Public urged to join crackdown on vandals

Members of the public are being urged to act as informants to track the activities of vandals in a new crime blitz, reports the Edinburgh Evening News.

"A confidential phoneline, text messaging service and e-mail address has been set up for residents to pass on information about vandals to police.

The crackdown follows an alarming rise in vandalism and fire-raising in Midlothian (Scotland).

Related police SMS hot line services around the world:

-- China Shanghai police to open SMS hot line

-- India SMS service to keep rickshaw drivers in check

-- UK Text service to catch a killer

-- South Korea Mobile Phone Service Helps Find Missing Children (Click here for more on Text Message Amber Alerts)

-- UK Police turn to text alerts for emergency (Click here for more on SMS Terror Alerts)

-- The Netherlands Dutch police start SMS-alert service

emily | 1:21 PM | |
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