First Global Police Tweetathon
Read all about the first global police tweetathon and follow almost 200 police forces tweeting live from around the world. You can see the #POLTWT hashtag stream live on the post.
Here you can find over 200 posts tracking every major development in policing since 2011. You can trace the impact of staffing cuts, follow the debate about the role of modern policing and keep up with the latest in digitisation, use of drones & other innovations. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.
Read all about the first global police tweetathon and follow almost 200 police forces tweeting live from around the world. You can see the #POLTWT hashtag stream live on the post.
Stop and Search Stop and search has always been a controversial issue in British policing and a point of friction between police and, in particular,
This is the last in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. One of the interesting realisations I’ve made in writing these posts is the constant evidence of how British police are leading the way in Europe in their adoption and effective use of social media. Mike Downes keeps a watching brief on UK police use of social media and found that between January and February this year, there was more than a 10% increase in the numbers of people following police Twitter accounts bring the total number of followers to 1,041,850.
This is the ninth in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. Using social media
This is the eighth in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. Hold the
This is the seventh in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. Setting the right
This is the sixth in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. The police are
Greater Manchester Police have just released a new app which uses geo-location technology to allow Mancunians to become crimefighters and to get closer to their local
This is the fifth in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. The
This is the fourth in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. Using
This is the third in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. A police
This is the second in a series of posts based on the recent COMPOSITE report on police use of social media across Europe. Social media