NYPD Is Sending Its Officers to Social Media Class

The New York City Police Department is requiring its officers to take lessons in social media use, following several recent Twitter controversies, according to a new report.

NYPD officers are participating in Twitter training sessions as part of the department's ongoing social media outreach program, the New York Post reported. The NYPD has been working to expand its social media presence since early 2014, creating Twitter accounts for commanding officers and some subway lines, according to DNAinfo, a local news outlet

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In the process, the department has found itself at the center of a series of Internet snafus. In April, an NYPD social media campaign backfired after its official Twitter account asked people to share photos of themselves with members of the police force using the hashtag #myNYPD. Twitter users quickly flooded the campaign with photos of alleged police brutality and ironic uses of the #myNYPD hashtag. Read more...

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NYPD Is Sending Its Officers to Social Media Class