1000 and Counting for Didsbury's Ben
More than a thousand people are now following PCSO Ben Scott from Greater Manchester Police’s Didsbury Neighbourhood Policing Team on the social networking site Twitter.
Ben is using Twitter to communicate with residents in real time with residents living in Didsbury, Withington, Fallowfield, Old Moat and Burnage. He has only been tweeting since 25th October 2010 and was the first officer in the Force to use site as part of his day to day work.
Twitter allows users to tell people what they are doing in 140 characters is a fast and simple way for the police to pass on important crime prevention messages and give updates on crime taking place in the area.
PCSO Ben said: “The beauty of Twitter is that it enables me to tell residents about issues that may affect them in real time. If there has been a burglary I can let people know about it straight away so that they can take steps to secure their home.
“I have also used Twitter to communicate personal safety messages to students and let residents know where I’ll be on patrol so that they know where to find me if they want to talk about crime and antisocial behaviour.”
Twitter is free to use and you do not have to join to be able to follow Ben’s tweets. Simply log onto www.twitter.com/gmpdidsbury or follow @GMPDidsbury.
For information about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
1000 and Counting for Didsbury's Ben
More than a thousand people are now following PCSO Ben Scott from Greater Manchester Police’s Didsbury Neighbourhood Policing Team on the social networking site Twitter.
Ben is using Twitter to communicate with residents in real time with residents living in Didsbury, Withington, Fallowfield, Old Moat and Burnage. He has only been tweeting since 25th October 2010 and was the first officer in the Force to use site as part of his day to day work.
Twitter allows users to tell people what they are doing in 140 characters is a fast and simple way for the police to pass on important crime prevention messages and give updates on crime taking place in the area.
PCSO Ben said: “The beauty of Twitter is that it enables me to tell residents about issues that may affect them in real time. If there has been a burglary I can let people know about it straight away so that they can take steps to secure their home.
“I have also used Twitter to communicate personal safety messages to students and let residents know where I’ll be on patrol so that they know where to find me if they want to talk about crime and antisocial behaviour.”
Twitter is free to use and you do not have to join to be able to follow Ben’s tweets. Simply log onto www.twitter.com/gmpdidsbury or follow @GMPDidsbury.
For information about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.