

About SocialMediaDNA

SocialMediaDNA is about sharing knowledge on social media and law enforcement. Topics vary from online components in public order, criminal investigations, intelligence, prosecution to emergency management and communications. More
 

App: Hollaback!

By Arnout de Vries on July 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, hollaback, safety, women
Street harassment is one of the most pervasive forms of gender-based violence and one of the least legislated against. Comments from ?You?d look good on me? to groping, flashing and assault are a daily, global reality for women and LGBTQ individuals. But?it is rarely reported, and it?s culturally accepted as ?the price you pay? for being a woman or for being gay. At Hollaback!, they don?t buy it, [...]
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App: Guardly

By Arnout de Vries on July 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, guardly
Whether you?re traveling overseas on business, working remotely, in a parking garage with poor cellular coverage or sitting at your desk, Guardly Mobile (iOS, Android) alerts and connects you with your organization?s security operations instantly. Guardly administrators within your organization have the ability to send mobile alerts to you based on your location or user-group, which helps ensure you only get messages relevant to you or your [...]
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App: Going Abroad

By Arnout de Vries on July 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: abroad, going, limit, regulations, road, rules, speed, traffic, travel
What is the speed limit on Spanish motorways? Do I need to wear a helmet when I cycle in Sweden? The free European Road Safety App Going Abroad (iOS, Android, Windows)?contains all important road safety rules and some fun games. Download it before going abroad and save on roaming charges.   Sources:?Verkeersnet,?EU Commission Related Posts:Read more →

Flashface

By Arnout de Vries on July 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, flashface, investigation, sketch
Have you ever wanted to be a police sketch artist? Well, now you can use the flashface app (Android app?or?web app) and create sketches of criminals or yourself and your friends. It provides a large number of?each facial components including eyes, nose, mouth, hair, head, eyebrows, glasses, mustache, jaw and beard. To practice try and put together some well known faces: Related Posts:Read more →

App: Circle of 6

By Arnout de Vries on July 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: 6, alarm, alert, app, circle, college, notify, Police, safety, Students, women
Circle of 6 is a free app?to?connect with your friends to stay close, stay safe and prevent violence before it happens. The Circle of 6 app for iPhone and Android makes it quick and easy to reach the 6 friends you choose. Need help getting home? Need an interruption? Two touches lets your circle know where you are and how they can help. Icons represent actions; so [...]
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App: BART watch

By Arnout de Vries on July 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, BART, watch
BART is launching a simple-to-use app available for iOS and?Android?devices that will allow riders to easily report crimes, suspicious items or activities on the BART system. Riders have been asking for a safe, silent and discreet way to communicate with BART when they are on a train or in a station and this new application will make that happen. ?The BART Watch app will be free [...]
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App: Mobile Patrol

By Arnout de Vries on July 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, Mobile patrol
The MobilePatrol app approaches one millionth download (Apple iOS, Android) MobilePatrol was released as the first national public safety app to deliver important public safety information like emergency alerts, most wanted, sex offenders and recently incarcerated offenders from thousands of?law enforcement agenciescovering over 80% of the nation’s population.? Since then, MobilePatrol has built a massive following while experiencing a growth rate of [...]
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App: Peacekeeper

By Arnout de Vries on July 29, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, community, group, Peacekeeper, policing
Before the creation of this app, the makers of Peacekeeper saw?two big problems with security in the United States. 1) Security ?police, firefighters, ambulances? is bureaucratic, slow, and ineffective. The average wait time for an emergency is?just over 10 minutes; but that number goes up fast if you?re in a poor or minority neighborhood. Many people?wait over an hour?after calling 911 before police or firefighters even show up. [...]
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Apps: DIY Justice

By Arnout de Vries on July 24, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: app, citizen, DIY, Justice, rights
Call Recorder Record your phone calls. Keep in mind that if you?re in a location that?s?not considered a one-party consent state?you?ll want to inform the caller of the recording. Free app Download:?AndroidiPhone:?iPhone GotYa! GotYa! takes a silent snapshot through the front facing camera of the criminal who is attempting to use your device, whenever the screen lock is entered incorrectly. After [...]
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Bebo

By Arnout de Vries on July 24, 2014 · Add Comment Tagged With: Bebo
Bebo?was a?social networking?website launched in 2005. Bebo now calls itself “a company that dreams up ideas for fun social apps” and Joe Mbu, the man behind the Bebo relaunch, has confirmed that the site will not be returning as a social network but as a company that makes social apps. As of July 2013, it is owned and operated by its founders?Michael Birch?and?Read more →
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