Rutherford County Sheriff Office will soon launch a new Community Notification Service called “Nixle” to improve communication with people who live, work, and visit our area.
The system provides a quick, efficient, and secure way to get neighborhood-level information out to community members who subscribe to the system. Through www.nixle.com, the Rutherford County Sheriff Office will be able to send text message (SMS) and e-mail alerts to subscribers in a specific area, down to .25 miles.
Notifications might be considered in the following instances:
● A young child or adult with Alzheimer’s disease walks away from their home. The alert can include a picture of the child or vulnerable adult with a map identifying the area at which they were last seen.
● A public safety emergency requires people to stay in or remain away from their homes. A Nixle alert can let residents with a registered address in the affected neighborhood know what’s happening, allowing residents to take a proactive role in their own safety.
● Other uses: traffic safety implications around large fire scenes, community events.
Through Nixle, we will deliver messages securely to citizens by e-mail and cell phone, supporting and expanding our community outreach efforts.
Obviously, the system will be most effective when we have large numbers of subscribers. Please spread the word about our use of the system and add this information to the bottom of your e-mail signature: “Up-to-the-minute updates from Rutherford County Sheriff Office by e-mail and cell phone: www.nixle.com”
Nixle is a secure communications service available to municipal, county, and state government agencies. The system is available at no cost to our citizens (standard text message rates apply for subscribers who do not have text plans with their cell phone providers).
. Residents can receive technical and non-technical assistance directly from Nixle sending email to [email protected]
