Manchester Police (GMP , Greater Manchester Police) decided to use Twitter to attract the attention of the Government on the work of agents. On 14 October, all requests for assistance come to the central station (3205 in 24 hours) were transcribed on the social network to be shared.
The experiment, according to Peter Fahy, head of GMP wanted to prove that the work of the police is not only to punish crimes, officers are called upon for any type of surgery, day and night.
is the same in Italy: there's an emergency requests for assistance to family quarrels, missing children, violence. In addition there are calls from people with mental illness.
need a great power to deal with these social problems that must be addressed with sensitivity but also with determination. And it is difficult to understand what are the phone calls and false alarms mythomaniac. Much of the work of the police is also this.
That commitment to the police in Manchester to record the notes of the interventions in the remaining 140 characters of Twitter! The typical language "poliziese" made of long sentences and details, seasoned with archaic terms, was earmarked under a more direct and concise communication. This is also a way to get closer to citizens.
Article in the English newspaper The Guardian.
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