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New Orleans is not just known for their Cajun cooking, being the 2010 Super Bowl Champions or even all that jazz! They’ve made another mark on the map. The 911 Cell Phone Bank wants to  recognize them for their tireless efforts in supporting our program.  Another job well done goes out to the Ne...

I locked my car. As I walked away, I heard my car door unlock. I went back and locked my car again three times. Each time, as soon as I started to walk away, I would hear it unlock again!!   Naturally alarmed, I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the st...

Melvin J Pauze, chairman for the 911 Cell Phone Bank program in the Barnstable (Mass) TRIAD, reports that one of the projects they were able to accomplish, in part because of funds provided by their participation in the program, concerned the project of verification of all street addresses in all se...

The White Pine County Sheriff’s Office in Ely, Nevada has been a participant of the 911 Cell Phone Bank program since 2006. Maxine Lantz the Program Director has been my point of contact from the beginning. She often communicates some of their success stories with me and how beneficial the progra...

Deputy Pam Cannon and Deputy Steve Ridgeway with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office have been participating in the 911 Cell Phone Bank program for almost a year. Their original idea was to have this program in place to help with their “domestic violence victims”. During one of their home de...

Recently the National Park Technology Center’s High School Criminal Justice class collected cell phones for the Garland County Sheriff’s Department.  The sheriff’s department is participating in collecting pre-owned cell phones for the 911 Cell Phone Bank.  Through this program they are able...

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shares a measure of crime prevention with all of us.  As once said, “An ounce of prevention equals a pound of care”. This was submitted by Elynne Greene, Victim Services Supervisor and Human Trafficking Task Force Director of the LVMPD.  Thank you Ely...

The following story comes to us from Kim Jones, Crime Prevention Specialist with the Henrico County Police Department. It provides another example of the value of the 911 Cell Phone Bank program when it comes to human safety. “I wanted to thank you for sending us several refurbished cell phone...

From the desk of the Director of Franklin County RSVP in Malone, New York: The 911 Cell Phone Bank program has been a huge success in Franklin County, New York. Because of RSVP’s collaboration with Public Health, the CARES unit and the Office for the Aging, we have provided seniors over 60 years o...

This comes from the City of Chesapeake (VA) Sheriff’s Office. In order for the city populace to be aware of all the programs of service which are supported by the Sheriff’s Office,  Sheriff John Newhart and Chief Deputy, Lt.  Col.  Jim O’Sullivan, established  a Face Book page for th...