[7seven]

The VPD is tweeting their calls they get today and from last night, kinda interesting and some are just lol, drunk dancing lady in the street at 10am

http://twitter.com/#!/VancouverPD

VancouverPD Vancouver Police
Downtown: Report of possibly intoxicated woman dancing on street and impeding pedestrians and traffic.
5 minutes ago

VancouverPD Vancouver Police
Downtown Eastside: Intoxicated male causing disturbance. Arrested.


VancouverPD Vancouver Police
West End: Report of a man annoying people in front of a store.


VancouverPD Vancouver Police
Downtown: purse stolen from car. Suspect took off on a bike.
36 minutes ago

VancouverPD Vancouver Police
Earlier this morning: SW Vancouver - Fight call. Resolved before police arrived.
59 minutes ago

VancouverPD Vancouver Police
Overnight incidents - northeast Vancouver: Assault with a weapon call. Police dog tracked. Suspect still outstanding.
1 hour ago

VancouverPD Vancouver Police
Overnight incidents - northeast Vancouver: missing girl found; man arrested for threatening; assault reports x 2.
1 hour ago

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department joined twitter this morning, racking up over 800 followers 20 minutes after its first post.

Const. Anne Longley is providing the quickie files that will give her audience a 24-hour glimpse into the number of calls handled by the police each day.

"You will see a variety of police calls which will give you insight into what the VPD does on a typical day. Overnight stories will be 1st," Longley tweeted.

And the day's first minor-emergency: Trolley wires down on Granville Bridge. One lane open southbound and two open northbound.


Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Vancouver+Police+Department+joins+Twitter/3952073/story.html#ixzz17dhDcwjF

[RacePace]

Downtown Vancouver - theft in progress reported - shoplifter ran from store chased by staff

lol

[OTG-ZR2]

Downtown Eastside: Intoxicated male causing disturbance. Arrested.

Downtown: Report of possibly intoxicated woman dancing on street and impeding pedestrians and traffic.

:rofl:

[gdoh]

nice they put traffic accidents too

#TrafficAlertVPD: new motor vehicle accident reported at E 5th Ave and Columbia. Slow down out there - lots of MVI's today! 22 minutes ago via web

#TrafficAdvisory: Motor vehicle accident reported at Oak St and W Broadway 25 minutes ago via web

[Jgresch]

#TrafficAdvisory:Baby blue Honda S2000 reported street racing near Main and 10th.

[jtanner_]

SW Vancouver: looking for another man with mental health problems who has wandered away

:p

[Jgresch]

^lol they are looking for you?

[Greenstoner]

so i assuming 80% of the problem VPD deal with is Mental patients ??

[tiger_handheld]

Now we have an itemized list of how our tax money is spent. YAY.
Wonder how much the twitter person makes at VPD....

[Culverin]

If they want to improve their image.
They should put call times, and response times.

It could totally work in their favor netting them more funding too.

[JD¹³]

Cops on Twitter = too much time on their hands.

Get back to work solving these problems, the taxpayers don't pay you to surf the internet :rolleyes:

[7seven]

VancouverPD Vancouver Police
Downtown Vancouver - man in custody after an attempted theft of beer from a loading truck
9 minutes ago

haha

[BNR32_Coupe]

Cops on Twitter = too much time on their hands.

Get back to work solving these problems, the taxpayers don't pay you to surf the internet :rolleyes:

but they tweet via cell phones as the crime happens, doesnt take up that much time.

i think these tweets answer the question of "what are our cops doing with our tax money?" kinda interesting to see what they encounter on a day to day basis besides handing out traffic violations for going 55kmh or turning right without fully stopping when the light turns red

[RacePace]

but they tweet via cell phones as the crime happens, doesnt take up that much time.



Nah, there's a dedicated person doing this. Apparently there's quite a few police departments that tweet.


Seattle's is much more interesting:
http://twitter.com/#!/SeattlePD

Officer-involved shooting downtown. For more details, go to http://spdblotter.seattle.gov

UPDATE on SWAT call-out in North Seattle. For more details, go to http://spdblotter.seattle.gov

Man dragged by yellow cab. Details at http://spdblotter.seattle.gov

Update on death investigation- 41 year old man slipped, fell, struck his head on stairs. Medical Examiner's Office will conduct follow up.

[seakrait]

remember that this is just a ONE DAY thing, just for today. or so they say. it's just a sneak peek at the calls list. it's not like there's a VPD person tweeting all of this as a full-time job. it's just a media VPD person doing this just for today.

also, i'm pretty sure the sensitive cases like homicides or gang stuff won't get posted.

[RacePace]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:NMnnAFoIcpz6XM:http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/pp324/frugsplayground/1256523423443.jpg&t=1

Gladstone Secondary School at 4105 Gladstone St is in lockdown. Police are investigating that a suspicious person may be in the building.

[guesswho]

Gladstone Secondary School at 4105 Gladstone st is in lockdown. Police are investigating that a suspicious person may be in the building.

:rofl:

[InvisibleSoul]

Unconfirmed, but someone told me that there was a homicide near Gladstone at 10am this morning, and the suspect may be hiding out in the school.

[SumAznGuy]

Unconfirmed, but someone told me that there was a homicide near Gladstone at 10am this morning, and the suspect may be hiding out in the school.

This is the only thing on the news so far.

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/155472--gladstone-secondary-in-lockdown

[BinsentoW]

Does anyone know the point of this twittering? Is it to let people know what they do daily and give the public more confidence in them?

Nvm: http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/09/bc-vancouver-police-twitter.html?ref=rss

[Durrann]

dang gladstone locked the fuck down..
thats my hood y'all
haha

[The_Situation]

^ Highschool full of asians = hood

[RevRav]

Longley spent the day firing off quick files aimed at giving her audience a 24-hour glimpse into the number and type of calls handled by the police each day

Must have been a long tiring day at work... tweeting all day long :sleepy:

[pyro123]

I'd hate to have to deal with what cops have to day to day.

Pretty much everyone is always pissed off with them for what they do; either their response time is bad or they're an inconvenience

[RacePace]

VPD investigating complaints Kits & Mt Pleasant of a man masturbating outside windows of young women early a.m hours. Call 9-1-1 if seen.


:rofl::rofl:

[t_sack]

is this to help VPD get back their dignity and the trust of the public back from their recent fck ups?
this is major fail. I dont need to know what these pigs are doing 24 hrs as long as they do their job with honesty :banghead: