From the Hawaiian word for “fast,” the wiki is perhaps best exemplified in Wikipedia… but is not limited to the long, sprawling, and not always accurate encyclopedic entries found there.
At least one law enforcement agency is using it as a way of both public and internal messaging, in the kind of model that might just [...]
Branding police work via social media
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It’s an encyclopedia! It’s a FAQ! It’s… a wiki?
Collecting evidence from the Internet
Last time I blogged about iCyte, a bookmarking tool that archives websites rather than simply linking to them. This preserves pages for later reference, rather than a person having to deal with broken links.
The implications for online investigation are clear. If you can archive a website, preserving it with incriminating (or exculpatory) evidence the way [...]
Guarding against stupid cop tricks
Every police administrator knows what damage the wrong YouTube video, tweet, or Facebook status update can do. The public seems drawn to “stupid cop tricks,” and it’s never long before the media find out.
Once that happens, it’s all over. The media grill administrators for answers. Because an internal investigation is probably ongoing, there are none. [...]
A starting point for professional officer development: LinkedIn
My last few posts have talked about the differences among personal, professional, and official police presences on the social Web; the need for goals and boundaries; and a little about knowing what the tools are for.
I want to focus on one of those tools, in part because it is a good start for officers to [...]
Cops 2.0: One year later
Yesterday was Cops 2.0’s “blogiversary,” one year since I started blogging about law enforcement and social media. This is the only blog I have ever stuck with consistently for that long, and I’m proud of that. Thanks to all of you subscribers, occasional visitors, retweeters, and lurkers for sticking with me. I know these are [...]
“Hands On” Demo for Social Media
Regular readers might remember Sgt. Tom Le Veque from my interview with him in August, which detailed how he carefully researched his community before setting up a social media presence on behalf of the Arcadia (CA) Police Officers’ Association.
Recently, Sgt. Le Veque attended a 140 Characters Conference in Los Angeles. There, three police chiefs talked [...]