Social Media
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A partnership between an investigator, an analyst and a prosecutor to share data and collaborate on cases is reducing gang crime in Georgia
Known as “cyberbanging,” gangs are recruiting new members, intimidating rivals, promoting criminal activity and advertising their brand online
The Redwood City Police Department has added Nixle to an already-robust social media strategy which already includes Facebook, Twitter, and CodeRED
Actions raise debate on privacy rights, outdated laws
Each episode will stream live and talk about significant arrests and acts of violence
A message by an apparent protester said they won’t make a difference if they don’t kill a cop or two
Finnish COP named National Police Officer of the Year for investigations in social media
Disapproving YouTube viewers called police about a boastful video
Suspect said he would ‘kill enough people to make it to national news’
An influential computer hacker turned FBI informant led investigators to his former accomplices
Police would like to know why the shooting wasn’t reported sooner by someone in the chat room
Mark Byron of Cincinnati is making the apology to avoid a 60-day prison term
Budgets are tight at agencies around the country, but pretend money isn’t an issue
Manhattan prosecutor wants to subpoena tweets sent by a demonstrator facing a disorderly conduct charge
Police began posting arrest logs on the department’s website in November and are now taking online initatives several steps further
More than a dozen LGBT officers and dispatchers appeared in the 8 1/2-minute video released Friday, part of an effort to curb teen suicide
A video poking fun at the mishap is set to the same song hacker group ‘Anonymous’ put on the site in the meantime
A former law enforcement officer submitted a video that was voted the number one question Obama should answer in a live-streamed video chat scheduled for Monday evening
Training book: Gang members communicate on the Web about shooting at police officers
The Secret Service will investigate the photo, which has been removed from Facebook but can be found on other sites
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Anonymous explained via Twitter that the attack was in retaliation for the FBI’s crackdown on Megaupload.com, alleged to be a source of online piracy
Police in Utah arrested Troy Reed Critchfield, 33, and booked him into jail Saturday for investigation of charges including aggravated kidnapping, forcible sodomy
A woman called police after seeing a chilling Facebook posting
Internal affairs detectives are interviewing officers under oath and getting subpoenas for computer records
Members of the group say they posted officers’ home addreses and names of their children
The New York Times said it obtained a copy of postings made on the Facebook page, titled “No More West Indian Day Detail”
Forays into social media manage to nab criminals in unexpected ways
A vigilante trio of teenagers filmed encounters with sexual predators
Citizen activist Jimmy Justice’s goal is ‘exposing police misconduct’
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