Crime + Safety

EZ Texting Service –How to sign up and how to send a message

How to send a crime alert text

  1. Log into https://app.eztexting.com/ 

  2. Enter username: dtmanhattan

  3. Enter password:  thinklocal!

  4. Send text/MMS Message

  5. Send to Group – check DTMB MEMBERS

  6. Subject – make it direct (ex. Shoplifter @...)

  7. Message-be concise, abbreviate terms, but give a thorough description of who, what, where, time, and outcome in 160 characters. If you need more, you can always send the first message, then start a 2nd message and in the subject line put Part 2….

  8. Attach Photos - Click “for Adv. Messaging Features”, then upload photo

  9. Check continue

  10. If your description is longer than the text box allows, finish 1st message, then immediately initiate and send part 2, etc.

  11. Read message, then press SEND

Always call 911 or dispatch at 310-545-4566 if you suspect any crime, feel threatened or there is suspicious activity, MBPD wants you to call!  NO call is too small.

How to sign up for the DTMB group texts

  1. Log into https://app.eztexting.com/ 

  2. Enter username: dtmanhattan

  3. Enter password:  thinklocal!

  4. Once logged in, scroll down the left hand side of page. Click Contacts

  5. Click “Add a contact”

  6. Add your cell number, name, and email address.

  7. Check the box DTMB Members 

  8. PRESS  ‘SAVE’

EZ text is like a neighborhood watch for the businesses in DTMB. Always call 911 first, then send a text to your fellow businesses and alert them to suspicious behavior, passing of counterfeit bills or an actual crime. Suspects have been deterred and caught in the past… this works, but only if you use it. Please sign up with your cell phone and feel free to add managers and others with responsibility. POST this by the register so its easy to use when needed.

The eztexting.com service enables DBPA members to send a mass text to other members alerting them when a shoplifting incident or other crime has occurred with the details of the suspected perpetrators.  This is for DBPA members only and the service is FREE.

  

 
 
 

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