Being a former police officer I am kind of baffled why law enforcement is failing to build community via Twitter.  I have been following numerous law enforcement agencies over the past year and they Tweet out information, which is informative, but there is no two-way Tweeting. What is lacking is the community building opportunity that...
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In several police departments in the Netherlands community policemen are using Twitter to communicate with citizens. Community policemen are in that way taking citizens with them in their daily work. With their short messages they can send actual information including photo’s, video’s, location and links. Twitter is offering two way communication. It is not...
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Relationship building with Social Media makes it happen Toronto Crime Stoppers received a record number of anonymous tips in 2009 to help the police prevent and solve crimes. In 2007 the average number of tips per month was 350, in 2009 it was close to 1,000 per month. Social media using a relationships and...
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#thankacopthur is now #tacop Last Wednesday I was listening to Glenn Beck on the Fox News Channel. I don’t remember what he was talking with regard to cops but he said something that got my attention. Beck said, “Instead of criticizing cops why don’t we thank them?” An idea was born and I tweeted...
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Relationship building with Social Media makes it happen Toronto Crime Stoppers received a record number of anonymous tips in...
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It’s a simple thing really, writing an FBML (Facebook markup language) script for a new Facebook tab. That’s what...
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With the G20 in the city, eyes around the globe were on Toronto over the past week and just...
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“You gotta win with these guys”, featured speaker and former Dodgers pitcher and manager, Tommy Lasorda repeated that phrase...
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