Violent crimes are escalating immensely, especially in major cities and it seems as if people cannot solely rely on police, due to a number of reasons, which include non-rapid response from police during a crime. This has inspired the creation of a crime response app, Namola.
Namola is a free crime response app that allows users to share their GPS co-ordinates, name and nature of the emergency with a 24/7 response call centre. For genuine alerts, police, other emergency response teams and citizen responders are then dispatched and monitored. The standard app is free to download while its advanced version, Namola Plus is available on R49 per month subscription.
“Namola Plus connects you to our network of volunteer and metro first responders but additionally to “paid for” private medical and armed response companies. This widens the responder network available and potentially speeds up the response time and skill set available to your situation”, saidNamola team.
By purchasing the Namola Panic Tracker you eliminate the need for your phone. So if your battery has died or your phone is damaged or taken during an incident you can still reach Namola response teams at the push of a button. The Panic Tracker is fitted with both GPS and GSM capabilities. This means that it tracks you via GPS and communicates with you via the GSM (mobile) network.
