In an era of digital transformation, the Lodi Police Department is doubling down on its push to promote a quiet innovation: an online citizen reporting system that allows residents to report non-emergency incidents without ever picking up the phone or visiting the station.
Though it may appear new to many, the platform has been in place for nearly two years. After a period of internal refinement, the department is now urging the public to embrace the tool more broadly.
“Now, after fine-tuning it and getting it streamlined, we’re really trying to make the public more aware and make a bigger shift toward it,” said Corporal William Hinton of LPD’s Support Services division…