Brevard County Sheriff Lauches New Crime Fighting App
By Wayne Ivey, Brevard County Sheriff // August 12, 2014
provides instant access to crime alerts
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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — As part of our continued effort to prevent crime in our community, I want to use this week’s Crime Prevention message to introduce an exciting new tool that is now available for our citizens to receive and deliver vital Crime Prevention information at the touch of a button.
Today our agency is proud to launch its latest Crime Prevention tool, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office “App” for iOS devices and androids.
The new app can be downloaded for free by searching the App Store for “Brevard Sheriff” and then selecting the App Icon that is pictured below.
Once the app is downloaded you and your family will have instant access to the following information:
• BCSO News
• Crime Alerts
• Crime Prevention Tools
• Most Wanted
• Arrests/Mugshots
• Sex Offenders
• Sheriff’s Office Contact Info
• Facebook
• Brevard Sheriff TV
• Twitter
• Submit A Tip
Not only does this new tool give us the ability to reach you instantly with important information about Crime Prevention but just as importantly gives you the ability to reach us instantly through the “Submit A Tip” feature on the app that allows you to instantly contact us and even submit a photograph when reporting crime and suspicious incidents.
I am asking everyone to download this free app and also asking that you “Share” this Weekly Crime Prevention message with your family and friends so that everyone can take advantage of this incredible new resource, that allows us to deliver important information to our citizens at a moment’s notice.
By partnering together as crime fighters we can continue to lower the crime rate in our community and work together to keep Brevard County one of the best places in the country to call home.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.
Prior to being elected in 2012, Sheriff Ivey served the citizens of the State of Florida as a Resident Agent in Charge for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. As a member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sheriff Ivey developed and created the country’s first ever statewide Task Force on Identity Theft.
That same year the Task Force was named one of the top five most innovative programs in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and investigated approximately 44 million dollars in fraud cases. Additionally, as a member of FDLE, Sheriff Ivey created the Child Abduction Response Team (C.A.R.T) that re-defined the way Child Abduction cases are conducted throughout the country today.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.
The program was later selected as the most innovative program in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is now used as a nationwide model in the response and investigation of child abductions.
Sheriff Ivey has testified before the United States Congress on law enforcement related matters and has extensive experience in the area of Public Integrity Investigations. Sheriff Ivey was honored as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Special Agent of the Year (1996) and was also recognized by the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for his Outstanding Contributions to Criminal Justice. In August of 2011 Sheriff Ivey was honored by the National Organization of Victims Advocacy for his work at the national level as an advocate of victim’s rights and protection.
Sheriff Ivey speaks regularly on topics such as Identity Theft, Crime in America, Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Self Defense through Mental Preparedness. Sheriff Ivey firmly believes that Crime Prevention and Education are vital to reduce our crime rate and protect our community.
