New crime alert app available for Volusia residents, visitors

The Volusia Sheriff’s Office is releasing a new mobile app to engage with the public.

  • By Andrew Gant, Volusia Sheriff's Office
  • | 2:00 p.m. March 12, 2023
A Volusia County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/petert2
A Volusia County Sheriff's Office patrol vehicle. Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock/petert2
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The Volusia Sheriff’s Office is rolling out a new mobile app for the public: Atlas One, free on iOS and Android.

The app will replace SaferWatch, which is being phased out this week. SaferWatch users are asked to download Atlas One and create an account to continue receiving information like Air One alerts.

Atlas One offers real-time alerts based on a user’s location and can accept crime tips and photo/video evidence and route them to the appropriate staff member.

Anyone who needs an emergency law enforcement, medical or fire response should still call 911.

VSO is the first sheriff’s office in Florida to offer Atlas One for residents. 

The Fort Myers Police Department became the first public safety agency in Florida to deploy it in June 2022.

 

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