Tags are keywords. I put tags on every post to help you find the content you want. Tags may be people (Dominic Raab, say), organisations (The Howard League, PRT), themes (women offenders, homelessness) or specific items (heroin, racial disparity, ROTL). If you’re looking to research a particular issue, they can be invaluable.
Hidden in the text of the article is the rather less sensational and more welcome finding that gun crime has been falling rapidly with only 127 shots fired in the first half of 2014 with just one related death. What is perhaps most startling is the way that the police have reduced shootings without entering into a gun battle with criminals.
Jane Batcheler, @InspBatcheler, is a response Inspector for Sussex Police. Tweets by @InspBatcheler Starting out I may not have started my Twitter life for most
Superintendent Mark Payne, @SuptPayneWMP, one of the first police officers to pioneer the use of Twitter to engage with local communities, writes about why he tweets.
@SgtGaryWatts, one of the first police officers to tweet for work, writes about his approach to Tweeting. I covered the journey that brought me
@TheCustodySgt is a well-respected police tweeter and blogger. He is, of course, a Custody Sergeant and has 6,000 followers on Twitter. He also runs a well-established,
There was an interesting article in Saturday’s Guardian which explored the issue of whether the police should get involved in cases of abuse on Twitter.
Re-tweeting is just a matter of hovering over a Tweet and clicking the re-tweet symbol. So why does it need a whole article for itself?
What makes a good Tweet? There’s no single answer to this question of course. A good Tweet is like a good book or a good
Your Twitter profile is perhaps the single most important component of your tweeting presence. Your Twitter name helps identify you. Your profile picture establishes your
Many a Finally Friday post has focused on the recklessness and straightforward stupidity of criminals who have advertised their offences on social media and
One of the downsides about any form of new technology is that it is inevitably expensive and attractive to thieves. Over the years, burglars
In the world of books and films, it has always been cool for the best criminals to boast about their misdeeds, provided it is done
