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MMS-witness to help police fight crimeIf, as Waleli's Lawrence Masle claims, more than half the European population
now carry a cameraphone, then a new crime busting application, MMS-witness,
should catch on fast.
Waleli's idea is to harness the power of picture messaging (MMS) to catch the
crooks. A witness sends a photo or video from the cameraphone using MMS-witness
which then goes straight into a crime database.
Such photography could then be sent to police officers sent to investigate the
crime – hopefully increasing the chances of an arrest.
Dutch software house Waleli has been working with police in Amsterdam to test
the system out. At this stage it is the police themselves who are taking the
pictures and storing them in a database.
If the plan goes ahead then it should be possible to establish a Europe-wide
number for MMS-witness. The general public will be provided with a memorable
number – such as 999 or 112 – to which all witness messages can be sent.
To get people in the mood, Waleli has even shot its own video of how the system
should work. View it on your PC here.
Given that Garner has estimated that there are 295 million cameraphones already
out there, that's an awful lot of potential crime scene photographers.
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