Dear Chief Reese
Now that the Portland police bureau's Twitter name is going on the backs of the police cars, does that mean people should Tweet their emergencies, rather than calling 911? If not, don't you think that some people will misunderstand and do that anyway?
And whose idea is touting Twitter on the cars -- yours? Who's really running the police bureau, anyway?
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Comments (8)
@PDXCOPS...I was just assaulted by street punks at Pioneer Courthouse Square while Clean and Safe officers looked the other way. How come we have rent-a-cops on duty five blocks away from Central Precint? How come the Boys-in-Blue never walk a beat in downtown Portland? Why not get them out of their cars on such a nice day: some of them clearly aren't getting enough exercise.
Posted by Mister Tee | June 4, 2011 3:14 PM
@Mister Tee - They probably don't walk beats because they are to busy getting complimentary soft drinks and shooting unarmed citizens in the back out in Southeast.
Posted by Benjamin Kerensa | June 4, 2011 3:37 PM
I loved the following quote from the Lindsay Hunt trial, “A forensic psychiatrist called by the city, though, said Hunt had a paranoid personality disorder, evidenced by her perfectionism and rigid ideals, traits not compatible to law enforcement."
Posted by Bad Brad | June 4, 2011 3:38 PM
Sam knows most Portland voters are not that smart. If he can get them to subscribe to the CoP Tweitter accounts, he can deluge them with all the great things CoP is doing with your tax dollars.
In addition, it lets him drown out any dissent.
Posted by Steve | June 4, 2011 5:43 PM
90% of Twitter content is generated by 10% of its users. In Portland, that's likely 99%/1%. Either way, they should've put a bird on the car.
Posted by the other white meat | June 4, 2011 7:56 PM
The link for that 90%/10% fgure:
http://www.businessinsider.com/10-of-twitter-users-account-for-90-of-twitter-activity-2009-6
Posted by the other white meat | June 4, 2011 7:58 PM
I am not sure whose idea it was to put the twitter address on the cars but it is quite clear that the police union is running the bureau.
Posted by None | June 5, 2011 7:22 AM
This just came thru on the Twitter feed:
'PortlandPolice Portland Police
Please tell your friends to call 9-1-1 for emergencies and only tweet your questions to @portlandpolice. :)'
I'm speechless.....
Posted by thaddeus | June 5, 2011 4:08 PM