Read and Download Social Media and Tactical Considerations for Law Enforcement Online Book

Read and Download Social Media and Tactical Considerations for Law Enforcement Online Book PDF

ByThe COPS Office,Police Executive Reseach Forum

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“The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.” –James Bryce

Synopsis

The use of social media is a relatively new phenomenon in policing. Development of formal policy on social media is generally lagging behind practice. A variety of legal, civil rights, and privacy-related issues regarding social media have been raised, but these issues have not yet been settled by legislatures or resolved in the courts. Social Media and Tactical Considerations for Law Enforcement summarizes discussions at a national conference of police executives on these issues, and analyzes the experiences of selected law enforcement agencies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom that have shown leadership in advancing the use of social media for various purposes. Police agencies can use social media to facilitate two-way communications with the public to disseminate information, manage political demonstrations and other major events, obtain intelligence about |flash mobs| or rioting, and investigate crimes.