Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Video: Springfield Police embrace social media

Springfield Police decided it was time to try something new. They fired up a Facebook page and banked on the power of social media.

http://www.wcax.com/story/19710337/springfield-police-embrace-social-media

22 comments :

  1. Well, I am not sure what this is all about, whether an old story or new but i am contacting WCAX to let them know that THE TOWN wants it shut down. How sketchy

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    1. The entire town wants it shut down? I kinda like it. I love reading about some of you idiots being caught for drug use, fighting and retail theft.

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  2. Interesting. Bet they get all kinds of good info, hope they crack down FAST.

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  3. Springfield PD - where the criminals are your FB friends.

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  4. I would be scared to befriend the local PD. Who knows what they will do !! I wouldn't call them the fairest and best of police departments. Of all the known mistakes they have made.... RUN from their FB page!

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  5. I think it is great !! I facebooked them last week and they responded RIGHT AWAY !! Go figure! Why bother calling their direct line, that takes hours for them to stop by. I like immediate response and this seems to work for me.

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    1. Ahhh.... Yes, A silver lining.

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  6. The town shutting down this page is silly !! This is a wonderfully - imaginative - original -and unique idea to deal with SERIOUS crime issues that are haunting this town !!

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    1. There's nothing original about a FB page. REALLY !!!!

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    2. they havent shut it down people READ, they still post as usual they just don't let people comment, which is good for all of us! people from other communities pick on us because of stupid things people say on that page and make us all look bad!

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    3. Seriously? People pick on us?...Are we in 2nd grade here? Tell me, reading the comments, did it open you eyes to the community we have become? Is firing off at the PD Face Book page the best and most productive way you can influence change in this community? There are so many things that could be changed in this community but without people willing to step up and say enough is enough, that we want forward moving leadership and verifiable action NOW...as the saying goes you'll always get what you always got...but if you expend your energies in something other than complaining about a FB page you might just get something new, better, innovative....

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    4. wrongly arrested before, chances are it WILL happen again10/4/12, 8:37 AM

      Good luck picking a jury....
      ANY good lawyer and most of the sucky lawyers here around Springfield could make a big deal over 2000+ people reading about a wrongly arrested person that had their name posted and the comunity made fun of them.

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    5. Seriously people pick on the petty crap that happens in Springfield and gets aired so publically on this site. Over in Charlestown we have a heck of a good laugh and comments over coffee about this stuff. :) Not that we can really talk, but at least we don't have trolls calling attention to it on a website!

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    6. Sorry to know that sexual assaults against children; DUIs and assaults between adults causing serious injury are petty crap...I bet those 7 children that have to live with the memories of being sexually assaulted don't think it's so petty either....so laugh if you will if that is what you seek humor in...

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  7. Sprindfield PD - on TV for putting up a FB page !! I'd rather see them on TV for making arrests !! Doing something productive, FaceBook? Really? Is that all they got?

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  8. Wait until you see their calendar that will be selling soon for 2013. Shots of them working "undercover", trapping speeders, driving naked with just a hat and a gun, strip searching each other, etc., etc. The chief has posed for at least four of the months in various poses with different facial expressions. I like the clueless in March one best.

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  9. Having looked at the page for the first time, I think if the Police post someones personal information and they then are found not guilty...
    Seriously folks, it's not the newspaper.
    It's hi-tech cross reference data that can ruin your families lives.
    Facebook is like the plague. Posting some of what they post on Facebook is really wrong... I hope they take it down before it bites them on the hand.
    Right now their are people at home freaking out because they know people are laughing at them for being commented about, on the Springfield P.D. Facebook page.

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    1. Homer Simpson10/4/12, 7:46 AM

      I don't have a problem with the comment section as much as with the "scorecard" that's being kept trying to prove to us their worth. The first step is to make an arrest, the police are not a posse so they don't get to do the hanging right then and there. A Judge and jury get to decide if the arrest was warranted, thus innocent til proven guilty. That is something we learned in like third grade (not anymore of course). For major arrest such as murder, drug bust or fatal accident and the person(s) reponsible are caught red handed maybe it's not such a big deal. But to post every little arrest is silly and making Springfield look more foolish than the comments being made. Doh!

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    2. my guess is it will bring about a loan gunman.
      I only say this hoping to help prevent it.
      I cannot believe the government of this town is so blind and incompetent

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    3. Are you criticizing the highly literate posts that Springfield citizens and non-citizens and trolls and mentally challenged people make on this blogsite? How elitest of you! The first step is arrest them, second step is try them in the papers and on this blogspot, and third step is the prosecuting attorney drops the charges. Am I missing something here?

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    4. cheddar cheese10/8/12, 4:14 PM

      better go brush up my facebook page

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  10. Tara Schooner10/8/12, 8:30 PM

    I like looking at all of the life at the bottom of the ocean.

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