St. Patrick's Day busted by social media
The London Police Services
made their presence known on
St. Patrick's Day on the streets
and online. LPS took to Twitter
with the goal to inform potential
party-goers that if they were
heading to a certain party, they
may be out of luck.
One tweet sent out by @lpsmediaoffice read, “A party has just been shut down on Tower Lane, everybody is gone. 8 kegs seized. Don't attend this area.”
But shutting down parties on St. Patrick's Day isn't the only story; the fact that police are showing that they are monitoring social media and that they will investigate parties using this approach has people talking.
Some London Twitter users voiced their approval of this approach, including Londoner Kevin Van Lierop (@kvl), who tweeted, “happy that @lpsmediaoffice is being so active online. not only is it a step in the right direction but it also provides some entertainment.”
Executive officer to the Chief of Police Steven Goodine tweeted, “Great work by Ken Steeves today lpsmediaoffice tweetathon to get the message out. @Chief_B_Duncan and @BrentShea both on patrol too. #proud” from his account @SGoodine.
The officer behind the tweets from the @lpsmediaoffice account was Const. Ken Steeves, London Police Services' public relations officer.
“I think we delivered the services the members of London expect,” Steeves said in response to reaction from the community “The citizens reached out and expressed their thoughts with us.”
Though social media was a valuable aid to police on St. Patrick's Day this year, Const. Steeves didn't confirm this would be a daily approach that the Police Services would commit to. March 17, 2013 was a date circled on their calendar considering what happened on St. Patrick's Day in 2012: the Fleming Drive riot.
“Doing the Twitter approach is certainly something we can look into in the future,” Steeves said. “With St. Patrick's Day being what it is, the Police Services thought it would be a good idea to inform everyone on what is going on.”
This also made local media outlets' jobs a little easier for the much anticipated 2013 St. Patrick's Day, retweeting and passing the message along.
“We thought it was important, that if you planned on going to any of these parties, it would be a good idea to avoid the area because it is closed down,” Steeves said. “For the most part, St. Patrick's Day was a great day.”
Local police seized a total of 21 beer kegs on March 17, which will be returned to beer stores. An undisclosed number of nuisance party fines was also issued, which put a $615 dent in some party hosts' wallets.
One tweet sent out by @lpsmediaoffice read, “A party has just been shut down on Tower Lane, everybody is gone. 8 kegs seized. Don't attend this area.”
But shutting down parties on St. Patrick's Day isn't the only story; the fact that police are showing that they are monitoring social media and that they will investigate parties using this approach has people talking.
Some London Twitter users voiced their approval of this approach, including Londoner Kevin Van Lierop (@kvl), who tweeted, “happy that @lpsmediaoffice is being so active online. not only is it a step in the right direction but it also provides some entertainment.”
Executive officer to the Chief of Police Steven Goodine tweeted, “Great work by Ken Steeves today lpsmediaoffice tweetathon to get the message out. @Chief_B_Duncan and @BrentShea both on patrol too. #proud” from his account @SGoodine.
The officer behind the tweets from the @lpsmediaoffice account was Const. Ken Steeves, London Police Services' public relations officer.
“I think we delivered the services the members of London expect,” Steeves said in response to reaction from the community “The citizens reached out and expressed their thoughts with us.”
Though social media was a valuable aid to police on St. Patrick's Day this year, Const. Steeves didn't confirm this would be a daily approach that the Police Services would commit to. March 17, 2013 was a date circled on their calendar considering what happened on St. Patrick's Day in 2012: the Fleming Drive riot.
“Doing the Twitter approach is certainly something we can look into in the future,” Steeves said. “With St. Patrick's Day being what it is, the Police Services thought it would be a good idea to inform everyone on what is going on.”
This also made local media outlets' jobs a little easier for the much anticipated 2013 St. Patrick's Day, retweeting and passing the message along.
“We thought it was important, that if you planned on going to any of these parties, it would be a good idea to avoid the area because it is closed down,” Steeves said. “For the most part, St. Patrick's Day was a great day.”
Local police seized a total of 21 beer kegs on March 17, which will be returned to beer stores. An undisclosed number of nuisance party fines was also issued, which put a $615 dent in some party hosts' wallets.
