The NJ State Police has instituted an emergency alert system that can be sent via text message to your cell phone. Just sign up and you will receive important messages such as
- Amber Alerts
- Extended Traffic Delays
- Severe Storms in your area
- Numerous other important information
There will be no advertisements sent to your phone. Below is the NJ State Police Press Release and directions on how to sign on.
NEW
JERSEY STATE POLICE
OFFICIAL NEWS RELEASE
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Office of Public Information (609) 882-2000
Lt. Stephen Jones - ext. 6513
A/SFC Brian Polite - ext. 6514
Tpr. I Christopher Kay - ext. 6516
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 19, 2012
State Police Add Texting to Emergency Communications
West Trenton, N.J. -- New Jersey residents
will now be able to receive critical information from the New Jersey
State Police (NJSP) and the New Jersey
Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) on their cell
phones and PDA’s with the use of a free, web-based service.
The NJSP and NJOEM will be using a service called
Nixle Connect to deliver important and time sensitive information to the
residents of New Jersey. Nixle Connect
is an application that allows verified government
agencies to communicate with the public via text/SMS, e-mail, and
Internet posts. This service is provided at no
cost to the department, taxpayers, or residents and
unlike other social media applications, Nixle does not contain any 3rd
party advertisements.
Messages from the State Police would include reports
of missing persons (including AMBER Alerts), traffic incidents with
extended delays, crime information,
safety tips, community outreach programs, and other
public safety information.
NJOEM will use Nixle to disseminate information
regarding large scale emergencies and disasters, evacuations, and to
amplify emergency messages from county or federal
emergency management partners when necessary.
"We are excited to use Nixle as part of our
comprehensive communication strategy," commented Colonel Rick Fuentes,
Superintendent of the New Jersey State Police and
Director of the NJ Office of Emergency Management. "This
service allows us to send real-time information directly to the public
in critical situations. Whether it's a
natural disaster alert or a missing child advisory, we
can now reach New Jersey residents wherever they may be."
The power of this application is increased as more
people register. New Jersey
residents can register to receive messages
by sending a text message with their zip code
to 888777 (data rates may apply depending on your plan).
Online registration is also available at
www.nixle.com.
"We are proud to have the New Jersey State Police
choose Nixle." stated Eric Liu, Nixle CEO. "With the addition of Nixle,
their department is better equipped to serve the
eight million residents of the state of New Jersey. When
a disaster strikes, there is no better tool to disseminate potentially
life saving information to the public than Nixle."
More than 4,800 government agencies throughout the
United States use Nixle to communicate with residents via SMS mobile
text messaging, email, the Web, and mobile
applications. Over 700,000 citizens use the system.
Nixle is strategically partnered with NLETS to offer the only public
messaging service on the International
Justice and Public Safety network, a system owned by
the fifty states and serving every criminal justice agency in the US and
Canada. Nixle is a privately held
company based in San Francisco, CA.
For more information, visit www.njsp.org or www.nixle.com.
Nixle PR Contact:
Public Communications Worldwide
Nicole Fait
Tel. 714-891-3660
nixle@pc-w.com
