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Instant messaging joins police emergency arsenal

Instant messaging joins police emergency arsenal - Business - The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper

Instant messaging helped police respond to recent emergencies on opposite sides of the country, and law-enforcement agencies are figuring out how to embrace the popular real-time communication tool.
Earlier this month, a couple and their teenage son were home in Bangor, Maine, when three men forced their way inside. The intruders locked the mother and son in a bedroom and assaulted the father in an attempt to steal prescription drugs, said Sgt. Paul Kenison, a 13-year veteran detective of the Bangor Police Department.
The bedroom did not have a telephone, Sgt. Kenison said, but the teenager used the computer to send a four-line instant message to his girlfriend.

And with IM being built right into cell phones I am sure we will see more stories like this in the future.


26 December, 2005 |



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