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Let’s Talk (Again) About Community Policing via Improving Police

Re-blog Alert: This is a very short blog post from a very wise man who just gets it!  I love this! The video is awesome but what I really found best were the last few words, “…loosen up! Enjoy your … Continue reading

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Case Study: Measuring success with Prince George’s County PD

A couple of weeks ago the Prince George’s County Police Department announced on their blog that they would be live Tweeting a Vice Sting Operation targeting John’s who choose to solicit the services of prostitutes. The department made it clear … Continue reading

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Sex on the Social Media Police Beat

An announcement this week from the Prince George’s County Police sent some of the social media world into a bit of a tailspin. The PRPD plans on live tweeting a prostitution sting operation.  In their release they say;  “The PGPD’s … Continue reading

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The real social media police policing the police

The following post is a direct copy from the Birmingham Post. Click the link if you want to see the original, but it’s the same. I am looking for your thoughts on this (mainly from police, law enforcement, community managers, … Continue reading

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“Social Media is Tricky” ~ James Franco

James Franco said the above statement in an interview the other day with Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on “Live with Kelly and Michael.” He is absolutely right…but not at all for the reason that you might think. In this … Continue reading

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Branding the Social Badge

Here is my latest blog post for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Hope you enjoy it. Got some special help from Scott Stratten, John Morgan, Captain Mike Parker. http://blog.iacpsocialmedia.org/Home/tabid/142/entryid/346/Default.asp Scott Stratten: @unmarketing http://www.unmarketing.com/ Scott’s latest book is available … Continue reading

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Superbowl Social – dumbing down the message

The following came from a press release from a couple of years back; “Drinking and driving remains the number one criminal cause of death in Canada. In Ontario, approximately one−quarter of all road fatalities are alcohol related. Over 16,000 people … Continue reading

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Justin Bieber, social media and the hypocrisy that followed.

Warning: This post is not anything like you would normally read here. There is a little social media, there is a little police stuff but that is about it.  Also, everything below is an allegation yet to be proven in … Continue reading

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App Central TV Ep 26.1

I had a great opportunity to talk with Amber MacArthur about police using social media.  I would tell you where to fast forward to but there are a couple of great apps that are discussed first and one of them, … Continue reading

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Responding to crime reports on Social Media

So I’m trying to figure out a sports analogy to describe the two examples below… split the uprights/shanked the conversion (NFL and CFL in full swing) through the five hole / hit the crossbar (Hockey is back baby) hit one … Continue reading

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