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Facebook Fools 2: Man bites Dog

Published on 23 March 2012 by in Finally Friday

Many a Finally Friday post has focused on the recklessness and straightforward stupidity of criminals who have advertised their offences on social media and been promptly arrested. This week’s frivolous post looks at similar foolhardy acts committed by police and prison officers who really should have known better. As Alfred Harmsworth famously said: “When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.” We know that police now routinely use Facebook as a source for finding criminals at large. It appears that many officers regularly incriminate themselves in the same way. The results of a Freedom of Information request by the Press Association found that there had been complaints against more than 200 UK police officers for comments or photos posted on Facebook in the

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Inside Facebook: the rise of the cell phone

Published on 15 November 2011 by in Social Media Innovation

  This is the third in a series of posts about the use of social media in different parts of the criminal justice. The use of mobile phones in prison has been an increasing problem over the last 10 years. I was part of a team which conducted an extensive study into prison drug markets back in 2004 and although it was relatively easy to smuggle drugs in by a variety of routes (using the rectal cavity being by far the most prevalent and effective method), it was very rare for us to hear about mobile phones inside. However, they have now become commonplace. The latest information that I could find refers to 2008 when over 8000 mobile phones or SIM cards were found in prisons in England and Wales – including nearly 400 from high security jails. The problem is no better

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And Finally: Friday

Published on 18 November 2011 by in Finally Friday

In the course of researching posts for this Blog, I have come across many bizarre stories about how offenders have incriminated themselves by the innovative, accidental or imbecilic use of social media. Occasionally, police, probation or prison officers have also dropped online clangers. These don’t always make it into the posts themselves, but it’s a shame not to share them. So, I’ve started a new series dedicated to the sort of strange but true stories that make the pages of Private Eye or are featured on any show that Harry Hill presents. They will appear every Friday and seek to inject some humour into the end of your working week. This week we have two rather different stories. First, the everyday story of a bike theft, with a twist. The Wheels of Justice A young woman in Boulder, Colorado used her online

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