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  • 2011 Survey Results

    In September 2011, the IACP conducted its second annual social media survey. The results show the current state of practice of social media within the law enforcement community.

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  • Directory Additions

    The IACP Center for Social Media has added Google+ and LinkedIn to its directory of more than 2200 agencies. If your agency has a social media presence and is not in our directory, please contact us at socialmedia@theiacp.org.

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    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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  • 2/21/2012
    Creating Custom Twitter and YouTube Backgrounds
    Creating a custom Twitter or YouTube background can go a long way in enhancing the visual appeal of your agency's social media presence. Tracy Phillips explains how an agency can create these backgrounds in her new blog post on The Social Media Beat.

  • 2/17/2012
    New Blog Post on Google+ Hangouts
    Google+'s Hangout feature provides a platform for group video chat. In this blog post, IACP Center for Social Media staff explore the ways law enforcement agencies can use this new tool.

  • 2/15/2012
    Google+ Fact Sheet Released
    The IACP Center for Social Media has released another one-page fact sheet for social media and law enforcement. This document provides an overview of the social media platform, Google+.

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Can I change the URL for my Facebook page? Yes. Facebook allows Facebook page administrators to create a customized, or vanity, URL. This is helpful as vanity URLs are shorter and are easily recognizable, for example www.facebook.com/TheIACPPage, is much easier to use and understand than a long string of letters and numbers. To create a vanity URL, your Facebook page must have 25 likes. You can then go to www.facebook.com/username (you must be logged in to view the page and change your URL). Here you will create a unique URL that you can use to let you community know where to find you on Facebook. Once you set your user name, it cannot be changed.

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2/21/2012

Jazz up Your Twitter and YouTube Pages with Custom Backgrounds

Tired of your Twitter and YouTube backgrounds with their stock designs or crazy tiled images? Envious of those with really awesome backgrounds - say, Alaska State...

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