The Philippine National Police has launched an innovative new police app, dubbed iSerbis, that is designed to make it easier than ever for regular citizens to summon and communicate with police.
Available for free download through both the iOS as well as Google Play stores, the Philippine National Police app educates users on ongoing police projects, often through the use of interactive infographics. The app also helps users quickly and easily report crimes, access emergency hotlines and access information, laws as well as regulations pertaining to the Philippine National Police.
This app is only the latest example of public services in Asia embracing mobile technologies for their penetrative abilities, and the manner in which they help connect authorities with regular citizens.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Mobile Policing Apps
- The rise of mobile policing apps like iSerbis is disrupting traditional communication methods between law enforcement and citizens, offering opportunities for app developers to create more inventive and interactive apps for citizens and police networking.
- Interactive Public Services Infographics
- iSerbis' use of interactive infographics to educate users on police projects is creating new opportunities for app developers to incorporate visually engaging, interactive infographic features in public services apps.
- Law Enforcement Mobile Technologies
- The Philippines' adoption of mobile technologies for law enforcement is creating opportunities for tech companies to innovate mobile technologies tailored for law enforcement industry needs.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Law Enforcement
- The iSerbis police app highlights the need for law enforcement industries to invest in mobile technologies to improve communication with citizens and embrace new approaches to traditional methods.
- Mobile App Development
- The popularity and usefulness of mobile police apps like iSerbis is creating needs for expansion and improvement in mobile app development companies to cater to the innovative needs of the public services industry.
- Technology Companies
- The Philippine National Police app's adoption of mobile technologies for public services is creating opportunities for technology companies to develop more efficient technologies tailored for public services uses.
