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Originally Posted by shakermaker
I know that this new service will be intended for incidents of a less serious nature, but does anyone know if there is an SMS service available for serious situations?
I was wondering about this the other day actually in one of my staring into space mind-tangents.
Can people send a text to 999 requesting police assistance if they are in immediate danger?
I'll make a 'for instance'. If a girl is being followed, she puts herself at risk by making a call, as putting the phone to her ear makes her less aware of the movements/actions of person behind her. Being able to discreetly send a text message (as most of my generation are well trained in from classroom disobedience) would solve the problem.
Sorry if this is seen as a thread wander.
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As stated previously, yes there is an emergency service that you text. Primarily used for hearing and speech impaired, but can be used in examples such as this.
Lancs Police and Fire & Rescue have this service, and it has been use, tested and proved sucessful.
I think its a cracking idea to proactively encourage community engagement. We dont kick off about initiatives using websites, and more people have access to a mobile phone that they do the internet.