Tweet On The Street: Philly Cops To Experiment With 'Tweeting' From Officers On Duty

 

Mike Dunn at cbslocal.com reports on the announcement from Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey that Philadelphia police officers on duty will post updates on Twitter.

We’ve got to use everything available to us,” Ramsey told council members Wednesday. “We’ve got to leverage technology to be a force multiplier to help us.”

 

And that includes tweeting.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2012/04/11/philadelphia-cops-to-experiment-with-tweeting-from-officers-on-duty/

You can also read a report about Philadelphia Detective Joseph Murray, who tweeted on his own prior to the commissioner's announcement, from Elizabeth Fiedler at NPR News via the below link:

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/10/150355105/philly-cops-bust-crime-in-140-characters-or-less

And below is the link to the Philadelphia Police Department:

http://www.phillypolice.com/news/phillypolice-goes-mobile/