The Parsons Police Department has recently launched a new and updated Website for its citizens to access the police department and some of its services. The new web site has some great features like filling out a citizen comment online and even applying for a job on the website itself. There is a page dedicated to departmental pictures of events and officers. You can sign up for alerts that the police department puts out such as traffic related problems, new press releases and information on looks out such as Amber Alerts or Silver Alerts. These alerts can be delivered via text message or email and you can sign up for them at www.parsonspd.com. There is even an online method of submitting a crime tip to the police department on the website.

The Parsons Police Department has future expanded services scheduled to roll-out on the website involving some options for online reporting for a small portion of criminal reports that do not have suspect information or evidence to collect. We are also going to introduce an (RUOK) pronounced 'Are You Ok' system, which will launch mid-summer. RUOK is for the elderly population to have a method of being checked on daily by telephone and will be able to be signed up for on the website in the future. This free telephone reassurance program is designed to reach out to our most vulnerable population.

Parsons Police Sergeant Jason Ludwig says "I am really excited to see this website launch. I launched the last updated site two years ago, but we were limited on just about everything we could do with it and quickly outgrew all its capabilities. Most Wanted Government Website.com has provided a much-needed face-lift for the department."

Parsons Police Chief Robert Spinks said "I am looking forward to getting feedback from the citizens of Parsons on the new designs and new features that have been added. This will be a great opportunity for the Parsons Police Department to be even more accessible and transparent to the public and for our citizens to learn about events and keep up to date with our Alert sign-up form. This is an exciting time for us."

"This website has come along really well, we were blessed to work with such a great crew during the development and planning," says Sgt. Ludwig.

"This updated new look for the website really shows how the department is making huge steps in bringing a better quality of policing to the city and its citizens," according to Spinks. "We will be rolling out more and more features and are excited to see them in action. We will update pictures as often as we can and add more relevant content to the Website for people to follow. The 'Rap Sheet' podcast will continue to be posted to the site weekly and we are looking to be able to post videos in the near future. There are links on the page to direct citizens to our NEXTDOOR.com page as well. Nextdoor.com is an online neighborhood watch program that the Parsons Police Department also uses to involve the community with what is going on in the city."

The police department will be continuing to develop more additions to the website and hopes that all community members with internet capability sign up for alerts or just visit the site to see what it is all about.

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