9-1-1? There’s an App for That

There’s a new iPhone app called Silent Bodyguard. When activated, the application silently sends an emergency alert and your GPS location to a pre-set list of phone numbers and e-mail addresses at 60-second intervals without alerting onlookers or potential attackers. Public safety telecommunicators need to know how to manage those calls and have a procedure in place for how to best use the GPS information being delivered to you.