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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It’s a simple thing really, writing an FBML (Facebook markup language) script for a new Facebook tab. That’s what Jeff Brown did. “It’s not rocket science”, he said and he’s right. But still, HE DID it. It may not be rocket science, but with 500 million Facebook users, putting a tab to allow citizens...
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When The SMILE Conference occurred in Washington D.C. in April, everyone in the room knew we were on to something. Social media law officers from four countries came to speak, attend, learn and connect. The energy was high throughout the 3 days. We had chiefs, deputy chiefs, PIOs, Investigators, Constables, every rank. But rank...
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Mike Bostic was first very reluctant to embrace social media. It was part of his mandate when he first joined Raytheon in 2008. But he saw the benefits instantly. “My friends in law enforcement started laughing at me for a little while. Until we started to talking to them about the potential applications and...
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Chatroulete has been around for less then a year but immediately became a haven for perverts. The service was built by 17 year old Andrey Ternovskiy, from Moscow. Users with a webcam installed log in and have random conversations with people all over the world and randomly enough, you come face to face with...
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Law enforcement agencies across the country use the CodeRED emergency notification system to coral crooks and alert citizens about fugitives, burglars and dangerous suspects. The CodeRED system keeps citizens informed and encourages them to get involved in protecting their communities and neighbors. Crook Caught After Resident Calls Dispatch In Vilas County, IL the Sherriff’s...
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…. and it’s time. We’re well into the “dip your LE toes into the Twitter stream” modus operandi. It’s time for real leverage of a great platform. If you’re among the +/- 1,000 agencies that I follow on Twitter, about 4/5 of you tweet. But the ones who really use Twitter the way it’s...
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With the G20 in the city, eyes around the globe were on Toronto over the past week and just about everybody involved locally or from afar has something to say, and they did and continue to do so over Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The proliferation of social media platforms has give people greater ability...
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“You gotta win with these guys”, featured speaker and former Dodgers pitcher and manager, Tommy Lasorda repeated that phrase as he addressed the crowd at the California Peace Officers Association (CPOA) on May 24th. He was relating how he sometimes embellished the stories he told his players in order to motivate them to be...
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