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Nixle - Community Notification System

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 VPD - Nixle Community Notification System, What to Expect

Our department recently began utilizing a new communications service called Nixle. Nixle allows us to send important, valuable community information directly to you, our residents, using the latest technology. You can view our Nixle page here: VPD Nixle Community Notification Page.

The Nixle Community Information Service allows us to create and publish messages to be delivered to subscribed residents instantly via cell phone text message, and/or email, and through our personalized VPD Nixle webpage.

Currently, registered users can expect to receive department press releases, some crime related community information, and other safety tips and information. As we further embrace and make greater use of the Nixle technology users can expect to receive Alert/Critical Incident messages, Advisory messages, additional community and other relevant safety related informational messages, and even traffic related incident information.

With the Nixle instant notification system, our department will better be able to communicate accurate, timely, and reliable information directly to the public via your cell phones and email which helps to enhance public safety at no cost to taxpayers.

How it Works 

The service is reliable and free to use.  Messages can be sent specifically to residents registered within a ¼ mile radius, giving you the opportunity to receive trustworthy information relevant only to your neighborhood. You decide from which local agencies you want to receive information. Subscribers can also choose the way in which alerts are received, whether it is by email, text message, or over the web.

There is NO spam and no hidden cost. Standard text messaging rates do apply.

To begin immediately receiving pertinent information via text message, email, and web please visit our Nixle page or visit Nixle.com to register. Please let your friends and neighbors know too and encourage them to register.

Nixle features include:

  • Free - for the public to receive e-mail and text messages and free for the VPD to send them. (Standard text messaging rates apply).
  • Authenticated, secure and reliable - Senders must prove they are who they say they are before sending (unlike social networking systems).
  • No advertising - no spam, no sharing, and no selling
  • No user monitoring - or tracking of user information by Nixle
  • Public subscribers - anyone can opt-in or opt-out to receive messages
  • Geographically-specific messages using address, address with surrounding radius and zip code to pin-point delivery to requests
  • Nixle messages contain - up to 10,000 characters of information, maps, and photos such as wanted or missing persons. Text messages will link to the full story
  • The National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (NLETS) houses Nixle servers in their secure facilities and integrates Nixle technology into their network.
  • Awarded The Most Innovative Product Award at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference in October 2009.
  • Nixle senders can auto-populate several social networking sites.

Nixle registration is easy and only takes a few minutes.

  • Visit the VPD Nixle page or www.Nixle.com and click on the “sign up now" button
  • You will be asked to provide your name, address (or closest cross street), e-mail address, and cell number. This information is required to receive geographically specific information.
  • More than one location can be registered.
  • You have the option to define what notifications you will receive and from whom.
  • You may opt out of receiving messages from any of the participating agencies.