Text messages tip off Sanford police about crime
Crime-fighting has gone high-tech and mobile in Sanford: The city is the first in North Carolina to let residents send their crime tips as anonymous text messages.
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"Text messaging is new, and everybody's using it," Sanford Police Maj. Kevin Gray said. "We're just looking for any way to get information to solve crimes."
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"The fact that you can communicate without even hearing the voice, I think that will catch on, because (among) younger generations, there's millions of folks using this kind of technology daily," Hegwer said.
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