Stay Alert With Nixle The Pima County Sheriff’s Department, in its continuous endeavor to keep our community connected and protected, would like to announce its new alert messaging service, NIXLE.
Nixle is a free, simple, and trusted messaging service that allows the Pima County Sheriff’s Department to send real-time public safety threats, alerts and community events to the public via the web, email and/or cell phone. Individual users get to choose what messages they want to receive and how they would like to receive them.
Nixle, LLC developed this secure messaging technology to open trustworthy, reliable communications between governmental agencies and the communities they serve. Only authenticated agencies and organizations are permitted to use Nixle, which prevents false messages and impersonations. Pima County Sheriff’s Department messages sent through Nixle will also be published to the department’s Twitter account, but by looking for the "Nixle" url in the message, citizens can rest assure that the message actually came from our agency.
More importantly, Pima County residents will now be alerted to timely events such as road closures, Amber Alerts, missing children and vulnerable adults and other critical incidents where informing the public is critical. Messages are sent out at different levels including "ALERT", "ADVISORY", "COMMUNITY", and "TRAFFIC". The Pima County Sheriff’s Department then has the option of sending out messages to all subscribed members or just those in the vicinity of the action occurring.
Subscribers to this service can sign up at http://local.nixle.com/register. The user can choose to have messages sent to their text capable phone, email, both or simply log on to Nixle and view the messages. Levels of messages sent can also be chosen to lessen the amount of texts sent or increase the connection to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department. Users can also set unlimited locations, such as home, work and school, to stay informed about area incidents as well as widespread notifications.
Just as our messages are secure, so is your information. Nixle does not track users and does not allow advertising on their site. No third party will be contacting you or spamming you after you submit your registration information.
Every citizen is encouraged to sign up to receive these messages and begin connecting with the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, especially those people who live, work and frequent the areas of Mount Lemmon and Arivaca, Arizona. Also, businesses that employ drivers or citizens who commute frequently are encouraged to sign up, so when a person is reported missing, additional eyes are assisting law enforcement in making a quick and safe recovery. Also, road closures will be published in timely fashion so fast changing weather and law enforcement related road closures won’t catch drivers off guard.
NOTE: The Pima County Sheriff’s Department does not advocate nor recommend reading text messages while driving and highly discourages this practice. If you choose to receive Nixle alerts via text message, please read only when safe to do so.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department endeavors to send messages only when alerting the public is necessary. If you choose to receive community messages, you may also receive an occasional message regarding important events such as Shred-A-Thons. Frivolous messages will not be sent and your email and text boxes will not be filled with spam by these messages. We want you, the public, to know that when you receive a message from us, it is important. Nixle is just one more way the Pima County Sheriff’s Department is working with the community to keep residents safe and informed.
Please sign up for Pima County Sheriff's Department alerts and messages by clicking here:
For detailed information, visit www.nixle.com or download this informational brochure.
(Standard text messaging rates may apply. Check with your phone carrier.)