A Day on Patrol with Your Local Sheriff’s Deputies.
Altadena Station Sheriff’s to Participate in Global Tweet-a-thon.What’s
it like to patrol the streets of Altadena on a Friday morning and
afternoon? What type of calls do Altadena Sheriff’s Deputies respond to?
In an effort to give Altadena residents a glimpse inside the way deputies
work to keep our community safe, the Altadena Sheriff’s Station will
participate in the Global Police Tweet-a-thon on Friday, March 22nd, 2013
between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.(Virtual ride-along).
Deputies from the Altadena Sheriff’s Station will join more than 100
participating law enforcement agencies across six countries to take to
Twitter in an effort to bring attention and understanding to the use of
social media by law enforcement.
Agencies will tweet using the same hashtag, #poltwt, to create awareness
about police work and issues police face, as well as to promote the use
of social media and transparency in law enforcement.
"We are excited to bring together police agencies around the world
in this first of its kind social media event," said Lauri Stevens,
founder of LAwS Communications and organizer of the Global Police
Tweet-a-thon. "We hope it sends the message to non-law enforcement
that their police officers are up to speed with social media and that
they should use the channel to talk with police officers and to be stewards
of public safety."
There are currently more than 100 agencies participating from the U.S.,
Canada, UK, Sweden, Iceland, and Australia. Any law enforcement agency
can join the Tweet-a-thon and tweet any portion of the 24-hour period.
For a list of participating agencies, please visit
https://twitter.com/ConnectedCOPS/police-tweet-a-thon-2013/members.
For a Google map of participating police agencies, click here -
http://goo.gl/maps/Hqkgf
"Here in Altadena, we hope to use the event as a virtual ride-along,
giving the community a glimpse of the daily activity and a behind the
scenes look at the typical day of a patrol deputy," said Captain
John Benedict. “This is the first time the AltadenaSheriff’s Station has
ever done anything like this and we hope our participation continues to
positively influence the use of social media."
Make sure to mark your calendars for Friday, March 22nd 2013 and follow
us @ALDLASD betwenn 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you don’t already use
Twitter, sign up for free at
http://www.twitter.com/ALDLASD
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