By Shelly Bradbury
The Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Chattanooga Police Department will start using a smartphone application to communicate with city residents about crime on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood basis.
Police will use an app called Nextdoor to send safety tips, event information and alerts directly to specific neighborhoods within the city, communication coordinator Kyle Miller said.
The app functions as a private community forum where residents can share information on everything from lost dogs to plumbers and yard sales. About 65 neighborhoods in Chattanooga already are using the app, according to police.
Police will not be able to see posts among neighbors, but will be able to put up their own posts for residents to see, said Jen Burke, communications manager at Nextdoor.
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