From the LA County Sheriff's Dept:

CrimeReports, creators of the National Crime Map, announced the launch of the TipSubmit™ Mobile application for Android™ and iPhone™.  The app is the first mobile application which allows the public to anonymously submit crime tip information to law enforcement agencies, including the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, to help solve and prevent crime.

Users of the free app may continue to submit secure and anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers programs, law enforcement agencies or school safety officers and administrators.  The TipSubmit applications serves the greater Los Angeles area, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies utilizing its fully integrated anonymous crime tip reporting and management system, TipSoft.

The new mobile application augments the existing TipSoft tools that allow the public to submit anonymous tips via phone, web and SMS Text-a-tip.  The app offers more powerful options than SMS Text-a-Tip, because it has the ability to use Global Positioning System (GPS) to auto-locate the nearest agency or to select an agency manually.  Additionally, users can attach images and video to their tips.  The app also makes it possible to establish an anonymous, ongoing, two-way dialogue and real-time chat with the receiving agency.

There is no cost to the public or any user to use this application.  To learn more or to download the TipSoft application, visit TipSoft.com or visit the Android Market or iTunes App Store.

Community members can continue to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), by texting TIPLA plus your tip to 274637 (CRIMES), or by visiting Crime Stoppers on the web at www.lacrimestoppers.org to report a crime anonymously.

For additional information, contact the LASD Crime Stoppers Program Coordinator at (323) 240-9152.