Division doesn’t see any private info from individuals who submit suggestions, however it does enable for detectives to ship a message again to them.
MARIETTA, Ga. — The Marietta Police division is hopeful a brand new smartphone app may also help the division remedy crimes.
The app permits residents to submit suggestions anonymously, together with pictures or video.
Officer Chuck McPhilamy stated the division doesn’t see any private info from individuals who submit suggestions, however it does enable for detectives to ship a message again to them.
“One in all our detectives may reply to that tip and ask in case you could be keen to begin a 2-way dialog and even in that dialog it’s fully nameless until you the tipster select to permit us to contact you direct and provides us your title,” McPhilamy stated.
The app, accessible for each iPhone and Android customers will be discovered by looking Marietta PD in both the Apple iPhone or Google Play shops. Since launching on Wednesday, greater than 600 individuals have downloaded the applying, in accordance with McPhilamy.
The brand new possibility for simply submitting suggestions comes because the division is working to resolve the killing of 59-year-old Daniel Lanard Richardson Jr. of Marietta on Monday.
Richardson was discovered after somebody driving previous a automobile wash on Bellmeade Drive close to the intersection with Powder Springs St. referred to as 911.
Emergency dispatchers acquired the decision round 8 p.m. Monday and the caller reported seeing somebody on the bottom inside one of many bays on the automobile wash.
“The person did not cease in order that they weren’t certain, they only stated that it seemed like they could want medical consideration,” McPhilamy stated.
After their preliminary investigation and speaking with the household of Richardson, detectives now want the general public’s assist.
“We have to hear from somebody who is aware of extra about Mr. Richardson in addition to what may need occurred that evening or who may need been in that space,” McPhilamy stated. “That is an open lively investigation and we want closure for the household and the neighborhood and we have to maintain the particular person liable for this accountable.”
Marietta Police are hopeful the division’s new app may help in fixing the case and future crimes within the space. The app additionally has the power to show company crime alerts.
Anybody within the Marietta space remains to be urged to name 911 throughout an emergency. The app is just designed for submitting crime suggestions. The town can even use the app to ship alerts on highway closures, emergencies and different issues if the person opts into receiving notifications.
If you happen to don’t have a smartphone or don’t wish to obtain the Marietta PD app, people can nonetheless submit suggestions by sending an nameless textual content by sending the key phrase MARIETTAPD to 847411 adopted by the tip.
