Social Media
From lip sync battles to policing the homeless to immigration enforcement, 2018 was a big year for issues in law enforcement
Too often, when we get off work, one of the first things we do is to plop ourselves in front of a screen
What challenges will law enforcement face in 2019?
The video pokes fun at police harassment
Crime reduction officer: Tips obvious, but surprising how people forget
Police in New Jersey say that YouTube has helped them solve three recent cases
Hillary Adams, now 23, posted the 8-minute clip on YouTube last week that shows her father viciously lashing her with a belt
YouTube video posted by daughter shows Judge William Adams whipping her with belt
Sussex Police broadly aims to broadcast the challenges its officers and staff face
Google rejected two requests to take down videos that may have defamed police
As they’re about to be arrested, users can hit one button and alert everyone on their list
Deputy commissioner Ross Barnett held an amusing press conference after a mock alert was sent out
Police.TogetherWeServed.com is a secure site for officers to document their service, connect to others
The Onion tweets and article spoke of congressional leaders “brandishing shotguns and semiautomatic pistols”
Social networks can be used to plan violence and other criminal activities
Deprived of her phone, woman used her computer to report the crime
Prosecutors say a student promised a Virginia Tech-style shooting
Authorities noticed a Facebook post by a man boasting about eluding officers
Facebook, Twitter are also part of their social media strategy aimed at greater community engagement
Defining privacy, blending policing with social media, and embracing the changing nature of information
Twitter, Facebook units will scour social media sites for wrongdoing
University police are adding an emergency situation mobile application that streams audio and video
The Tucson Police Department has uploaded videos of collision to educate the public
Leverage the Internet to search beyond just “status updates” and messages — look for images, photographs, and captions, especially on Facebook, Twitpic and Flickr
‘Catch me if you can. I’m in Brooklyn,’ read the page
A friend in Calif. saw a distraught post and alerted Pa. cops
Video ‘intended to be informative,’ said police spokesman
Facebook regularly pushes back against law-enforcement “fishing expeditions,” said a spokesperson
Calif. legislation would allow cell phone evidence even if officers extracted the information without asking a judge
Memphis officer Timothy Warren posted a video to YouTube in the months before he was fatally shot
Rochester police officers involved in the arrest of activist Emily Good, who filmed a traffic stop and posted the video online, have had threats made against them
‘Find my iPhone’ and others could make it difficult to collect evidence from a suspect’s cell phone
Police Chief James Sheppard said facts didn’t support the charge