Real Stories: The Task Force on 21st Century Policing’s Vision for Social Media Engagement

• In Event: Promoting Community Policing through Social Media and Big Data Tools

Abstract

This presentation provides a first-hand look into how the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing envisioned that social media could help law enforcement agencies improve communications with the community they serve, and how that vision intersects in various ways with day-to-day duties expected of law enforcement officers.

Authors

• Laurie Robinson, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Criminology, Law and Society at George Mason University, Co-Chair of the White House Task Force on 21St Century Policing and Assistant Attorney General

• Thomas Nestel III, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Transit Police