NeighborhoodFahndung
A community-alert platform for German neighborhoods that broadcasts verified missing-person notices from official police channels to opted-in residents within a configurable radius.
Residents of German municipalities who want to help during local missing-person cases
- Push alerts sourced directly from Polizei NRW and other state police press feeds, deduplicated and verified
- Radius control so users in big cities don't get every nationwide alert, only nearby ones
- One-tap 'I have a tip' that opens a pre-addressed Hinweis form to the local Polizei station
- Built-in 'all clear' resolution message when the case is closed, so users don't keep worrying
The Neuss case shows the official Polizei NRW page is text-heavy and not optimized for the people most likely to spot the child on their street.
Active missing-person cases are verified (13-year-old boy Grevenbroich→Neuss on RB 39, 14-year-old from Monheim March 2026), driving real public interest; however the need is episodic rather than sustained daily demand.Public search for missing 13-year-old boy from Neuss ↗14-Jährige aus Monheim seit Tagen vermisst - Polizei Neuss bittet um Mithilfe ↗
Competitor FAHNDUNGX app already broadcasts user-posted Suchmeldungen (not verified police), Polizei NRW has a static Fahndungsportal, and Facebook groups dominate sharing — so a verified, geo-pushed, official-channel product has only a narrow gap remaining.App | FAHNDUNGX ↗Fahndungsportal | Polizei NRW ↗
German residents expect public safety information to be free (Polizei NRW portal, BKA sites are free); subscription/pay models for missing-child alerts are hard to justify emotionally, and no pricing evidence exists in this niche.BKA - Vermisste ↗7 Best Community Alert Apps For Local Safety ↗
Missing-person cases will continue, but in Germany Öffentlichkeitsfahndung is heavily regulated by data-protection law (DSGVO/§§ BKA-Gesetz) and relies on fragile, case-by-case police partnerships that limit scale and durability.Fahndungsportal | Polizei NRW ↗
Push + radius targeting is standard tech, but the binding constraint is obtaining verified official feed access from German police authorities and meeting strict DSGVO requirements for images of minors.Polizei NRW Rhein-Kreis Neuss - Facebook ↗