Social Media
Regardless of where an incident occurs, agencies invariably face inquiries from community members and the media about their preparedness and response
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Public Affairs Director Nelly Miles shares communication strategies with Julie Parker in response to the Ahmaud Arbery video
K-9 Officer Brian Valenti is being suspended for five days and will be required to undergo sensitivity training
In a tweet, Charlotte councilwoman LaWana Mayfield said: “Being Black in America under #45 (Donald Trump) has created homegrown terrorist wearing blue uniforms”
The Troy Police Department said Badges can’t perform the duties because she’s been diagnosed with feline leukemia
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Telematics, video and social media are part of a multi-faceted strategy to enhance officer safety, improve transparency and increase community engagement
The internet has changed how officers think about “free” speech – and it’s costing them their careers
Not understanding the legal arena for speech and how it’s been changed by the internet is resulting in career fatalities and making police work more dangerous
Commissioner Richard Ross said he made the situation worse and “failed miserably” in his message around the arrests
Since viral controversies can burst on the scene faster than fire, a constant readiness to respond is a modern essential in public service
A well-produced and thoughtful video can become an important multipurpose tool for every law enforcement agency
A resident who snapped a photo of the officer said the LEO spent two days fixing the hoop
The officer’s t-shirt and plaid shorts garnered attention on social media
Police officials say the cat will be used for therapeutic purposes
The law would prohibit department heads from scouring candidates’ personal social media accounts
An Austrian man faces a 160-euro ($197) fine for describing police officers as “smurfs” in a warning about speed checks posted on Facebook
The #WeWantAPoliceCat movement took only eight days to reach the goal
A viral video showing the LEO removing a homeless man and customer from a McDonald’s sparked outrage on social media, but officials say it doesn’t tell the whole story
To avoid becoming a YouTube star, police officers should aim to be as boring as possible when a member of the public is recording them
A North Carolina man was charged with a fatal shooting captured live on Facebook not far from a town’s police department
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said the 19-year-old suspect had been expelled for “disciplinary reasons”
An NYPD officer faced criticism after a tweet that included a Black Lives Matter hashtag was posted on her precinct’s Twitter account
Jim and Doug discuss some of the pitfalls of posting your opinions to the Internet
A change to the social media platform’s algorithm may lead to residents not seeing posts from local PDs
The Joplin PD’s “incident spotlight” posts, which highlight arrests and incident calls, were ended after a city manager asked police to stop posting them
Some local government leaders concluded the national spotlight on criminal activity overshadowed the positive things happening in their hometowns
A Facebook post falsely claimed that an officer assaulted a panhandler and took away his coat in the cold
Photos of a police squad’s breakfast in Wales went viral after one Twitter user said their protein-filled photos could offend vegetarians and vegans
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Chicago police said the investigation involved an invitation-only group on the social network that couldn’t be found through the search function
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