PRESS RELEASE:
Kansas City Missouri Police Chief Darryl Forté has joined the Twitterverse.
The Chief now is tweeting at @ChiefForte (www.twitter.com/chiefforte). He said it’s one more way he can communicate with members of the community and his own staff.
“I’d like both members and nonmembers of the department to better understand some of what I do throughout the day,” he said.
So far, the Chief has tweeted about attending public meetings and going to a homicide scene.
The police department also is on Twitter at @kcpolice (www.twitter.com/kcpolice).
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
KCPD Twitter account ranks in top five nationally
PRESS RELEASE:
The Kansas City Missouri Police Department’s Twitter account now ranks in the top five among large municipal police departments in the United States.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) released the rankings this week. Click to see the full list. Kansas City comes in at No. 5 for municipal law enforcement agencies with 1,000 or more officers, behind Boston, New York City, Baltimore and Seattle. At the time the IACP released the rankings, Kansas City Police had 10,817 followers. They now have more than 11,100.
“Twitter has proved to be an excellent way for us to communicate with the people we serve,” Chief Darryl Forté said.
Live tweeting events – such as last month’s tweet along – have garnered many followers and given them a look behind the scenes of the police department. Another tweet along will take place in the near future.
KCPD shares breaking news and much more at www.twitter.com/kcpolice.
Send comments to kcpdchiefblog@kcpd.org.
The Kansas City Missouri Police Department’s Twitter account now ranks in the top five among large municipal police departments in the United States.
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) released the rankings this week. Click to see the full list. Kansas City comes in at No. 5 for municipal law enforcement agencies with 1,000 or more officers, behind Boston, New York City, Baltimore and Seattle. At the time the IACP released the rankings, Kansas City Police had 10,817 followers. They now have more than 11,100.
“Twitter has proved to be an excellent way for us to communicate with the people we serve,” Chief Darryl Forté said.
Live tweeting events – such as last month’s tweet along – have garnered many followers and given them a look behind the scenes of the police department. Another tweet along will take place in the near future.
KCPD shares breaking news and much more at www.twitter.com/kcpolice.
Send comments to kcpdchiefblog@kcpd.org.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Thanks for coming on our tweet along
I’d like to thank everyone who followed our tweet along on Thursday night. (If you missed it, you can catch up at www.twitter.com/kcpolice.) It was just four hours, but I hope it gave you insight into what officers encounter on a typical shift.
Officers John Newell and William Baker, with whom the ride along took place, have nearly 30 years of police experience combined. They are very proactive. As you probably saw, when they weren’t responding to 911 calls, they were out looking for suspects with warrants or patrolling areas where they’d had problems with violent crime and narcotics.
I really appreciate everyone who asked great questions along the way. Some of those included how officers are assigned to the areas they patrol, how arrest wagons work, and even why officers would pull over a car with a possible fake temp tag. You can see all the answers at www.twitter.com/kcpolice.
We gained 1,000 new followers in 24 hours the day of the tweet along and plan to do more in the future. This tweet along was in the Metro Patrol Division, so going forward, we’ll likely highlight other parts of the city, too.
We also received many requests about how the public can go on an actual ride along with KCPD officers. You must be at least 18 years old, live or work in Kansas City, Mo., and be willing to undergo a criminal background check. You can download the application and submit it to the patrol division station where you’d like to ride along.
Overall, I hope the community gained a greater of understanding of how the front-line officers or our department do business. The community engagement that happened in this tweet along is another step forward in building the relationships between police and citizens that will make Kansas City safer.
Send comments to kcpdchiefblog@kcpd.org.
Officers John Newell and William Baker, with whom the ride along took place, have nearly 30 years of police experience combined. They are very proactive. As you probably saw, when they weren’t responding to 911 calls, they were out looking for suspects with warrants or patrolling areas where they’d had problems with violent crime and narcotics.
I really appreciate everyone who asked great questions along the way. Some of those included how officers are assigned to the areas they patrol, how arrest wagons work, and even why officers would pull over a car with a possible fake temp tag. You can see all the answers at www.twitter.com/kcpolice.
We gained 1,000 new followers in 24 hours the day of the tweet along and plan to do more in the future. This tweet along was in the Metro Patrol Division, so going forward, we’ll likely highlight other parts of the city, too.
We also received many requests about how the public can go on an actual ride along with KCPD officers. You must be at least 18 years old, live or work in Kansas City, Mo., and be willing to undergo a criminal background check. You can download the application and submit it to the patrol division station where you’d like to ride along.
Overall, I hope the community gained a greater of understanding of how the front-line officers or our department do business. The community engagement that happened in this tweet along is another step forward in building the relationships between police and citizens that will make Kansas City safer.
Send comments to kcpdchiefblog@kcpd.org.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Come on a Kansas City Police "tweet along" Thursday night
PRESS RELEASE:
Get all the excitement of being a Kansas City Police Officer from the safety of your smart phone or computer with KCPD’s first tweet-along Thursday night.
From 8 p.m. to midnight April 26, a member of the department’s Media Unit will ride along with officers in the urban core and tweet everything that happens. The public is invited to follow along at www.twitter.com/kcpolice.
Chief Darryl Forté conceived the idea because he wanted to give the public a better idea of what officers face on a given shift.
“I think showing them first-hand what we do will help us build relationships with the community,” Chief Forté said.
Any information that could endanger someone – such as victims’ names or exact addresses – will not be tweeted.
This is the second of KCPD’s live tweeting events. Police tweeted all 911 calls for one hour in October 2011 to launch the opening of the department’s new 911 Call Center.
Get all the excitement of being a Kansas City Police Officer from the safety of your smart phone or computer with KCPD’s first tweet-along Thursday night.
From 8 p.m. to midnight April 26, a member of the department’s Media Unit will ride along with officers in the urban core and tweet everything that happens. The public is invited to follow along at www.twitter.com/kcpolice.
Chief Darryl Forté conceived the idea because he wanted to give the public a better idea of what officers face on a given shift.
“I think showing them first-hand what we do will help us build relationships with the community,” Chief Forté said.
Any information that could endanger someone – such as victims’ names or exact addresses – will not be tweeted.
This is the second of KCPD’s live tweeting events. Police tweeted all 911 calls for one hour in October 2011 to launch the opening of the department’s new 911 Call Center.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
We're now on Twitter
To better communicate with residents of Kansas City, Mo., and beyond, the Kansas City Missouri Police Department has started using the micro-blogging site, Twitter.
The Twitter page, http://twitter.com/kcpolice, will keep followers up to date on breaking crime and traffic news, missing person alerts, press releases and more. Police will “tweet” several times a week.
Send comments to kcpdchiefblog@kcpd.org
The Twitter page, http://twitter.com/kcpolice, will keep followers up to date on breaking crime and traffic news, missing person alerts, press releases and more. Police will “tweet” several times a week.
Send comments to kcpdchiefblog@kcpd.org
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