High-speed chase warnings thru a new app

Oconee Sheriff’s Office patrol cars are now equipped with a new technology to alert the motoring public that they are in an area of imminent danger as the result of a high-speed chase. Sheriff Mike Crenshaw made the announcement today, in the company of representatives who are making the app possible. PursuitAlert is a free app that Oconeeans can download on their cell phones. If they are within a two-mile radius of an active police pursuit or emergency response they’ll get a push notification and audible alert on their phone. Crenshaw is sold on the new technology and believes it’ll enhance the safety of both the public and his officers. Oconeeans are encouraged to download the app on their IOS—mobile operating system—or Android device.