Safe Neighborhood app now lets you filter messages and notifications

With the latest updates for Veiligebuurt, the app should now keep you even better informed about everything that is going on in your neighborhood in the field of safety. These are the new possibilities.

1. Filter notifications

Do you want to decide for yourself which news items you see and what you do or don’t receive notifications from? View the filter by tapping the ‘bell’ at the top of the Veiligebuurt app. Here are all the options that you can turn on or off.

2. Filter Neighborhood Alerts

Messages from, for example, a suspicious person or something else that are reported by neighbors, do not appear on the news page. These notifications can be found in the groups you are a member of. Here too you can choose themes for which you do not want to receive notifications via the ‘bell’. You can also silence one specific notification by turning off the ‘Follow’ button. In this case you can read the messages but you will not receive notifications on your phone.

3. Filter news items

On the news page, Veiligebuurt collects news items in the field of safety from various sources. If you find messages that are not relevant to you, you can tap the menu with the three dots and indicate that you no longer receive such messages. If you want to turn the option back on later, look again at the ‘bell’ at the top of the app.

1. Local news: News reports about safety and related matters from the local major media.
2. Missing & Wanted: Various sources such as Burgernet and AmberAlert reports. With extra eyes and ears we help each other to find these people.
3. Neighborhood Officer: Veiligebuurt follows many agents who are active on Twitter.
4. Police Local: Some local channels that Veiligebuurt follows with news from the area. Among other things, mentions of domestic burglaries in the postcode area.
5. Fire & Emergency Services: Social media channels of your safety region, fire brigade and emergency services.
6. Police National: News items from formal police channels where a national reach is desirable.
7. Cyber ​​crime: Because we have to make each other aware of all digital crime and how to protect yourself against it.
8. P2000: These are reports from the C2000 system of the police or fire brigade in your area. Not for everyone interesting information, but there are still many enthusiasts of these messages.

Download Safe Neighborhood

Would you like to try the Veiligebuurt app or download the latest update? Then tap the Google Play button below.

Safe Neighborhood was established so that neighbors and neighbors can jointly guarantee the safety and quality of life in their neighborhood or village. Together with the police and Burgernet, among others, they are alert to crime and vandalism, and they denounce unsafe matters in the neighbourhood. Safe Neighborhood and Univé have joined forces to further develop the Safe Neighborhood app and thus work together on safety in the neighbourhood.