| A new scheme has been launched in three towns | | | | but photos of damage caused by anti-social behaviour |
| across the UK, encouraging people to report anti-social | | | | will be useful in monitoring activity and building up |
| behaviour using their mobile camera phones. Harlow in | | | | evidence".According to a police spokesman, the police |
| Essex (home town of Mouse2house.co.uk) as well as | | | | in Harlow welcome this partnership initiative as it |
| Bristol and Ipswich have been given the opportunity to | | | | encourages residents to become involved in helping |
| test this new way of reporting anti-social | | | | towards the improvement of the environment and |
| behaviour.Initially residents are being invited to snap | | | | local community. If the scheme is proven to be |
| photos of graffiti and vandalism using their mobile | | | | successful in the three towns, it is proposed that the |
| phones, which can then be sent over the mobile phone | | | | scheme is rolled out across the rest of the |
| network to council officers on 07739 888 558 with the | | | | country.This type of scheme demonstrates the |
| word Harlow, Bristol or Ipswich (depending on which | | | | changing face of the mobile phone and it's use. It is no |
| town you are in) followed by details of where the | | | | longer just a device for making phone calls, but a |
| offence has taken place. Once the image/s are | | | | mobile device with many uses i.e. photos, video, music, |
| received at the council offices they will then be added | | | | note taking, voice recording etc. Imagine if you are |
| to the anti-social behaviour database, which is shared | | | | unfortunately involved in a minor motor accident, you |
| across several other organisations. The cost of | | | | would be able to take photographic, video and audio |
| sending a message is dependent on the person's | | | | records of the incident details which can later be used |
| mobile phone tariff.Harlow council joint leader Cllr Chris | | | | as evidence if necessary, no more 3rd parties denying |
| Millington said: "This new service will help increase | | | | that the accident took place or changing the story of |
| people's involvement in making Harlow a safer, cleaner | | | | what actually happened!Article by Iggy Quazi director |
| place to live by expanding the ways in which these | | | | of Ecommerce business Mouse2House based in |
| crimes are reported to us". "It's important to stress," | | | | Essex, England stocking a wide range of digital imaging |
| said the other joint leader, Cllr Kevin Brooks, "that we | | | | devices. For more info see for the latest digital media |
| don't want people to put themselves at risk by | | | | products. |
| photographing perpetrators as they commit the crime, | | | | |