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How free Web tools save one small-town agency from new Nixle fees

Mere months after Cops 2.0 began, a promising new service opened for business. Nixle, a one-way messaging service, meant that police who were still social media-shy could use Twitter, text messaging and other tools to send many different kinds of messages to their citizens — all for free. That’s changed. Last week, Nixle announced that…

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