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Can Text Police  Posted: Updated:    Fargo and Grand Forks
schools already have technology in place that lets older
students, who may have smart phones,  alert police of trouble.
 It's called "text to tip". However, tragedies like today's… may
happen faster than police can respond.  Sheriff Bob Rost, GF
County: "They can text a message to one of our Deputy's cell
phones and we will respond to that text."  Rost says so far that
text to tip program is only in Grand Forks schools, but it's
already proved useful.  Sheriff Bob Rost: "And in a couple of
different instances we've had people text us about drug activity
and we've actually made some arrests, based on that text to
tip."    Rost says they're also considering a countywide smart
phone app that will allow everyone to tip law enforcement, when
they spot suspicious or criminal activity.    Sheriff Rost says
following today's tragedy,