Chalfant and Forest Hills to take swift action to reach residents. - December 16, 2008
Pat Aiello remembers one old way of spreading the word about crime in Forest Hills. A computer hooked up to eight telephone lines would slowly send out prerecorded messages to 425 street captains. Those captains, in turn, would call residents one by one.
 

'Swift' move by aspiring Eagle Scout. - November 5, 2008
PARK RIDGE, NJ — Stephen Nagel, a 15-year-old Boy Scout from Park Ridge , is set to soar to Eagle Scout status. Recently, he has been working on his Eagle Scout Service Project in conjunction with the Park Ridge Police Department.
 

TENS Emergency Notification Coming. - July 8, 2008
BIG BEAR VALLEY — The board unanimously approved a contract with New Jersey-based SwiftReach Networks to provide the county with a new Telephone Emergency Notification System (TENS) that would include features far beyond those offered by the county’s current TENS provider.
 

Brewster Citizen Helps Apprehend Suspect. - June 26, 2008
BRWSTER — Using a new reverse 911 system, called SwiftReach, the Brewster Police sent out a recorded telephone message to area residents warning them about the suspect and asking them to call if he was observed.
 

He Was Dressed to Rob, Cops Say. - May 6, 2008
MAHWAH — Police spent Monday recanvassing the Wyckoff Avenue neighborhood where a robber dressed in drag committed a midday bank robbery Sunday.
 

City Will Make the Call - March 13, 2008
LONG BEACH — Long Beach City Manager Charles T. Theofan has announced that the city has installed SWIFT911™, an emergency notification system that, with a rapid-dial program, transmits warnings to every home and business in a targeted area in the event of impending storms, floods, evacuations or other emergencies.
 

Police See Broader Role for E-mail Alerts - February 26, 2008
ORLEANS — Somebody is breaking into unoccupied and unlocked houses at night in South Orleans. Keep a light on and lock those doors, an e-mail from Orleans police warns residents.
 

Moon Police to Offer Welfare Checks - January 31, 2008
MOON TWP. — As part of the Moon Township Police Department’s reverse 911 system, township residents are now able to have officers check on family with a daily phone call.
 

Walpole Readies Message System for Emergencies - January 24, 2008
WALPOLE - As the snow piled up throughout the morning of Jan. 14, the town set up a shelter for stranded citizens at the senior center in Town Hall. But few people knew about it because there was no easy way to get word out. Starting in February, that sort of broad emergency communication will be easier.
 

Emergency Alert System to Debut - January 13, 2008
COLTS NECK — Running door to door in an emergency situation in Colts Neck soon will be a thing of the past, when an Internet-based community-notification system is implemented by the Police Department.