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Rosslyn-based LiveSafe’s free mobile app is designed for college students to use geo-location on their phones to anonymously report incidents or suspicious behavior on campus, or even to request college security to monitor them late at night. More than 20 law enforcement agencies and schools have used LiveSafe as pilot programs since the app launched in April. The company is transitioning those trial periods into sales of the GPS map dashboards, which allow security officials to follow LiveSafe’s crime and safety alerts.