Emergency Alert/Community Info on cell, emails
Contact www.nixle.com to learn all about this free service that provides several levels of notifications to you. Alerts is the first and most important and would come through your cell phone. Less important notifications such as any crimes in your specific area, community events, etc., would come over your email.
That's it in a nutshell. Go on the www.nixle.com site, they have a video that explains the system to you. Over 3600 Law Enforcement agencies in the Nation subscribe to this service and it is receiving high marks.
Once you register as a user you can even list the location of your distant parents or children away to college and receive emergency and non-emergency notifcations concerning events going on in their area.
We are still in the development stage and are testing it. The City of Plainwell Police are on it and keep their citizens aware of crime and traffic problems.