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Youth: Text in Knife Crime Concerns

Started by Ewan · 7 months ago

So I’m back to school this week; and during my free lessons, I often find myself aimlessly wandering around. I probably shouldn’t be, as I have mountains of work to do, but it’s certainly more fun.
But it turns out my aimless journeys around my over-crowded school c ... Continue reading »

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  • Kip Hakes

    7 months ago

    Great little concept.. Similar to the 'Fare Dodger' thing that National Express do on their trains (I think Ewan posted about it..). Let's hope it saves some lives!

    K
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  • Samantha

    7 months ago

    With any hope it will!

    Ahh yes, I've heard of the 'Fare Dodger' thing. It's an odd, but good idea!

    Samantha.
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  • Anthony

    7 months ago

    The fact that mBlox are involved in this doesn't fill me with confidence. But if I were to step back and focus on the idea, I er, still have my doubts...

    Texting anonymously is all well and good, but what if the person doing the reporting forgets to delete the message from their 'sent' folder? It's been a while since I were a teenager but I do know one thing, kids pass their phones around all the time and you can't always trust so-called 'friends'. Or at some point they may have their phone stolen from them (possibly by the same group likely to be wandering around with knives).

    I guess as long as the person is made aware of this, then this shouldn't be too much of a problem.
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  • Stuart Alexander

    7 months ago

    If the number truly is scrambled, then I wonder how long it will be before people start falsely accusing people "for a laugh". I do think this is a great idea though.
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  • Samantha

    7 months ago

    Very valid point!

    Well, I would imagine that they would investigate cases based on the liklihood of it happening in an area and such... Then again, I don't see the point in that!

    Samantha.
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  • Samantha

    7 months ago

    Very true!
    What constitues as being "fun" to some people is rather bizarre. Falsely accusing someone for a "laugh" certainly isn't fun; but even saying that, I cannot deny it'll probably happen!

    Samantha.
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  • SMSblack

    5 months ago

    Samantha, the scheme seems to have been successful and has been extended - http://smsisthenewblack.co.uk/2009/01/15/text-t...
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