Sent text message : "gun seen locker 129 FHS"
The police receive your text message. There's a time stamp on it along with your cell phone number. Did you know , there's a law requiring all communication carriers to give law enforcement a back door to their data files? Did you also know , there is a cellphone phone book? By using your phone number , they can look up the owner and address of the cell phone who sent them a text message. And , did you also know , your cell phone has it's very own GPS system? Now the police know you were in the 3rd stall in the girls bathroom at the main entrance to your High School when you texted them the anonymous message. Did you also know , with this information , the police will create a file on you for future purposes? Yes , they will keep up with this and many other importantly insignificant pieces of information about you ass well.
It can get pretty interesting , ass to how many ways there are to see that you "Snitched". Take a look at your cell phone , does it have a "call log" ? Do you lend your phone to your friends? Do they look over your "call log" ? Do you friends work under cover for the police? You'd be surprised how many teenagers work for Franklin Police
Meanwhile , Franklin Police are busy creating/updating their files on people like you. Criminal activity is not a prerequisite to be entered into their filing system. Yes , the word "Snitch" is a very useful word while searching around inside their data banks.
Well , now that you know all about this. Are you a "Snitch" ? The police know and now you know how they know , that you "Snitched" for them. They lied to you did'nt they? Hmmm. For all you may know , that weapon was deliberately planted in that locker so they could fish for "Snitches" and now they've got what they want. "YOU"
The following is from 2 sources on the internet about texting "Our Franklin Police Department". All I've done here is tell you what they won't tell you. Franklin Police were given an award for this even though they stole the idea from another agency. It took money and politics to get their award.
If you have a police tip simply send a text message to TIP-411 to begin an anonymous conversation with police.
"For example 'I saw a gun in locker 122 today', that is something that would be potentially appropriate to send in as a message," said Sgt. Charles Warner with the Franklin Police Department.
Police also wanted to get the word out that any text police receive will be anonymous.
"Youth don't want to be labeled as 'snitches', that's a word that's commonly used amongst kids, they don't want to be retaliated against and they're fearful of that," Sgt. Warner continued.
Students said they'd be a lot more include to "text rather than call."
Senior Michael Lynch said he plans to get the word out via the school's TV news program, and says once kids know they can text anonymously, TIP-411 will be a staple in everyone's phone book.
"I think this new system should be able to eliminate the whole finding out who's the snitch problem," he said. "I'll be adding that to my phone just in case an emergency ever pops up, I'll use the system if need be."
The police department is the first in the state to launch a text message tip program.
In March of 2009, the Franklin Police Department began receiving anonymous tips in the form of text messages. The program allows anyone with a cell phone to text tips to the Franklin Police Department anonymously. Part of the Department’s initiative was to encourage the community’s young people, especially students in schools, to report information about criminal activity in a very proactive way while having the opportunity to remain anonymous. The Franklin Police Department was the first law enforcement agency in Tennessee to offer this system.
To send an anonymous tip to Franklin Police, text the keyword 615FPD, along with your message to 847411 (Tip411).
