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
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
OpenWatch bills itself as “a counter-surveillance using cellular phones as a way of monitoring authority figures”
Rochester PD is investigating the arrest of Emily Good after she refused to go inside and stop filming
Police refused to comment about explosive device, then launched communication using hashtag #watfordbomb
Father of two-year-old alleges ex-wife and boyfriend abused girl, seeks custody
Sisters of man arrested in Colo. delete page that falsely accused cops of “severely” beating him
Co-workers’ complaints cited along with online anti-Obama comments
Facebook will use PhotoDNA, an image analysis technology co-invented by Microsoft, to scan all images uploaded to site
Officer Philip Chlanda was distraught after girlfriend’s Facebook posts indicated she may have been seeing someone else
Crude list ranked girls at Oak River High School by their sexual characteristics and behaviors
The teen said he was filming a story about “unwarranted raids,” at which point the officer detained him
He listed his job description as “human waste disposal” on his Facebook page
Shortly after a woman makes contact with the officer, he throws a punch and then attempts to detain her as she resists
And the implications for department social media policy
Man accused of targeting official in Facebook postings
Talk to your department and see if they can send you to Chicago so you can report back with this vital information
Law enforcement has woken up to realize that social media isn’t just about where their officers get themselves in trouble
Facebook told the news magazine Newsweek that it received 10 to 20 requests from police per day
Comments posted online can ruin court cases and cost officers their jobs
You might not believe just how stupid criminals can be when it comes to social media. Officer John Gay makes them pay for it
While the page immediately became a target of controversy, it also gained support: Nearly 2,000 people “liked” it