BRIEF: Sheriff's Department launches new app

July 28--The Niagara County Sheriff's Department has launched a new mobile app, available on Apple and Android devices, with features that range from paying bail online to scheduling visits with inmates at the jail to searching local registries of convicted animal abusers and sex offenders.

The free app, the Niagara County Sheriff NY, can also send emergency notifications and provide information on road closures and other hazards through a news feed feature that links to sheriff's department posts on Facebook and Twitter.

The app contains other information provided on the sheriff's department website, such as crime prevention tips, a registry of current Niagara County Jail inmates and information about employment with the department.

"Keeping up with technology is important," Sheriff James R. Voutour said in a release on the new app. "We need to utilize innovative tools to better connect with members of our communities. Our hope is that the Niagara County Sheriff NY mobile app does just that."

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