Crime & Safety
Chief Grogan Praises Boston Police Use of Social Media After Bombings
Dunwoody Police and many other police departments around the country have increased their used of social media in recent years.
Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Grogan says the Boston Police Department used social media to their advantage in multiple ways after the bombings on April 15.
In a guest column with Reporter Newspapers, Grogan explained that the Dunwoody Police Department regularly uses Twitter and Facebook to keep citizens informed on traffic, crime and other important events. Dunwoody Police has more than 4,600 Twitter followers and 2,700 Facebook likes.
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In the column, Grogan reminded folks how Boston Police used Twitter to correct erroneous media reports such as the arrest of a suspect and an alert insisting that news organizations pull back on information and not compromise safety during the search of homes.
Grogan said the Boston Police Department’s Twitter followers increased from 40,000 to more than 300,000 in the days after the bombings.
