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  • 2012 Survey Results

    The results of IACP's third annual social media survey were released at IACP 2012.

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  • Social Media for Intelligence
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    This document provides guidance and recommendations on developing a policy when considering using information obtained from social media sites for investigative and criminal intelligence purposes. The document complements and supplements IACP's social media model policy.

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    Center for Social Media

    IACP’s Center for Social Media serves as a clearinghouse of information and no-cost resources to help law enforcement personnel to develop or enhance their agency’s use of social media and integrate Web 2.0 tools into agency operations.

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What is the difference between a Facebook profile and Facebook page? A Facebook profile is used by an individual to display information and interact with others on the Facebook platform. Facebook pages are used by brands and organizations to utilize Facebook’s functionalities while presenting a slightly different template for information and interactions to be displayed. There is also another type of page called a Community page that shows information about a subject from Wikipedia and the content of the page is not managed by an official representative. If you find there is an existing Community page about your agency and you wish to create an official page, there is an option on the Community page to do so.

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5/21/2013

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The law enforcement response to the Boston Marathon bombings has been the source of many hoorahs and kudos, and rightly so.  In the context of this blog and the Center for Social Media, I’ll focus on four elements (trends?) we...

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It is estimated that in 2007 YouTube uses the same amount of bandwidth as the entire Internet used in 2000.

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