It has been reported that the surrey police is trialing a mobile phone application that would allow the people to find out the crime reports of their local police officers. It is understood that information regarding what crime was happening in their area would also be given to the people by the smartphone application.

Senior police officer Gavin Stephens said that the project was presently in the development and due for a trial in the Runnymede area in March. It would be deployed in the long term across surrey, providing the pilot ends in a successful note.

Stephens commented on the fresh development that considering they were always in the look out for fresh ways for engaging people with their local teams this was a tremendous opportunity which showed their commitment in looking for utilizing fresh technology and social media for aiding them in meeting both the demands of the public and the modern day policing.

Stephens claimed that inspite of the application begin in the pilot stage, the force was extremely excited regarding its potential. He further said that this application offered a cost effective and simple way of helping them engaged with the public during a period when the police budgets were remaining stretched.

An independent mobile and social software specialist based in the United Kingdom has been developing his application, which will be started using by the police officers and staff from next month, before it is availed for a free public download.

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