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A New Crime Fighting Tool

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Published: Thu, May 29, 2008 - 5:57 pm Last Updated: Thu, May 29, 2008 - 6:26 pm

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The Mobile County Sheriff's Office unveiled a new tool in the fight against crime Thursday.
It's called "Meth Text" and it allows anyone who can text message on a cellphone to report suspicious activity.
Here's how it works. Tipsters can text the word "meth" to 839863 and report any meth-related incidents.
Citizens can also call (251) 574-DRUG to report a tip over the phone.
The Sheriff's Department is also using 30 specially-trained deputuies to monitor drug stores and convenience stores for large purchases of ingredients to make meth.
Crystal drain cleaners and over-the-counter cold medicines containing ephedrine are at the top of the list.
The program is being funding through a $450,000 grant from the Department of Justice.
The Sheriff's Department says they responded to nearly 50 meth-related incidents and seized over $1,300,000 with of methamphetamine in 2006.
You can find out more about Methtext here.

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rosepetal Says:

Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:27 pm

EW26M, you are right to a certain extent, meth is so dangerous while being made. just from what i have heard meth is high explosive. i think that is the biggest danger between the two. and these meth cooks are not setting up in shacks, any more it would be awful to have one next door and not know it. a crack head is a crack head to me no matter what their drug of choice. can you believe crystal drain cleaner. these people are nuts.

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DEW26M Says:

Thu, May 29, 2008 at 6:50 pm

Am I the only one who wonders why the police go so far out of their way to catch people with meth, but allow crack/cocaine to be sold openly in almost every corner of the Mobile city/county ? I mean, don’t get me wrong, they are both horrible drugs, that ruin millions of lives, but how come they don’t get that which is so easily obtainable/visible. I can remember as a kid riding by a certain corner, watching men/boys sell crack, and now today 20 years later, they still do it on the same corner, day in, day out. One thing you gotta say about the greedy meth heads/dealers, they to dang paranoid to do much of anything in the open, and you NEVER see a meth dealer standing on the corner trying to stop nearly every car coming by.

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