Full Notification

The North Aurora Police Department is launching a new Community Information Service designed to deliver important and timely information to residents in our area using the latest technology.

This service, created by Nixle, LLC delivers trustworthy and important neighborhood-level public safety and community event notifications by web, e-mail, and cell phone.

Nixle is simple, trusted and available at no cost to subscribers.

Text messaging charges may apply depending on your cellular service contract. There is no spam either!

People who live, work, and travel through North Aurora can now take advantage of Nixle! Nixle is a community information service that alerts you to public safety threats and community events via web, e-mail, and cell phone.

Sign up at www.nixle.com to register.

We are very excited to have you experience it for yourself. Nixle is a new community information service provider built exclusively to provide secure and reliable communications.

Its authenticated service connects municipal agencies and community organizations to residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through e-mails and through Web access.

Nixle is offered at no cost to all governments, their agencies and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and consumers.

“We hope we never have to worry about this, but in the event of an emergency, the North Aurora Police Department wishes to quickly notify the public so that they can take appropriate measures to protect themselves,” said Chief Thomas Fetzer.

For instance, residents can now be quickly notified of:
•A missing or abducted child
•A hazardous materials situation, such as a gas leak, tanker truck accident, etc.
•An escaped prisoner or dangerous suspect in the area
The North Aurora Police Department will also use Nixle to send out routine crime prevention information, such as our weekly email newsletter COP-Bytes, announcements, and Traffic information, such as road closures, major traffic accidents, and prolonged traffic congestion.

The public can even subscribe to multiple agencies of their choice on Nixle. For instance, residents may wish to get information from agencies where they live, work, and travel through.

Craig Mitnick, the founder and CEO of Nixle, said Nixle differs from current services such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, which provide unauthenticated platforms for connections.

Nixle solves that problem by providing a single standardized service for consumers to receive immediate and credible neighborhood-level public safety and community information.

“Nixle is a first-of-its-kind tool for communities that need to provide critical information to their residents,” said Craig Mitnick, founder and CEO.

“When it comes to public safety information, you have to trust the source. Residents of North Aurora can rest easy that the local messages they receive are authentic.”

About Nixle

Nixle is a community information service provider built exclusively to provide secure and reliable communications. It is the first authenticated and secure service that connects municipal agencies and community organizations to residents in real time, delivering information to geographically targeted consumers over their cell phones (via text messages), through e-mails and via Web access. Nixle has secured a partnership with Nlets (the International Justice and Public Safety Network), allowing local police departments nationwide to send immediate alerts and advisories. Privately funded Nixle, which has offices in New Jersey and California, is available at no cost to all governments, their agencies and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and consumers.

For more information, visit www.nixle.com.