Washington County Sheriff’s Office launches app

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has launched an app to provide another way to inform community members and to receive tips in situations that aren’t immediate emergencies, said Sgt. Carly Hose, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office. “It does not replace calling 911,” Hose said. Such an app would have been useful in late March when the sheriff’s office put out a description for a homicide suspect authorities were looking for, Hose said.