October 24, 2017
The 911 emergency phone system is outdated. In 1874, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, allowing speech to be transmitted electronically over wires. His invention swept the world and homes and businesses everywhere installed telephones to communicate. If you wanted to speak to someone, you called their home or business and asked to speak to them. When the 911 emergency…
Read moreOctober 20, 2017
We’ve all seen them - those four footed heroes sniffing around airports, train stations and public events, a reminder that threats could arrive anytime. While we may want to reach out and pet the dogs, we know better - their vests and humans on the other end of the leash are a clear sign that these pups are on duty…
Read moreOctober 3, 2017
Free app enables bus riders to anonymously report concerns to authorities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Weymouth, MA – October 3, 2017 - ELERTS Corp, the leading provider of See Something Say Something mobile apps for transit agencies, has announced that it developed Tri Delta Transit’s new Tri Delta Watch, a mobile security app to allow riders to notify police…
Read moreOctober 2, 2017
This weekend I went to see the movie Stronger, about Jeff Bauman, the young man in "that photo" who lost both of his legs in the Boston Marathon. One of the most gripping scenes in the movie was when Bauman saw the bomber. It was done subtly, as though to demonstrate how easy it would have been to miss. Yet,…
Read moreSeptember 28, 2017
Mobile safety and security app improves public safety and uses crowdsourcing to support transit police FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Weymouth, MA – September 28, 2017 - Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) has partnered with ELERTS Corp, the leading provider of See Something Say Something mobile apps for transit agencies, to launch ‘DART Say Something,’ a mobile safety and security…
Read moreSeptember 21, 2017
While ELERTS is well known for our work with innovative transits in North America - including Atlanta’s MARTA, Boston’s MBTA, Dallas’ DART, Sacramento's SACRT, San Francisco’s BART, Toronto’s TTC and many more - protecting transits is not all that we do! We also provide mobile crowdsourcing safety solutions that help protect schools, corporations and healthcare facilities. And now, we are extending our See Something…
Read moreSeptember 15, 2017
Sacramento, CA and Weymouth, MA – Sept. 15, 2017 - The California Hotel & Lodging Association (CH&LA) and ELERTS, a leading provider of See Something Say Something mobile safety apps, announce their partnership to provide CH&LA members with a state-of-the-art incident reporting & alerting solution that will allow hotel security directors and staff to report safety and security issues within seconds.…
Read moreSeptember 15, 2017
This morning we woke up to alerts on our mobile phones, announcing yet another terrorist attack in London. We live in dangerous times. With attacks happening around the world almost daily, it can make us feel helpless, as though there is nothing that can stop the bad guys. But the truth is, you can help. You have a powerful tool right…
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