[Scan-DC] Michigan shootings highlight power of smartphones, shortcomings of soc ial media

[Blair Thompson]

Michigan shootings highlight power of smartphones, shortcomings of social media

A police standoff Thursday with a suspect in seven fatal shootings in Grand Rapids, Mich., shows how smartphone apps for police scanners are giving citizens a new mobile window on crime fighting. 

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2011/0708/Michigan-shootings-highlight-power-of-smartphones-shortcomings-of-social-media

Ms. Sicard, a college student, sat enthralled, listening on her iPhone to the 5-0 Radio Police Scanner application that was giving her pieces of information unavailable through mainstream media.

The tragedy Thursday in Grand Rapids shows how smartphone applications, many free or costing a few dollars, are giving citizens a mobile window on police crime fighting. It also highlights how social media such as Twitter, can be a first – and often poor – source of information.

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