Lee County Sheriff’s Office Launches Smartphone App

DIXON – Lee County Sheriff Clay Whelan is excited to announce the release of a custom smartphone app. The app will be an innovative way for the Sheriff’s Office to engage with the residents and visitors of Lee County by quickly and efficiently delivering information to anyone with a smartphone.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office app was developed by TheSheriffApp.com, a brand of OCV, LLC., which specializes in creating mobile apps for sheriff’s offices and public safety organizations nationwide. The app offers quick access to items of public interest and is easy to use. With just a few clicks, users can access features such as:

● Sheriff’s Welcome
● Search our prisoner registry, view charges and prisoner information
● Deposit funds to the prisoner’s commissary
● Find other prison information and policies
● Plan to visit prisoners

● View all names and addresses of registered sex offenders in Illinois

● Links to the Crisis Management Agency

● Sheriff’s Office Employment Application

● National Weather Service alerts for your location

● Access to other alerts that may need to be shared publicly

● Contact us

● Submit a tip

● Buy crash reports

● Pay traffic fines

● District directory containing telephone numbers and addresses

● Much more!

“More than 80 percent of people in the United States own and use smartphones as their primary means of communication,” said Kevin Cummings, OCV partner and chief business development officer. “Mobile apps offer agencies a better way to warn, inform and prepare the public. Apps enable public safety agencies to reach and serve citizens where they are: on their smartphones.”

The app is available for free download now on the App Store and Google Play by searching for “Lee County Sheriff, IL.”