Law Enforcement Increasingly Reliant on Social Media

Homeland Security Today: Law enforcement professionals throughout the US are increasingly leveraging social media to assist in crime prevention and investigative activities, according to a new study released by LexisNexis Risk Solutions.http://www.lexisnexis.com/risk/downloads/whitepaper/2014-social-media-use-in-law-enforcement.pdf

The LexisNexis 2014 Social Media Use in Law Enforcement report solicited feedback from 496 participants at every level of law enforcement—from rural localities to major metropolitan cities and federal agencies—to examine the law enforcement community’s proclivity to use social media for crime investigation and prevention.

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