When Crime Stoppers of Houston and SeePoint Technology get tough on crime, Houstonians benefit.
Houston, Texas – Sunday, August 02, 2009 – HOUSTON FUGITIVES FIND THAT THERE IS
NOWHERE TO RUN AND NOWHERE TO HIDE
Crime Stoppers of Houston is expanding their organization¡¦s multimedia reach. By taking the known clues and information about criminal fugitives to where area citizens gather in masse, and making the information easy to access and interactive via a fast, dependable kiosk by SeePoint Technology, Crime Stoppers is poised to help local authorities reign in suspected murderers, rapists, and other wanted felons.
Utilizing SeePoint Technology¡¦s VantagePoint Light kiosk¡¦s bright, 17¡¨ internet-ready touch screen displays, shoppers in high-traffic areas at Houston¡¦s Greenspoint Mall can view the faces and read descriptions of criminals that are wanted in their area. The kiosk links to the Crime Stoppers website, and from there anyone who might recognize a fugitive in their midst can place an anonymous report to the Crime Stoppers hotline.
The effect of having an anonymous channel for reporting felony crime is truly empowering to a citizenry ¡V since their inception in 1983, Crime Stoppers of Houston will have helped local law enforcement arrest over 21,000 felony suspects and solve over 28,000 criminal cases. Using information directly reported through the Crime Stoppers program, Houston-area law enforcement averages almost 1,000 such collars a year, making a major difference in the fight against crime in Houston.
¡§We see the kiosk as a unique, innovative, and interesting educational tool to give citizens in the ongoing fight against crime in our neighborhood,¡¨ says Crime Stoppers Communications Manager Ray Wathen. ¡§Equally important to us was the affordability of SeePoint products and their customer service. (SeePoint) turned around our request in a short period of time and were very responsive to our needs,¡¨ adds Wathen.
SeePoint¡¦s Jeff Goldstein says that the Redondo Beach, California-based kiosk company is proud to be associated with such a vital community organization. ¡§If together we take even one criminal off the streets, then this kiosk was a major success,¡¨ he says. ¡§Our platform is designed so that the content of a group like Crime Stoppers is presented in a way that people passing by will instinctively want to interact with the kiosk. The screen is bright and crisp, and the Vantage Point Light model is built with a snappy looking, ruggedized steel frame that takes up a very small footprint. It¡¦s perfect for installations like malls and other high traffic areas where you want to catch peoples attention with high visibility, but where you also need a machine that is reliable, vandal resistant and self-contained.¡¨
The Greeenspoint Mall kiosk is a pilot program. Wathen says that if it produces the expected results in terms of community awareness and anonymous reportage of suspected criminals, Crime Stoppers of Houston will seek to expand their kiosk program to other public locations, such as other malls and transit centers.
As criminals in Houston are quickly learning, with Crime Stoppers broadcasting their images and information in popular public areas on the SeePoint kiosks, there really is nowhere to run to, and nowhere to hide.
About Crime Stoppers of Houston
Crime Stoppers of Houston is a 501c3 non-profit whose mission is to solve and prevent serious crimes in the Greater Houston area in partnership with citizens, media and the criminal justice system. They offer anonymity and cash rewards to citizens who call their 713-222-TIPS (8477) hotline with information leading to the identification, arrest and filing of charges against felony criminals or the capture of a felony fugitive. Since the inception of this program in 1981, Crime Stoppers of Houston became and remain the undisputed leader of all crime stoppers programs worldwide. At the end of July, 2009, they will have helped Houston area law enforcement arrest over 21,000 felony suspects and solve over 28,000 felony criminal cases, including over 840 murders, 3,600 robberies and 3,900 drug cases. Crime Stopper of Houston will have safely paid over 17,400 anonymous callers a total of over $7,800,000 in cash rewards.
Contact Crime Stoppers of Houston at (713) 222-TIPS, or visit www.crime-stoppers.org for more information.
About SeePoint
SeePoint Technology is a leading provider of interactive, self- service kiosk systems that are ideal for entertainment, marketing and survey applications as well as retail services, ticketing systems, public information terminals and healthcare applications.
All of SeePoint¡¦s kiosks unite design, durability, reliability, flexibility, customizability and modularity to bring Internet based commerce and communication to the public.
SeePoint has provided interactive kiosk solutions to Banner Healthcare, Billabong, Champ Car, Fuji, the J. Paul Getty Museum, JPL, Neutrogena, Pfizer, Polaris ATV, the San Francisco International Airport, the States of New Mexico and Wisconsin and the United States Air Force.
SeePoint is a trademark of SeePoint LLC. Other company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
For more information contact:
Jeff Goldstein
888-587-1777 x106
jeff@seepoint.com
