Police Departments Nation-Wide Use Social Networking
From The Crime Report
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Police departments around the nation are using social networking to make new connections with their communities. Is it the Next Big Thing in fighting crime? Dena Levitz explores the unfolding Twitter universe of law enforcement for The Crime Report.
It was one of the biggest drug busts in recent Baltimore history. On April 4, the city’s drug task force swooped on a home in the northwest portion of the city, discovering a veritable garden of pot—400 marijuana plants sprouting from every room in the residence, with a street value of over $500,000. It was a by-the-book raid—except for one curious fact:
Hundreds of Baltimore citizens were following every step of the police action on Twitter.
“Crimes Impact Division conducting drug raid @ 5700 Pimlico Rd HAPPENING NOW,” officers wrote on the first of a flurry of Twitter feeds that went up. Tweets tracked the progress of officers as they rummaged for evidence. The next day, Baltimore cops Tweeted the arrest of a suspect.
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