UK: Police To Get Facebook Lessons

Tom Jowitt

Detectives will be trained to track down criminals on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

The police are to receive training on how to use Facebook and Twitter to catch people committing serious crimes. The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) will overhaul its training modules to include sessions on the social networking sites for detectives.

Detective Training

»This programme is a vital part of the career pathway for detectives and the new training covers sensitive areas of policing where limited guidance existed previously,« said deputy chief constable Nick Gargan, acting head of the NPIA, in a statement to the Press Association.

»These improvements are exactly what detectives need to tackle the challenges and complexities of modern policing effectively,« he added. (more on itespresso.de)