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UK Police Force Posts All Its Calls On Twitter

Posted by samzenpus on from the 140-crimes dept.

Stoobalou writes "One of the largest police forces in the UK is posting every incident reported to it today on Twitter. Greater Manchester Police began its 24-hour experiment this morning at 05:00 BST, tweeting all incident reports in the hope of highlighting the complexity of modern policing. 'Policing is often seen in very simple terms, with cops chasing robbers and locking them up,' Chief Constable Peter Fahy said in a statement. 'However the reality is that this accounts for only part of the work they have to deal with.'"

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  1. Re:So by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    # call 1068 bag stolen in street in Oldham #gmp24
    # call 1069 bag of sand obstructing traffic in Oldham #gmp24


    1) steal a bag of sand
    2) obstruct traffic with said bag
    3) ???
    4) profit!

  2. Re:Excellent parodies also available. by Dan+Dankleton · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sadly, some of the real calls are indistinguishable from parodies.
    http://twitter.com/gmp24_1/status/27329849789
    http://twitter.com/gmp24_3/status/27326427592
    http://twitter.com/gmp24_4/status/27328848357

    The last one is possibly the oddest.

  3. well, my [cohabitor]'s abusing me... by FuckingNickName · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...and I know what happens if he finds out I've reported it, so I guess I won't now.