Monthly Archives: December 2008

Webcams: the new Crime Watch

In an editorial for the Savannah Morning News, Police Chief Michael Berkow wrote: We have a community problem here in Savannah. It’s called Armed Robbery…. Your police department cannot solve this problem alone; we need to attack this as a community…. But we need everyone’s help: from parents talking to their kids; to the schools;…

Should your agency tweet?

At first glance, Twitter may seem completely pointless, even frivolous. People join to post 140-character “microblogs” for the benefit of those who “follow” them. To demonstrate Twitter’s apparent pointlessness, its detractors have made much of “tweets” such as: “Going to brush my teeth now,” or “What should I have for breakfast?” Nevertheless, there are law enforcement…

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