Police patrolling social media

From the city's mean streets to Facebook, the police are responding to ever-changing developments and have expanded their beat from the streets outside our door to the virtual pathways of social media, and in so doing, making sure that people are kept safe and criminals apprehended. A new report discusses in detail how social media can be used to support police work - from compiling criminal profiles based on their 'Likes', to communicating with the general public. The study is an outcome of the COMPOSITE ('Comparative police studies in the EU') project.

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