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SOCIAL MEDIA “Policing WITH the Community” Ariel Soltura, Sergeant

Rosenberg Police Department's Use of Social Media

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SOCIAL MEDIA“Policing WITH the

Community”

Ariel Soltura, Sergeant

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Social Media; 1800’s Style

Sir Robert Peel

Robert Peel was a Conservative statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of The United Kingdom from 1834 to 1846.

In 1829 developed the Metropolitan Police Forceknown as “Peelers” or “Bobbies”. Unpopular at first.

Known as the “Father of Modern Day Policing” by developing the “Peelian Principles”

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What our parents allow…

Encourages

Parent Organization

Make a Difference

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What make Cops, Cops?

The public only sees ONE… Our Badge!

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Human vs. Not Human

Our goal was to “Humanize” Police Officers

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Laughter, wireless connection

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Rosenberg PD, America’s PD

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The power of WITH…

Guess which one is adversarial in nature?

Policing with the community vs. policing the community… THEN vs. NOW

WITH

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Connections made Easy!

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Connections made Easy!

With the creation of our very own YouTube Channel, it had given RPD the ability to showcase our own videos and media releases, including recruiting videos and suspect BOLOS…

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Connections made Easy!

Community BOLOS = Policing WITH the Community!

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Can you feel the love?

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Can you feel the love?

^ from a person in custody ^

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Connections made Easy!Twitter offers the community Real Time alerts…

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Tweeting the Way!

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Soft Calls; Answering the Call

- Rosenberg Facebook Admins answer 10-20 “Soft Calls” a day on Facebook

- Provides citizens an avenue to better “reach out”

- Call Reduction; leaving officers In Service

- Calls are handled by Certified Peace Officers

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Relentless Social Media

We were motivated to Keep Moving Forward!It’s not all roses all of the time…

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So What Does It All Mean?

•Humanizes Police Officers (household names)•Softens Police Contacts•Police Support from Citizens – TIPS•Community Support (for officers and community)• Increases Trust (Citizens/ Public)•More Likely to Report Crime•More Likely to Commend Officers (* Media)• We Begin to “Live More Like the 7th Principle”

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Rosenberg, In It for Everyone!

Rosenberg Police continues to showcase Law Enforcement as a wholeWe consider ourselves a PD without borders, hence our worldwide followingWe assist any agency that wants to begin the social media process (Think Big)We understand that it’s a privilege to change worldwide police perception

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QUESTIONS ?“Policing WITH the

Community”