While it is easy and free to allow your employees to use SMS and public messaging apps for work (trust us, they’re already using them), it comes with high risk. Use of such apps is a violation of both federal and state-level public records laws like FOIA and could lead to criminal and civil lawsuits against the department.
Here are a few examples:
Don’t let $3 per month stop you from FOIA compliance, encrypted communications and life-saving alerts!