Shhh..Twitter is Bangalore police informer now
Yes, the Bangalore police is depending on 'Tweets' for criminal intelligence. According to a report in Indian Express, the State police is tapping the potential of social platform in providing tip-offs regarding different crimes like policemen demanding bribes, eve-teasing. The State police is trying to get in touch with Tweetformants who can post Twitter messages about crimes that come to their notice.
The
report
said
the
State
police
Commissioner
M
N
Reddi
has
directed
all
his
immediate
sub-ordinates
to
have
an
account
on
all
social
media
sites
including
Twitter
so
that
they
could
easily
interact
with
the
public
and
receive
the
complaints.
According
to
report,
the
Bangalore
police
attribute
the
growing
number
of
‘Tweet-in-formants' to
its
promise
that
the
identity
of
persons
reporting
crimes
will
be
kept
secret.
"Anyone tweeting online about a crime is taken with utmost seriousness and reported to local officers who have to file a FIR, " the joint commissioner of police was quoted as saying in the report.
The police said it has recently detained six persons on charges of eve-teasing and ganja peddling on the basis of a Twitter tip off. A shop owner was also booked after complaints on Twitter that he sells tobacco products to minors.
The police said so far the twitter tip-offs have been proved reliable and helped the police to tackle the issues.
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