JERSEY CITY — The Jersey City Police Department and Mayor Jerramiah Healy unveiled on Thursday a new high tech program that will enable the Police Department to send out breaking public safety alerts via e-mail to the community.
In order to get the breaking news alerts, the public can go to the Jersey City Police Department’s website, www.njjcpd.org, and click on the tab that says “Neighborhood level information, Register Now.” The message will be delivered free of charge by e-mail or text message.
Police Chief Thomas Comey said the system has to be implemented after rumors spread around Halloween of last year that several people were shot as part of a gang initiation.
“We learned a valuable lesson from past experience that we need even more of a venue to the information out to the community quickly and accurately,” Comey said. – RK