ReportMyloss.com
Encyclopedia
reportMyloss.com is a web site for the reporting of lost property by the general public in the United Kingdom. It was launched in April 2008 and is endorsed by the Avon and Somerset Constabulary
, with which the information is shared.
which receives a monthly sum of undisclosed amount.
systems. If items are recovered by the police, they can be reunited with their owners by using the information retrieved from the database.
report entitled Arrested Development: Unlocking change in the police service points to social media
and intermediary sites such as reportMyloss as ways of easing the collection of community intelligence by the police. Retailers in Weston-super-Mare
were to be visited before Christmas 2010 to encourage people to use the service.
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Avon & Somerset Constabulary is the territorial police force in England responsible for policing the non-metropolitan county of Somerset, the city & county of Bristol and the unitary authorities of South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset; before 1996 these districts...
, with which the information is shared.
History
The site was launched with the intention freeing police time for concentration on other important issues. It was created by Recipero, a privately held companyPrivately held company
A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the...
which receives a monthly sum of undisclosed amount.
Main features
The website allows users to enter descriptions and upload photographs of their lost items. Information about registered items is transferred by the service to police information technologyInformation technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
systems. If items are recovered by the police, they can be reunited with their owners by using the information retrieved from the database.
Reception
A 2009 Institute for Public Policy ResearchInstitute for Public Policy Research
The IPPR is the leading progressive think-tank in the UK. It produces research and policy ideas committed to upholding values of social justice, democratic reform and environmental sustainability. IPPR is based in London and IPPR North has branches in Newcastle and Manchester.It was founded in...
report entitled Arrested Development: Unlocking change in the police service points to social media
Social media
The term Social Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn communication into an interactive dialogue. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0,...
and intermediary sites such as reportMyloss as ways of easing the collection of community intelligence by the police. Retailers in Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which is within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury...
were to be visited before Christmas 2010 to encourage people to use the service.