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Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:17pm EDT
 
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New communications service has signed up nearly 1,000 agencies in just a few
months and the National Sheriffs' Association is communicating with conference
attendees via Nixle
 
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Nixle, the latest entrant into the
field of instantaneous communications, is making rapid strides with police and
municipal agencies nationwide - not to mention the thousands of citizens who
have signed up to receive vital public safety messages.

Launched in March, Nixle counts nearly 1,000 cities in 46 states using or
testing its system. Those cities include: Los Angeles, Baltimore, Virginia
Beach, Chicago and Minneapolis. And prominent sheriffs' offices using Nixle
include Oakland County (suburban Detroit), Napa County, Oklahoma County
(Oklahoma City) and Santa Fe County.

Meantime, more than 30,000 residents of those cities have signed up to receive
Nixle alerts - a total growing by the hundreds each day.

Nixle also is popular among many of the sheriffs and law enforcement personnel
attending the National Sheriff's Association 2009 Annual Conference and, as a
result, the association is using Nixle this year to communicate with
conference attendees. More than 3,000 attendees from all fields of criminal
justice are expected to be present at the conference, slated for June 20-24 in
Fort Lauderdale. Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security, is keynote speaker.

"It is an excellent service and I believe it is a great benefit to the
community," said Sheriff David Goad, president of the National Sheriffs'
Association.

"Any tool that helps us improve public safety is worth using," said Oklahoma
County Sheriff John Whetsel. "People rarely go anywhere these days without
access to a cell phone or the Internet. With Nixle, we're always able to relay
important information, thereby improving the community's quality of life."

Nixle should be on the lips of many attendees because this year's conference
includes seminars that focus on technology, such as "Law Enforcement
Information Sharing and Emerging Technology" and "Community Engagement and
Trusted Communication to Residents."

Earlier this month, Nixle served as the lead sponsor at the U.S. Conference of
Mayors. About 80 cities signed on with Nixle in the wake of that event.

"Nixle came out of a need for a direct communication tool for police and
official agencies to reach their communities. Depending on the media is not
enough, and social applications are far too dangerous to put out official
information," said Craig Mitnick, Nixle founder and CEO. "Nixle is the first
tool to allow for a secure and trusted communication platform for sheriffs'
departments and official agencies throughout country to communicate time
sensitive information in real time over cell phones, email and the Web."

About Nixle
Nixle is a community information service provider built exclusively to provide
secure and reliable communications. It is the first authenticated and secure
service that connects municipal agencies and community organizations to
residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted
consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through e-mails and via
Web access. Nixle has secured a partnership with Nlets (the International
Justice and Public Safety Network), allowing local police departments
nationwide to send immediate alerts and advisories. Privately funded Nixle,
which has offices in New Jersey and California, is free to all governments,
their agencies and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and consumers.
For more information, visit www.nixle.com.


SOURCE  Nixle, LLC

Andy Gotlieb of Bellevue Communications, +1-215-893-4299

 

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