The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has developed a Web application that puts the most popular features of its web site into a mobile-friendly format. The app address is: myfcso.us/m/
Like the sheriff’s regular website, the mobile site allows the public to search the county jail (from the very latest bookings to jailings going back several years) or read daily logs of happenings in Flagler County. Example, from July 7: “A resident of Sloganeer Trail in Palm Coast reported his home had been entered and jewelry and a cell phone had been stolen. The victim said he found his dog locked in the master bedroom. Deputies said entry to the home was made by breaking a rear sliding glass. The incident is under investigation.”
The application also enables readers to keep up with the very latest calls to 911. The resulting lost shows active calls for service, from commercial alarms to reports of a stroke to assaults, battery, disturbances and other such matters. The listings show an incident number and the time the call was received, along with a few words’ description of the type of incident involved and a codded geographic location.
Users may also search contacts and file report right from their smart phone, in eight categories–harassment and obscene phone calls, lost property, theft, solicitations, vandalism, property damage, identity theft and mischief complaints. Keep in mind: filing a false police report is a crime.
“The industry forecast predicts the smartphone market will grow more than 50 percent in 2011. We are moving forward with technology and I encourage residents to use this easy-access method to visit our website,” Sheriff Don Fleming said.
The new technology move was completed by the Sheriff’s Information Technology Unit at no cost to the taxpayer–at least no costs additional to those paid to IT employees as part of their regular duties.
Fleming said the Web App will continue to be expanded to bring more information to the public. For now, however, incident reports remain available only upon request.
Big brother is watching says
Invasion of privacy made even more easier! Orwell rolls in his grave! Again!
D says
How is this an invasion of privacy when this the sheriff’s office is a public entity, funded with tax dollars and everything they do is available under Florida’s public records law?