Training Cops To Use Social Media Information 51
jfruh writes "Cynthia Navarro starts her sessions training police to mine social media in dramatic fashion: by quickly finding data about the officers themselves. She also provides information about who's where online — for instance, younger suspects will probably be focused on Twitter, while older folks are on Facebook or even MySpace. 'How much information can be gathered? Look no further than the 2011 Stanley Cup Riots in Vancouver, BC. By examining hours of video and social media posts made during the event, a taskforce was able to post pictures of over 100 suspected rioters online — over 30 of which were identified by police.' It's all part of a drive to teach even nontechnical police officers at small and midsized departments how to use social media to track suspects."
Training Cops To Use Social Media Information... (Score:4, Interesting)
What kind of training do cops need? (Score:3, Interesting)
The new social media is biometrics.. (Score:4, Interesting)
An interesting presentation by cryptome on mis-managing the ultimate social media (my take), society itself (in N.Y.), can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Yn8oy9NHag4#!l [youtube.com] -- It's worth a watch or listen.
I guess f-book and such are still pretty sweet honey pots, but I think such duties will soon be automated enough to allow the average officer to comfortably return to their sticks and pepper-spray without having to endure IT 101.
Re:You have the Right to Remain Silent (Score:4, Interesting)