12 Tri-State police departments don't use Facebook. Should they? – FOX19

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Social media has become a tool many police departments across the Tri-State consider an asset used to quickly notify residents of criminal activity and to assist with investigations.Police in Delhi, Blue Ash, Covington, Cincinnati and 74 other agencies across our region have their own social media pages and will often post seeking help from the community.“We turn to Facebook, social media and we just seem like we get information to more people, more of the community than we do doing press releases or doing interviews (or) putting it on our website,” Middletown Police Chief David Birk said.While many departments use their own accounts to communicate with the communities they serve, there are 24 police departments in the Tri-State that do not have their own social media pages.Twelve of those departments will post via their city, township or village-run social media pages. The other half do not have their own page, have a page that’s been inactive for more than 2-years or don’t utilize social media for investigations or crime alerts.HISTORICALLY HELPFULUsing social media for investigations or to inform residents of trends in crime specific to their area is not a new police practice.In March of 2016, FOX19
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