Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has developed an intelligence gathering
application for Facebook.
After users of the popular social-networking site
install
the GMP application they can get news feeds alongside links to a
crime-reporting form, force website and
Youtube
videos.
The force is the first in the country to take advantage of the site and it
said the reason behind the move was to raise awareness of local incidents and
appeal for information.
Assistant Chief Constable Rob Taylor said:
"Greater
Manchester Police is proud to be the first force in the country to use this
new technology and it demonstrates our commitment to exploring all avenues
available to us to help fight and detect crime.
"Facebook
has 59 million users, seven million of whom live in the UK, so we realised that
this was an excellent way of spreading our messages to people on a more personal
basis.
"This application allows Greater Manchester Police to further raise awareness
of incidents taking place within our local communities in a bid to gain more
intelligence and bring offenders to justice."
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