The 68th Precinct Twitter Account Should Be Shut Down
Max Jaeger, writer for the Brooklyn Paper usually is pretty good about reporting the news for Bay Ridge. Yet, I wasn’t a fan of today’s article posted online in the Brooklyn Paper because the 68th Precinct doesn’t even try to embrace twitter!
1) I was told by a lieutenant last month that the account is managed by an older police officer and that’s why I didn’t receive responses. If we are short on officers at this precinct, we shouldn’t be using any of them on Twitter. In Jaeger’s article, he states that Captain Festino is overseeing the Twitter account.
2) There’s no reason to follow the 68th Precinct Twitter account because it’s a one way intercom. Like how many pictures do we need of Captain Festino? Yes they posted this. Once in awhile the account will post a couple of drug bust pictures with no details – that’s why I don’t follow them. Twitter is for communication, not nonsense PR.
We need leaders in our city who aren’t afraid to communicate with people in modern ways.
Hugs,
marlene
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